Patents by Inventor James Lee Wright

James Lee Wright 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: 11786468
    Abstract: The invention provides a (drug-containing) lipid nanoparticle with: (i) at least one phospholipid; (ii) at least one lysolipid; and (iii) at least one phospholipid comprising a hydrophilic polymer; and (iv) at least one structural lipid of formula (I) which has the following general structure: wherein R and R? are long hydrocarbyl hydrophobic chains, Y is a linker element, and PHG is a polar head group described as large according to its van der Waals radius, and which is different from the phospholipid (i). The lipid nanoparticle can release a drug (or API) from within the lipid nanoparticle as a result of focused ultrasound (FUS) applied continuously, at least twice, to a desired part of the body to induce hyperthermia (an increase in temperature). FUS is applied after the lipid nanoparticle containing the drug has been administered to the live subject, and causes controlled release of the drug at the desired site of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
    Inventors: Maria Thanou, Michael James Lee Wright, Miguel Centelles, Andrew David Miller, Wladyslaw Gedroyc
  • Publication number: 20180178043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hyperthermia (focused ultrasound—FUS) method where an energy source is applied, repeatedly, to a desired part of the body to induce hyperthermia, e.g. using image guidance. Hyperthermia is applied after a drug or biopharmaceutical (API) and/or their labelled equivalents (theranostics) and/or their drug delivery systems has been administered to the live subject to cause the enhanced tissue distribution and/or controlled release of the drug, previously encapsulated in thermo-sensitive (lipid nano)particles, to a desired site of the body. Hyperthermia (Ultrasound) is then halted, and the site of interest. Hyperthermia is then applied again using image guidance to monitor drug's accumulation in the tissue. The drug and or the drug delivery system are also labelled (for imaging) to allow real time monitoring and modulation of the API in the human body which can be used to direct and guide the FUS at the site of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Maria Thanou, Michael James Lee Wright, Miguel Centelles, Andrew David Miller, Wladyslaw Gedroyc
  • Publication number: 20180177728
    Abstract: The invention provides a (drug-containing) lipid nanoparticle with: (i) at least one phospholipid; (ii) at least one lysolipid; and (iii) at least one phospholipid comprising a hydrophilic polymer; and (iv) at least one structural lipid of formula (I) which has the following general structure: wherein R and R? are long hydrocarbyl hydrophobic chains, Y is a linker element, and PHG is a polar head group described as large according to its van der Waals radius, and which is different from the phospholipid (i). The lipid nanoparticle can release a drug (or API) from within the lipid nanoparticle as a result of focused ultrasound (FUS) applied continuously, at least twice, to a desired part of the body to induce hyperthermia (an increase in temperature). FUS is applied after the lipid nanoparticle containing the drug has been administered to the live subject, and causes controlled release of the drug at the desired site of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Maria Thanou, Michael James Lee Wright, Miguel Centelles, Andrew David Miller, Wladyslaw Gedroyc
  • Patent number: 6373409
    Abstract: A method and computer program product are provided for implementing text conversion table compression. For implementing text conversion table compression, a character sequence is loaded from a full-size conversion table. The character sequence is checked for one of plurality of character patterns. Responsive to identifying one of the plurality of character patterns, the character sequence is compressed into a compressed conversion table for the identified one character pattern. Responsive to failing to identify one of the plurality of character patterns, the character sequence is copied into the compressed conversion table. The character sequence from the full-size conversion table is checked for one of the plurality of character patterns including a repeating character sequence, a ramping character sequence, and a repeating high byte character sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Smith, James Lee Wright
  • Patent number: 6336122
    Abstract: A tool referred to herein as an archive maker operates on one or more existing archive files that contain multiple object oriented classes to generate one or more new archive files. The archive maker takes a list of required classes, analyzes those classes in one or more existing archive files to determine any classes upon which they depend, and creates a new archive file with all the required and dependent classes. This allows the classes that are not required to be stripped out of the archive file. The archive maker may also be used to partition an existing archive file into multiple new archive files according to one or more partition criteria. In addition, the archive maker may be used to consolidate multiple existing archive files into a single new archive file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter Lee, Clifton Malcolm Nock, Schuman M. Shao, David Alan Wall, James Lee Wright