Patents by Inventor Massoud Akhtari

Massoud Akhtari 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: 20230329330
    Abstract: A smoking apparatus is provided. The smoking apparatus includes an organic leafy material receptacle configured to receive organic leafy material for ignition, a chamber connected to the organic leafy material receptacle by a connection tube, the chamber comprising a circulating tube configured to receive smoke from the organic leafy material receptacle via the connection tube, and at least one cooling element contacting the circulating tube, the at least one cooling element selected from the group consisting of electric cooling hardware, magnetic cooling hardware, and anhydrous cooling material contacting the circulating tube, and an inhalation tube connected to the chamber and configured to receive cooled smoke from the circulating tube. A user inhaling from the inhalation tube draws smoke from the organic leafy material receptacle to the circulating tube in the chamber to the inhalation tube and to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Teis Nezam Tolstrup Akhtari
  • Publication number: 20220018840
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a test article provided by a subject for an attribute, such as a medical, industrial, veterinary, agricultural, food, or other attribute, is provided. The design includes providing a cassette comprising at least one ligand selected to match the attribute, applying the test article provided by the patient to the at least one ligand of the cassette, transmitting light energy toward the test article applied to the at least one ligand, sensing optical attributes of light energy provided from the test article applied to the at least one ligand, and providing sensed attributes of the light energy sensed to an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Niels Akhtari
  • Patent number: 10751428
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising a functional group that binds to ?-amyloid deposits and/or neurofibrillary tangles. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the functionalized MNPs, and methods of using the functionalized MNPs in imaging ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Massoud Akhtari
  • Publication number: 20190374658
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising a functional group that binds to ?-amyloid deposits and/or neurofibrillary tangles. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the functionalized MNPs, and methods of using the functionalized MNPs in imaging ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Massoud Akhtari
  • Patent number: 10232059
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising a functional group that binds to ?-amyloid deposits and/or neurofibrillary tangles. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the functionalized MNPs, and methods of using the functionalized MNPs in imaging ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Massoud Akhtari
  • Patent number: 10197657
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of generating a conductivity map of an in vivo tissue. The present disclosure provides systems for generating a conductivity map of an in vivo tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Massoud Akhtari
  • Publication number: 20170045601
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of generating a conductivity map of an in vivo tissue. The present disclosure provides systems for generating a conductivity map of an in vivo tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Massoud Akhtari
  • Publication number: 20160184461
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising a functional group that binds to ?-amyloid deposits and/or neurofibrillary tangles. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the functionalized MNPs, and methods of using the functionalized MNPs in imaging ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Massoud Akhtari
  • Patent number: 9272055
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising a functional group that binds to ?-amyloid deposits and/or neurofibrillary tangles. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the functionalized MNPs, and methods of using the functionalized MNPs in imaging ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Massoud Akhtari
  • Patent number: 9011913
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of detecting a cancer cell in an individual, methods of grading a cancer, and methods of treating a cancer. The methods involve use of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles that comprise a moiety that provides for selective association with, and/or metabolic uptake into, a cancer cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Publication number: 20130251641
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 2-deoxyglucose-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. The compositions are useful in various applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: The Regents of the Universtiy of California
    Inventors: MASSOUD AKHTARI, JEROME ENGEL
  • Patent number: 8445021
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 2-deoxyglucose-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. The compositions are useful in various applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Publication number: 20110110868
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 2-deoxyglucose-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. The compositions are useful in various applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Publication number: 20110044911
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of detecting a cancer cell in an individual, methods of grading a cancer, and methods of treating a cancer. The methods involve use of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles that comprise a moiety that provides for selective association with, and/or metabolic uptake into, a cancer cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Publication number: 20080206146
    Abstract: The present invention provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles comprising a functional group, which functionalized magnetic nanoparticles exhibit differential binding to a tissue, indulging brain tissue, bone, and vascular tissues. The present invention further provides compositions, including pharmaceutical compostions, comprising a subject functionalized magnetic nanoparticle. The present invention further provides diagnostic and research methods including use of subject functionized magnetic nanoparticles. The present invention further provides a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-visible drug delivery system; drugs using MRI, as well as tissue-specific drug delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel