Patents by Inventor Nancy DeMore

Nancy DeMore 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: 11873333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides humanized antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to SFRP2 and compositions comprising such humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. In some aspects, the humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments can be used to treat diseases or conditions associated with increased SFRP2, such as cancer. In some aspects, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments can be used to treat osteosarcoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Nancy Demore, Cam Patterson
  • Publication number: 20220204598
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides humanized antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to SFRP2 and compositions comprising such humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. In some aspects, the humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments can be used to treat diseases or conditions associated with increased SFRP2, such as cancer. In some aspects, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments can be used to treat osteosarcoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Nancy Demore, Cam Patterson
  • Patent number: 11253167
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting metal clips inserted within a portion of a body of a patient are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a clip detector assembly includes a detector having a ferrous member, a transmitting coil around the ferrous member and configured to induce a current in the metal clip, and a receiving coil around the ferrous member and configured to receive a magnetic field generated by the current induced in the metal clip. The assembly can further include a control circuit having a band-pass filter configured to pass electrical signals induced by the magnetic field from the receiving coil that are within at most 35 kHz of a resonance frequency of the metal clip. The assembly still further includes a user notification component configured to alert a user to a location of the metal clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Clemson University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nancy DeMore, Delphine Dean, Scott R. Slaney, Melissa McCullough, Cody Jordan, Joseph R. Wilson, III
  • Publication number: 20210395351
    Abstract: Provided herein is a pharmaceutical combination comprising SFRP2 antagonist and an PD-1 antibody antagonist. The invention also provides a method for the treatment of cancer, comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amounts of a SFRP2 antagonist and a PD-1 antagonist to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Nancy DeMore
  • Publication number: 20160220711
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for imaging one or more of tumor vasculature and tumor angiogenesis, wherein an imaging composition comprises anti-SFRP2 antibody operable linked to an imaging agent. Provided is a method of imaging tumor vasculature in an individual comprising administering to the individual a diagnostically effect of an imaging composition, and detecting the image resulting from the binding or complexing of the imaging composition with tumor vasculature. The imaging agent may also be used as a delivery vehicle to target one or more therapeutic agents to tumor vasculature and surrounding tumor tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Nancy DeMore, Paul Dayton, Russell Mumper, James K. Tsuruta