Patents by Inventor Luigi Maria Larocca

Luigi Maria Larocca 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).

  • Method of using gadolinium neutron capture to treat cancers
    Patent number: 6770020
    Abstract: Described is a method of using gadolinium-containing compounds as agents for neutron capture therapy to treat neoplastic cell growth. The subject is exposed to a gadolinium-containing compound for a time sufficient to allow the compound to accumulate in neoplastic cells. The subject is then exposed to a thermal and/or epithermal neutron flux, thereby initiating a neutron capture reaction in the gadolinium atoms that results in specific death of neoplastic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gelsomina De Stasio, Benjamin Gilbert, Bradley H. Frazer, Roberto Pallini, Luigi Maria Larocca, Delio Mercanti, Patrizia Casalbore
  • Method of using gadolinium neutron capture to treat cancers
    Publication number: 20030049202
    Abstract: Described is a method of using gadolinium-containing compounds as agents for neutron capture therapy to treat neoplastic cell growth. The subject is exposed to a gadolinium-containing compound for a time sufficient to allow the compound to accumulate in neoplastic cells. The subject is then exposed to a thermal and/or epithermal neutron flux, thereby initiating a neutron capture reaction in the gadolinium atoms that results in specific death of neoplastic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Gelsomina De Stasio, Benjamin Gilbert, Bradley H. Frazer, Roberto Pallini, Luigi Maria Larocca, Delio Mercanti, Patrizia Casalbore