Patents by Inventor Ira Herman

Ira Herman 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).

  • Use of protease mixture in promoting wound healing
    Patent number: 11938173
    Abstract: Provided are methods for repairing a wound or inducing the proliferative phase of a wound comprising administering a composition comprising a protease mixture comprising collagenases and a neutral protease to the wound in an amount effective for repair of wound tissue or for inducing the proliferative phase in the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventors: Ira Herman, Vincent Ronfard, Lei Shi
  • USE OF CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM PROTEASE MIXTURE IN PROMOTING WOUND HEALING
    Publication number: 20170360904
    Abstract: Provided are methods for repairing a wound or inducing the proliferative phase of a wound comprising administering a composition comprising a protease mixture comprising collagenases and a neutral protease to the wound in an amount effective for repair of wound tissue or for inducing the proliferative phase in the wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventors: Ira HERMAN, Vincent RONFARD, Lei SHI
  • &bgr;-cap73 control of normal and abnormal cell migration
    Patent number: 6780987
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated &bgr;CAP73 nucleic acid molecules, which encode a novel actin binding protein. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing &bgr;CAP73 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a &bgr;CAP73 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated &bgr;CAP73 proteins, fusion proteins, mutant proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-&bgr;CAP73 antibodies. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Trustees of the Tufts College
    Inventors: Ira Herman, Alice Y. Welch