Patents by Inventor Kevin O. SAUNDERS

Kevin O. SAUNDERS 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).

  • ENDOSCOPE CONNECTOR AND ENDOSCOPE ADAPTER
    Publication number: 20240090748
    Abstract: A system includes an endoscope connector and an endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector includes a first portion. The first portion includes a first magnetic coupling element and a first planar portion that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope connector. The endoscope adapter includes a second planar portion. The second planar portion includes a second magnetic coupling element and a substantially planar surface that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector is non-mechanically attachable to the endoscope adapter using the first magnetic coupling element and the second magnetic coupling element. The first planar portion is alignable with the second planar portion such that: electroconductive contacts of the endoscope connector are axially aligned with electroconductive pins of the endoscope adapter and a port of the endoscope connector is axially aligned with a corresponding insertion port of the endoscope adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Anina COOTER, Michael KLOTER, Evan M. LEINGANG, Kevin R. LOCHNER, Indrek-Toomas POLLUKS, Marko RADOSEVIC, Jeremy ROTH, Reed O. SAUNDERS, Thomas A. TEDHAM, Richard A. THOMPSON, II, Chase VAN ROSSEN
  • Compositions comprising HIV envelopes to induce CH235 lineage antibodies
    Patent number: 11884704
    Abstract: In certain aspects the invention provides HIV-1 immunogens, including HIV-1 envelope selections from individual CH505, and methods for swarm immunizations using combinations of HIV-1 envelopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: DUKE UNIVERSITY, TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Barton F. Haynes, Mattia Bonsignori, Hua-Xin Liao, Bette T. Korber, Peter T. Hraber, Kevin O. Saunders
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HIV ENVELOPES TO INDUCE HIV-1 ANTIBODIES
    Publication number: 20230382952
    Abstract: The invention is directed to modified HIV-1 envelopes, compositions comprising these modified envelopes, nucleic acids encoding these modified envelopes, compositions comprising these nucleic acids, and methods of using these modified HIV-1 envelopes and/or these nucleic acids to induce immune responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin O. SAUNDERS, Barton F. HAYNES, Bette T. KORBER, Kshitij G. WAGH
  • Compositions comprising modified HIV envelopes
    Patent number: 11814413
    Abstract: The invention is directed to immunogens and methods for inducing immune responses, comprising methods for germline B cell stimulation and maturation by reverse engineering of HIV-1 envelopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Barton F. Haynes, David Montefiori, Kevin J. Wiehe, Kevin O. Saunders, Celia C. Labranche
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MODIFIED HIV ENVELOPES
    Publication number: 20230140293
    Abstract: The invention is directed to immunogens and methods for inducing immune responses, comprising methods for germline B cell stimulation and maturation by reverse engineering of HIV-1 envelopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Barton F. Hayes, David MONTEFIORI, Kevin J. WIEHE, Kevin O. SAUNDERS, Celia C. LABRANCHE
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING V2 OPT HIV ENVELOPES
    Publication number: 20220380412
    Abstract: In certain aspects the invention provides HIV-1 immunogens, including HIV-1 envelopes with optimized V2 loop for antibody induction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin O. SAUNDERS, Barton F. HAYNES, Bette T. KORBER, Kshitij G. WAGH, Beatrice H. HAHN, Ronnie M. RUSSELL
  • Compositions and methods for inducing HIV-1 antibodies
    Patent number: 11318197
    Abstract: In certain aspects the invention provides HV-1 immunogens, including envelopes (CH0848) and selections therefrom, and methods for swarm immunizations using combinations of HIV-1 envelopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Barton F. Haynes, Kevin O. Saunders
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUPRAMOLECULAR NANOFIBER HIV ENVELOPES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20220040290
    Abstract: The technology provides immunogenic compositions comprising HIV-1 envelopes in supramolecular nanofiber complexes, which may also comprise a T-cell helper epitopes, and methods of using these compositions for induction of immune responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Sallie PERMAR, Joel COLLIER, Kevin O. SAUNDERS, Chelsea FRIES, Fouda Amou'ou Genevieve GINY
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HIV ENVELOPES TO INDUCE CH235 LINEAGE ANTIBODIES
    Publication number: 20210277065
    Abstract: In certain aspects the invention provides HIV-1 immunogens, including HIV-1 envelope selections from individual CH505, and methods for swarm immunizations using combinations of HIV-1 envelopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Barton F. HAYNES, Mattia BONSIGNORI, Hua-Xin LIAO, Bette T. KORBER, Peter T. HRABER, Kevin O. SAUNDERS
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HIV ENVELOPES TO INDUCE HIV-1 ANTIBODIES
    Publication number: 20210009640
    Abstract: The invention is directed to modified HIV-1 envelopes, compositions comprising these modified envelopes and methods of using these modified HIV-1 envelopes to induce immune responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin O. SAUNDERS
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING HIV-1 ANTIBODIES
    Publication number: 20200113997
    Abstract: In certain aspects the invention provides HV-1 immunogens, including envelopes (CH0848) and selections therefrom, and methods for swarm immunizations using combinations of HIV-1 envelopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Barton F. HAYNES, Kevin O. SAUNDERS