Patents by Inventor Luis Ulloa

Luis Ulloa 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: 20160124770
    Abstract: In a parallel computing method performed by a parallel computing system comprising a plurality of central processing units (CPUs), a main process executes. Tasks are executed in parallel with the main process on CPUs not used in executing the main process. Results of completed tasks are stored in a cache, from which the main process retrieves completed task results when needed. The initiation of task execution is controlled by a priority ranking of tasks based on at least probabilities that task results will be needed by the main process and time limits for executing the tasks. The priority ranking of tasks is from the vantage point of a current execution point in the main process and is updated as the main process executes. An executing task may be pre-empted by a task having higher priority if no idle CPU is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Guillaume Bouchard, Luis Ulloa
  • Publication number: 20100152239
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of an ?7nAChR-agonist such as GTS to control systemic inflammation during resuscitation following severe trauma such blood loss because of severe hemorrhage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Luis Ulloa, Fei Chen, Bolin Cai
  • Publication number: 20090297499
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of charcoal in the manufacture of an oral composition for the treatment of an inflammatory condition other than an inflammatory bowel disease and other than interstitial or other inflammation within the kidney.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian M. Foxwell, Percy Sumariwalla, Paul Kaye, Kevin Tracey, Kenneth Kenigsberg, Luis Ulloa
  • Publication number: 20050245609
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of using a therapeutic composition comprising an ester of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid for the treatment of cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions. The cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions are mediated by, for example, Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF), interleukin-1? (IL-1?)) or High Mobility Group B-1 (HMGB-1) mediator of inflammation. Exemplary cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions include, but are not limited to, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis, endotoxic shock, cerebral malaria, silicosis, pulmonary sarcoidosis, bone resorption disease, graft versus host disease, allograft rejections, fever and myalgia due to infection, AIDS related complex (ARC), Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, cachexia and septic shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute
    Inventors: Mitchell Fink, Luis Ulloa, Kevin Tracey, Russell Delude
  • Patent number: 6943190
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of using a therapeutic composition comprising a compound of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid (pyruvate) and/or its derivatives for the treatment of cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions. The compound is an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, a physiologically acceptable salt of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, an ester of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, or an amide of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid. A component for inducing and stabilizing the enol resonance form of the ester at physiological pH values is also disclosed. The cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions are mediated by, for example, an “early” (Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF), interleukin-1? (IL-1?)) or “late” (high mobility group B-1 (HMGB-1)) mediator of inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute
    Inventors: Mitchell P. Fink, Luis Ulloa, Kevin J. Tracey, Russell L. Delude
  • Publication number: 20040110833
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of using a therapeutic composition comprising a compound of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid (pyruvate) and/or its derivatives for the treatment of cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions. The compound is an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, a physiologically acceptable salt of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, an ester of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, or an amide of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid. A component for inducing and stabilizing the enol resonance form of the ester at physiological pH values is also disclosed. The cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions are mediated by, for example, an “early” (Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF), interleukin-1&bgr; (IL-1&bgr;)) or “late” (high mobility group B-1 (HMGB-1)) mediator of inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute
    Inventors: Mitchell P. Fink, Luis Ulloa, Kevin J. Tracey