Patents by Inventor Geethani Bandara

Geethani Bandara 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).

  • Viral vectors to inhibit leukocyte infiltration or cartilage degradation of joints
    Patent number: 6228356
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns a method of introducing at least one gene encoding a product into at least one cell of a connective tissue of a mammalian host for use in treating the mammalian host including employing recombinant techniques to produce a DNA vector molecule which contains the gene encoding for the product and infecting the connective cell of the mammalian host using the DNA vector molecule using the gene coding for the product. A method is provided for introducing at least one gene encoding a product into at least one cell of a connective tissue of a mammalian host employing non-viral methods. A method to produce an animal model for the study of connective tissue pathology is also disclosed. Additionally, this invention provides a method of using in vivo a gene encoding and extracellular interleukin-1 binding domain of an interleukin-1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Joseph C. Glorioso, Christopher H. Evans, Paul D. Robbins, Geethani Bandara