Patents by Inventor Edward VanKirk

Edward VanKirk 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).

  • Degradable nanogel for drug delivery
    Publication number: 20070224164
    Abstract: A nano-sized hydrogel is made of a water-soluble chain containing carboxylic acid moieties and polyethylene side chains. Such a nanogel is applicable as a cancer-drug delivery agent or an imagining agent, where either a cancer drug, such as cisplatin, or an imaging agent, such as Gd3+. The complexation of the cancer drug or the imaging agent with the carboxyl moieties leads to the hydrogel formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Maciej Radosz, Youqing Shen, Edward VanKirk, William Murdoch