Patents by Inventor Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER

Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240077498
    Abstract: Therapeutics and methods of diagnosing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in a patient comprising obtaining a sample from the patient, determining a level of a signaling lymphocytic activation molecule 1 (SLAMF1) in the sample from the patient, and diagnosing the patient with NAFLD when the level of the SLAMF1 is at least an elevated threshold level for the SLAMF1. Therapeutics and methods of treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in a patient in need of treatment comprising administering a pharmaceutically effective dose of a therapeutic, wherein the therapeutic includes a signaling lymphocytic activation molecule 1 (SLAMF1) antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Diana CRUZ-TOPETE, Adrian CHAPA-RODRIGUEZ, Hrishikesh V. SAMANT, Oscar GOMEZ-TORRES, Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER
  • Publication number: 20230405248
    Abstract: A respiratory tidal volume monitor and feedback device (RTVMFD) comprising a frame, a flow channel tube attached to the frame, a mass flow sensor disposed on the flow channel tube to detect air flow through the flow channel tube, a microcontroller unit attached to the frame and electrically connected to the mass flow sensor via a bus, the microcontroller unit having a system processor, a system memory, and a system clock, a visual display attached to a top of the frame, the visual display being electrically connected to the bus. According to a further embodiment, the RTVMFD further comprises an audio output attached to the frame and electrically connected to the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Johnathan Steven Alexander, Luke A. White, Giovanni Francesco Solitro, Benjamin Maxey, Steven A. Conrad
  • Patent number: 11806025
    Abstract: The presently disclosed invention relates to devices and methods for conducting bone surgery on an animal using a bone surgery tool comprising a base, a fixed arm fixed to the base, the fixed arm including a shoulder and a jaw, a sliding arm releasably fixable to the base, the sliding arm including a head that receives an implant and a cartridge in a slot, the method comprising hooking the bone with the jaw, moving the head toward the jaw capturing the bone, accessing the bone with a drill through cartridge bores in the cartridge, and drilling holes, accessing the bone with a self-shearing screw attached to a screw driver through cartridge bores in the cartridge, and attaching the implant to the bone, and moving the head away from the jaw releasing the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Giovanni Francesco Solitro, R. Shane Barton, Johnathan Steven Alexander
  • Publication number: 20220409637
    Abstract: Therapeutics and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient in need thereof comprising administering a pharmaceutically effective dose of a therapeutic, wherein the therapeutic contains an ACE2 externalizer, and the ACE2 externalizer is one of diminazene, diminazene aceturate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, amide, clathrate, stereoisomer, enantiomer, or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER, Christopher KEVIL, Mansoureh BARZEGAR, Ana Maria DRAGOI
  • Publication number: 20220163541
    Abstract: The presently disclosed invention relates to a method of diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in a patient comprising obtaining a sample from the patient, determining a level of one or more H2S generating enzymes in the sample from the patient, and diagnosing the patient with MS when the level of the one or more H2S generating enzymes is one of at least 15% higher or lower than a control level for the one or more H2S generating enzymes, and at least 10% higher or lower than a control level for the one or more H2S generating enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER, Christopher KEVIL, Elizabeth DISBROW, Karen Y. STOKES, J. Winny YUN, Pooja VEERAREDDY, Urska Cvek
  • Publication number: 20220071642
    Abstract: The presently disclosed invention relates to devices and methods for conducting bone surgery on an animal using a bone surgery tool comprising a base, a fixed arm fixed to the base, the fixed arm including a shoulder and a jaw, a sliding arm releasably fixable to the base, the sliding arm including a head that receives an implant and a cartridge in a slot, the method comprising hooking the bone with the jaw, moving the head toward the jaw capturing the bone, accessing the bone with a drill through cartridge bores in the cartridge, and drilling holes, accessing the bone with a self-shearing screw attached to a screw driver through cartridge bores in the cartridge, and attaching the implant to the bone, and moving the head away from the jaw releasing the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Giovanni Francesco SOLITRO, R. Shane BARTON, Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER
  • Publication number: 20210401898
    Abstract: Therapeutics and methods for treating a stroke in a human comprising administering a therapeutic to the patient, wherein the therapeutic comprises one of immortalized human placenta mesenchymal stem cells (hPMSCs) and a product from the immortalized hPMSCs. Methods and therapeutic products comprising extracellular vesicles (EVs) isolated from of immortalized hPMSCs. Therapeutics and methods of treating COVID-19 disease vascular injury comprising administering a therapeutic to the patient, wherein the therapeutic comprises one of hPMSCs and a product from the hPMSCs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER, Mansoureh BARZEGAR, Yuping WANG, Anthony Wayne ORR, Mabruka ALFAIDI
  • Publication number: 20210386889
    Abstract: An automatic door handle/panel sanitizer dispensing assembly comprising a frame, a control unit including a processor, an actuator assembly controlled by the processor, the actuator assembly includes one of a pump and a valve, a first sensor operatively connected to the processor, a power storage unit powering the control unit, the actuator assembly, and the first sensor, a first nozzle and a second nozzle, both fluidly connected to the actuator assembly, a container coupled to the frame, for storing disinfectant, a threaded hook to hang the assembly onto the door handle, a tray having an arcuate shape and being arranged abutting a roof of the frame and being supported by the frame, a plurality of threaded tray holes extending through the tray arranged proximate to a rear end of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Giovanni Francesco SOLITRO, Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER, R. Shane BARTON
  • Publication number: 20210346409
    Abstract: Therapeutics and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient in need thereof comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition containing a pharmaceutically effective dose of a therapeutic, wherein the therapeutic contains both an ACE2 externalizer and one or more ACE2 internalization preventors. Methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an ACE2 externalizer and one or more ACE2 internalization preventors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER, Christopher KEVIL, Mansoureh BARZEGAR, Ana Maria DRAGOI
  • Publication number: 20210285938
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in a patient comprising obtaining a plasma sample from the patient; determining a level of a biochemical sulfide in the plasma sample from the subject by trapping volatilized H2S in the plasma sample using alkaline buffer with monobromobiamine, and detecting the level of biochemical sulfide in the plasma sample, the biochemical sulfide being one of acid-labile sulfide, bound sulfide, and total sulfide; and diagnosing the patient with ADRD when the level of the biochemical sulfide is at least an elevated threshold level for the biochemical sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Christopher KEVIL, Elizabeth DISBROW, Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER, Karen Y. STOKES