Patents by Inventor Hongwu Wang

Hongwu Wang 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).

  • Patent number: 11542505
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions, compounds, and uses thereof, wherein said compounds comprise a single strand oligonucleotide that may form a short oligonucleotide hairpin or stem loop molecule with self complementary base pairing of less than 12 base pairs that bind to RIG-I and activate the RIG-I pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Craig A. Parish, Hongwu Wang, Wonsuk Chang, Quang T. Truong, Tony Siu, Anne Mai Wassermann
  • Patent number: 11504286
    Abstract: A personal mobility device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame and one or more pneumatic motors. Each of the one or more pneumatic motors has a drive shaft in operative connection with at least one of the plurality of wheels. The personal mobility device further includes at least one tank (that is, a storage container) for storage of a pressurized gas in operative connection with the one or more pneumatic motors to supply pressurized gas to the one or more pneumatic motors and a control system in operative connection with the at least one tank and with the one or more pneumatic motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Rory Alan Cooper, Hongwu Wang, Brandon Joseph Daveler, Benjamin Todd Gebrosky, Garrett G. Grindle, Jonathan L. Pearlman, Urs Schneider, David Minzenmay
  • Patent number: 11498923
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the structure of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any thereof: wherein: “Z” and R1 are defined herein, which compounds are believed suitable for use in selectively antagonizing the A2a receptors, for example, those found in high density in the basal ganglia. Such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations are believed to be useful in treatment or management of neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Parkinson's disease, or movement disorders arising from use of certain medications used in the treatment or management of Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Yeon-Hee Lim, Gioconda V. Gallo-Etienne, Joseph Michael Kelly, Michael Berlin, Pauline Ting, Hongwu Wang
  • Patent number: 11402284
    Abstract: A toe dynamometer is configured to accurately and precisely measure toe extensor strength. The toe dynamometer includes a platform configured to accommodate a patient's foot, and a sensor assembly comprising a force sensor and a toe cap connected to the force sensor. The force sensor is configured to measure forces applied to the force sensor by toe flexion on the force sensor and from toe extension away on the force sensor through the toe cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Hongwu Wang, Elizabeth Hile, Mustafa Ghazi
  • Patent number: 11230543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl monobactam compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, Z, A1, Q, A2, M, W, RX and Rz are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a biaryl monobactam compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, either alone or in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a second beta-lactam antibiotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Haifeng Tang, Weiguo Liu, Fa-Xiang Ding, Wanying Sun, Yi Zang, Weidong Pan, Anthony Ogawa, Linda Brockunier, Xianhai Huang, Hongwu Wang, Rudrajit Mal, Tesfaye Biftu, Min Park, Yan Guo, Jinlong Jiang, Helen Y. Chen, Christopher W. Plummer
  • Patent number: 11180504
    Abstract: This invention relates to carbapenem compounds of the following formula: wherein A, Z, X, R1, and R4 are as described herein, as well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or N-oxides thereof, which may be useful for the treatment of bacterial infections, particularly drug-resistant bacterial infections, as well as the processes for the preparation of compounds, the pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and their use in the treatment of bacterial infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: ORCHID PHARMA LTD., MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Gopalan Balasubramanian, Maneesh Paul-Satyaseela, Chidambaram Venkateswaran Srinivasan, Sridhar Ramanathan Iyer, Hariharan Periasamy, Venkatesan Parameswaran, Bharani Thirunavukkarasu, Prabhakar Rao Gunturu, Manjula Devi Deshkumar, Venkateshwarlu Jakkala, Michael Miller, Ravi P. Nargund, Sheo Singh, Shuzhi Dong, Hongwu Wang, Katherine Young
  • Publication number: 20210290482
    Abstract: A wearable focal vibration device for providing vibration therapy to a patient includes a control module, a vibration module and a vibration sensor. The vibration module is configured to output a vibration in response to a command signal from the control module. The vibration sensor is configured to output a signal to the control module representative of the vibration measured by the vibration sensor. The wearable focal vibration device may also include a harness for attaching the wearable focal vibration device to the patient. The harness can include a compression mechanism and a compression sensor for ensuring that the focal vibration device is sufficiently and consistently secured to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Hongwu Wang, Mustafa Ghazi, Josiah R. Rippetoe, Madeleine Foote, Sarah C. Brown
  • Publication number: 20210128378
    Abstract: A wheelchair includes a frame, a seat attached to the frame, a first forward wheel on a first side of the frame and a second forward wheel on a second side of the frame, a first rearward wheel on the first side of the frame and a second rearward wheel on the second side of the frame, a first drive wheel on the first side of the frame positioned intermediate between the first forward wheel and the first rearward wheel and a second drive wheel on the second side of the frame positioned intermediate between the second forward wheel and the second rearward wheel, and actuators to independently control the vertical position of the first forward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the second forward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the first rearward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the second rearward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the first drive wheel relative to the frame and the vertical position of the second drive wheel relati
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: RORY ALAN COOPER, HONGWU WANG, CHENG-SHIU CHUNG, JORGE LUIS CANDIOTTI, GARRETT G. GRINDLE, JONATHAN L. PEARLMAN, BRANDON JOSEPH DAVELER
  • Publication number: 20210053973
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the structure of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any thereof: wherein: “Z” and R1 are defined herein, which compounds are believed suitable for use in selectively antagonizing the A2a receptors, for example, those found in high density in the basal ganglia. Such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations are believed to be useful in treatment or management of neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Parkinson's disease, or movement disorders arising from use of certain medications used in the treatment or management of Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad ALI, Yeon-Hee LIM, Gioconda V. GALLO-ETIENNE, Joseph Michael KELLY, Michael BERLIN, Pauline TING, Jayaram R. TAGAT, Dong XIAO, Rongze KUANG, Heping WU, Hongwu WANG
  • Patent number: 10912688
    Abstract: A wheelchair includes a frame, a seat attached to the frame, a first forward wheel on a first side of the frame and a second forward wheel on a second side of the frame, a first rearward wheel on the first side of the frame and a second rearward wheel on the second side of the frame, a first drive wheel on the first side of the frame positioned intermediate between the first forward wheel and the first rearward wheel and a second drive wheel on the second side of the frame positioned intermediate between the second forward wheel and the second rearward wheel, and actuators to independently control the vertical position of the first forward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the second forward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the first rearward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the second rearward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the first drive wheel relative to the frame and the vertical position of the second drive wheel relati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: The United States Government As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education
    Inventors: Rory Alan Cooper, Hongwu Wang, Cheng-Shiu Chung, Jorge Luis Candiotti, Garrett G. Grindle, Jonathan L. Pearlman, Brandon Joseph Daveler
  • Publication number: 20200408622
    Abstract: A toe dynamometer is configured to accurately and precisely measure toe extensor strength. The toe dynamometer includes a platform configured to accommodate a patient's foot, and a sensor assembly comprising a force sensor and a toe cap connected to the force sensor. The force sensor is configured to measure forces applied to the force sensor by toe flexion on the force sensor and from toe extension away on the force sensor through the toe cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Hongwu Wang, Elizabeth Hile, Mustafa Ghazi, Lewis Baumgardner, Sarah Brown, Raghuveer Chandrashekhar
  • Publication number: 20200361928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl monobactam compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, Z, A1, Q, A2, M, W, RX and Rz are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a biaryl monobactam compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, either alone or in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a second beta-lactam antibiotic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Haifeng Tang, Weiguo Liu, Fa-Xiang Ding, Wanying Sun, Yi Zang, Weidong Pan, Anthony Ogawa, Linda Brockunier, Xianhai Huang, Hongwu Wang, Rudrajit Mal, Tesfaye Biftu, Min Park, Yan Guo, Jinlong Jiang, Helen Y. Chen, Christopher W. Plummer
  • Publication number: 20200291029
    Abstract: This invention relates to carbapenem compounds, their stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or N-oxides thereof, which may be useful for the treatment of bacterial infections, particularly drug-resistant bacterial infections, as well as the processes for the preparation of compounds, the pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and their use in the treatment of bacterial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Gopalan Balasubramanian, Maneesh Paul-Satyaseela, Chidambaram Venkateswaran Srinivasan, Sridhar Ramanathan Iyer, Hariharan Periasamy, Venkatesan Parameswaran, Bharani Thirunavukkarasu, Prabhakar Rao Gunturu, Manjula Devi Deshkumar, Venkateshwarlu Jakkala, Michael Miller, Ravi P. Nargund, Sheo Singh, Shuzhi Dong, Hongwu Wang, Katherine Young
  • Publication number: 20200261421
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and their use in the inhibition of HIV protease, the inhibition of HIV replication, the prophylaxis of infection by HIV, the treatment of infection by HIV, and the prophylaxis, treatment, and delay in the onset or progression of AIDS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Brian McKittrick, John P. Caldwell, John A. McCauley, Henry Vaccaro, Tin-Yau Chan, Hyunjin Kim, Elizabeth Smith, Liwu Hong, Tanweer Khan, Shihong Ying, Hongwu Wang
  • Publication number: 20200211706
    Abstract: Disclosed are an intelligent traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis method, system and traditional Chinese medicine system, the method comprising: a server side obtaining, from distributed client clusters, inspection training data, auscultation-olfaction diagnosis training data, interrogation training data and palpation training data of a patient; the server side training, by using the inspection training data, the auscultation-olfaction diagnosis training data, the interrogation training data and the palpation training data, a model to be trained established on the basis of a deep neural network algorithm to obtain a trained model; and the server side using the trained model to perform diagnosis with respect to disease data of the patient to obtain a diagnostic result of the disease data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Everett Xiaolin WANG, Anhui LIANG, Xiaosa WANG, Hongwu WANG, Bin CAO, Shiyu LI, Yonghuang WU, Mei LIU, Dong CAO
  • Patent number: 10699034
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and systems for modeling the flow of fluid in variable physical and geological environments using dynamically determined Navier-Stokes equations (NSE), such as Darcy Flow and Poiseuille flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMES SIMULIA CORP.
    Inventors: Hongwu Wang, Matias Zielonka, Lin Xia
  • Patent number: 10688082
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the structure of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any thereof, wherein: “Z”, R1 and R2 are defined herein, which compounds are believed suitable for use in selectively antagonizing the A2a receptors, for example, those found in high density in the basal ganglia. Such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations are believed to be useful in treatment or management of neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Parkinson's disease, or movement disorders arising from use of certain medications used in the treatment or management of Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Junying Zheng, Walter Won, Michael Berlin, Pauline Ting, Guoqing Li, Dong Xiao, Hongwu Wang, Robert Aslanian
  • Publication number: 20200121526
    Abstract: A wheelchair includes a frame, a seat attached to the frame, a first forward wheel on a first side of the frame and a second forward wheel on a second side of the frame, a first rearward wheel on the first side of the frame and a second rearward wheel on the second side of the frame, a first drive wheel on the first side of the frame positioned intermediate between the first forward wheel and the first rearward wheel and a second drive wheel on the second side of the frame positioned intermediate between the second forward wheel and the second rearward wheel, and actuators to independently control the vertical position of the first forward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the second forward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the first rearward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the second rearward wheel relative to the frame, the vertical position of the first drive wheel relative to the frame and the vertical position of the second drive wheel relati
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Rory Alan Cooper, Hongwu Wang, Cheng-Shiu Chung, Jorge Luis Candiotti, Garrett G. Grindle, Jonathan L. Pearlman, Brandon Joseph Daveler
  • Patent number: D900838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Radhika Mohan Bodduluri, Bernadette Seijo, John R. Adler, Jr., Ben Chen, Hongwu Wang, Jin-Wu Wang, Dezhi Liu, Cheng-Chieh Tsai, Yun-Yi Ting, Yan-Ling Liu, Ya-Shan Lin
  • Patent number: D928820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Radhika Mohan Bodduluri, Bernadette Seijo, John R. Adler, Jr., Ben Chen, Hongwu Wang, Jin-Wu Wang, Dezhi Liu, Cheng-Chieh Tsai, Yun-Yi Ting, Ya-Shan Lin, Yan-Ling Liu