Patents by Inventor Manu BEN-JOHNY

Manu BEN-JOHNY 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: 20250049953
    Abstract: Treatments and methods for inhibiting late Na current use fibroblast growth factor homologous factor (FHF), an endogenous channel modulator, to inhibit late Na current with high potency. A minimal effector domain is engineered within FHF (the “FHF-inhibiting-X-region” (FixR)) as a peptide inhibitor of late Na current that may be delivered intracellularly, for example as a cell-penetrating peptide, or via viral or plasmid delivery. As a non-limiting example, human adenovirus type 5 may be genetically modified with the sequence 5?-ATGGCTGCGGCGATAGCCAGCTCCTTGATCCGGCAGAAGCGGCAGGCGAGGGAG TCCAACAGCGACCGAGTGTCGGCCTCCAAGCGCCGCTCCAGCCCCAGCAAAGAC GGGCGCTCC-3? (SEQ ID NO: 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Nourdine CHAKOURI, Manu BEN JOHNY, Steven O. MARX
  • Publication number: 20220397567
    Abstract: The method for increasing contractility in patients with systolic heart failure involves screening for candidate small molecules which block the interaction between Rad and the plasma membrane and/or block the interaction between Rad and the CaV1.2/CaV?2 complex, or between Rad and CaV?2, in order to increase cardiac contractility. A method for preventing calcium overload and arrhythmias in heart disease involves preventing the dissociation of Rad and the CaV1.2/CaV?2 complex, or between Rad and CaV?2, during beta-adrenergic system activation. Additionally, a method of screening for drugs that block interaction between an RGK GTPase protein and a ?-subunit of the calcium channel is provided. A suitable technique, such as fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), may be used to assess blocking of the interaction between the RGK GTPase protein and the ?-subunit of the calcium channel for the treatment of heart disease, pain, diabetes, skeletal muscle disorders and/or central nervous system (CNS) disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Steven O. MARX, Alexander KUSHNIR, Sergey ZAKHAROV, Alexander KATCHMAN, Steven P. GYGI, Marian KALOCSAY, Manu BEN-JOHNY, Henry M. COLECRAFT, Guoxia LIU