Patents by Inventor Emma Portnoy

Emma Portnoy 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).

  • INDOCYANINE GREEN FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING OF THE URINARY PATHWAYS
    Publication number: 20180028690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging composition for imaging the urinary pathways, which comprises particles each independently comprising (a) a phospholipid, wherein a near infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe is non-covalently linked to said particle; or (b) an inclusion complex of said NIR fluorescent probe and either an hydroxyalkyl- or sulphoalkylether-cyclodextrin; and to a method of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Eran NIZRI, Shlomo MAGDASSI, Emma PORTNOY, Sara EYAL
  • Compositions Comprising Near-Infrared Fluorescent Particles And Uses Thereof For Imaging Activated Immune Cells In the CNS
    Publication number: 20150119698
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical composition including nanoparticles configured for enhanced phagocytosis by phagocytic cells and labeled with a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe bound to the outer surface thereof, and uses thereof in the detection of activated immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS) of a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Sara Eyal, Shlomo Magdassi, Emma Portnoy, Jacob Zauberman, Boris Polyak, Jacob Golenser, Yael Mardor, Dana Ekstein
  • NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENT PARTICLES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130209368
    Abstract: The present invention provides particles comprising either a water-soluble polymer or a phospholipid, wherein at least one near infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe and optionally at least one active agent such as a targeting moiety, capable of selectively recognizing a particular cellular marker, are non-covalently bound to the outer surface of the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD
    Inventors: Shlomo Magdassi, Philip Lazarovici, Liraz Larush, Emma Portnoy, Shimon Lecht, Ran Tivony