Patents by Inventor Nicholas Edward Sherman

Nicholas Edward Sherman 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: 20210315912
    Abstract: Self-assembled gels and methods of making thereof are described. A selective range of ratios between an organic solvent and optionally water, or an aqueous solution, allows for combinations of gelators (such as GRAS amphiphiles or prodrug-based gelators), co-gelators (such as anti-retrovirals), and solvents to form self-supporting hydrogels or organogels. The resulting gels may be used in methods of treating HIV and/or hepatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Karp, Nitin Joshi, Douglas Rioux, Nicholas Edward Sherman, Andrew John Pickering, Connor Francis Gallin
  • Patent number: 11020410
    Abstract: Self-assembled gels and methods of making thereof are described. A selective range of ratios between an organic solvent and optionally water, or an aqueous solution, allows for combinations of gelators (such as GRAS amphiphiles or prodrug-based gelators), co-gelators (such as anti-retrovirals), and solvents to form self-supporting hydrogels or organogels. The resulting gels may be used in methods of treating HIV and/or hepatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Karp, Nitin Joshi, Douglas Rioux, Nicholas Edward Sherman, Andrew John Pickering, Connor Francis Gallin
  • Publication number: 20200009164
    Abstract: Self-assembled gels and methods of making thereof are described. A selective range of ratios between an organic solvent and optionally water, or an aqueous solution, allows for combinations of gelators (such as GRAS amphiphiles or prodrug-based gelators), co-gelators (such as anti-retrovirals), and solvents to form self-supporting hydrogels or organogels. The resulting gels may be used in methods of treating HIV and/or hepatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Karp, Nitin Joshi, Douglas Rioux, Nicholas Edward Sherman, Andrew John Pickering, Connor Francis Gallin