Patents by Inventor Edward M. Messing

Edward M. Messing has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pre- and intra-operative imaging of bladder cancer
    Patent number: 9089601
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for visualizing and distinguishing sentinel lymph nodes and involved nodes from other lymph nodes in the vicinity of the bladder in patients undergoing cystectomy or other operations to remove bladder tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Dragan Golijanin, Edward M. Messing, Jay E. Reeder, Ronald Wood, Aimee Johnson
  • Intraoperative imaging of renal cortical tumors and cysts
    Patent number: 8725225
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for visualizing renal tumors and for staging cysts during an operation by use of a fluorescent dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Dragan Golijanin, Edward M. Messing
  • DETECTION OF NEUROPEPTIDES ASSOCIATED WITH PELVIC PAIN DISORDERS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120058950
    Abstract: Diagnostic assessment and therapeutic treatment of pelvic pain disorders, including bladder disorders, bowel disorders, and/or reproductive tissue or organ disorders that are characterized by increased expression of the neuropeptides CGRP and/or PACAP. Additionally, applicants have developed a transgenic non-human model for pelvic pain disorders, where the transgenic animal expresses in bladder sensory neurons a recombinant neuropeptide implicated in the pelvic pain disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    Inventors: Ronald W. Wood, Jay Reeder, Edward M. Schwarz, Edward M. Messing, Susan R. Schoen, Margaret A. Vizzard, Ian Dickerson
  • Intraoperative Imaging of Renal Cortical Tumors and Cysts
    Publication number: 20080161662
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for visualizing renal tumors and for staging cysts during an operation by use of a fluorescent dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: University of Rochester Medical Center
    Inventors: Dragan Golijanin, Edward M. Messing
  • Pre-And Intra-Operative Imaging of Bladder Cancer
    Publication number: 20080125650
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for visualizing and distinguishing sentinel lymph nodes and involved nodes from other lymph nodes in the vicinity of the bladder in patients undergoing cystectomy or other operations to remove bladder tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: University of Rochester Medical Center
    Inventors: Dragan Golijanin, Edward M. Messing, Jay E. Reeder, Ronald Wood, Aimee Johnson
  • Intraoperative imaging of renal cortical tumors and cysts
    Patent number: RE45916
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for visualizing renal tumors and for staging cysts during an operation by use of a fluorescent dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Dragan Golijanin, Ronald Wood, Edward M. Messing