Patents by Inventor Linda A. Ward

Linda A. Ward 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: 9457062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modulating Toll-like receptor signalling in a subject, or in at least one cell, tissue or organ thereof, methods for treating or preventing a disease or condition in a subject, methods for modulating the production and/or secretion of one or more immunomodulators in a subject, or at least one cell, tissue or organ thereof, wherein said methods involve the administration of chaperonin 10, and wherein the chaperonin 10 associates with a Toll-like receptor in an activation cluster. Also contemplated are associated compositions and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CBIO LIMITED
    Inventors: Barbara J. Johnson, Caroline A. Dobbin, Dean J. Naylor, Linda A. Ward, Inge E. A. Flesch, Christopher B. Howard
  • Publication number: 20110091010
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of examining the breast of a woman who has difficulty in standing or raising her arms by providing an X-ray machine having x-ray emitting and receiving members that are rotatable about a vertical axis and movable up and down along the vertical axis. A cup member having an interior configured to receive one of the woman's breast is placed over a breast and suction from a source of suction is applied to the interior of the cup member to expand the breast to fill the cup. The X-ray emitting and receiving members of the X-ray machine are then oriented relative to the cup member to perform an examination of the breast inside the cup member while the woman is either in a sitting or standing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Linda Ward Mitchell, Zachary Rayond Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20090047240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modulating Toll-like receptor signalling in a subject, or in at least one cell, tissue or organ thereof, methods for treating or preventing a disease or condition in a subject, methods for modulating the production and/or secretion of one or more immunomodulators in a subject, or at least one cell, tissue or organ thereof, wherein said methods involve the administration of chaperonin 10, and wherein the chaperonin 10 associates with a Toll-like receptor in an activation cluster. Also contemplated are associated compositions and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: CBio LIMITED
    Inventors: Barbara J. Johnson, Caroline A. Dobbin, Dean J. Naylor, Linda A. Ward, Inge E.A. Flesch, Christopher B. Howard