Patents by Inventor Leona C. Peters

Leona C. Peters 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).

  • Active specific immunotherapy
    Patent number: 5484596
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of cancer therapy for treating human patients with resectable solid tumors to inhibit recurrence and formation of metastases, comprising surgically removing tumor tissue from a human cancer patient, treating the tumor tissue to obtain tumor cells, irradiating the tumor cells to be viable but non-tumorigenic, preparing a vaccine comprising about 10.sup.7 viable but non-tumorigenic tumor cells per dose and injecting the vaccine intradermally into the human patient after the patient's immune system has recovered from surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Akzo N.V.
    Inventors: Michael G. Hanna, Jr., Herbert C. Hoover, Jr., Leona C. Peters