Patents by Inventor Jiro Kusunose

Jiro Kusunose 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).

  • Methods and compounds for targeting tissues
    Patent number: 8506928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides which home to cells, e.g. heart cells, with high selectivity and which can be useful in the form of compositions. Such compositions can be used, e.g., for selectively targeting a systemically administered therapeutic agent or imaging agent to a cell or tissue in a subject. The present invention further relates to methods of using the compositions for imaging, e.g. PET imaging, and targeting cells, e.g. for delivering a therapeutic agent to one or more target cells in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Katherine Ferrara, Hua Zhang, Jiro Kusunose
  • Methods And Compounds For Targeting Tissues
    Publication number: 20090092548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides which home to cells, e.g. heart cells, with high selectivity and which can be useful in the form of compositions. Such compositions can be used, e.g., for selectively targeting a systemically administered therapeutic agent or imaging agent to a cell or tissue in a subject. The present invention further relates to methods of using the compositions for imaging, e.g. PET imaging, and targeting cells, e.g. for delivering a therapeutic agent to one or more target cells in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Katherine Ferrara, Hua Zhang, Jiro Kusunose