Patents by Inventor Hayat Alkan-Onyuksel

Hayat Alkan-Onyuksel 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).

  • Materials and methods for making improved micelle compositions
    Patent number: 6322810
    Abstract: Provided are methods for preparing improved biologically active micelle and crystalline products comprising a biologically active amphipathic compound in association with a micelle or crystalline product. Methods for producing the micelle or crystalline products as well as methods of using the micelle or crystalline products in therapeutic, diagnostic, and cosmetic, applications are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hayat Alkan-Onyuksel, Israel Rubinstein
  • Acoustically reflective liposomes and methods to make and use the same
    Patent number: 5858399
    Abstract: This invention relates to tissue specific acoustically reflective oligolamellar liposomes containing internally separated bilayers and methods to make and to use the same, alone as a perfusion ultrasonic contrast agent or conjugated to a ligand for tissue-specific ultrasonic image enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Gregory M. Lanza, M. Hayat Alkan-Onyuksel, Melvin E. Klegerman, David D. McPherson, Bonnie J. Kane, Sasha E. Murer