Patents by Inventor Nicholas PESCATORE

Nicholas PESCATORE 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).

  • Methods of using graphine nanoplatelets or polymer-derived ceramic carbide-derived carbon to remove proteins from blood and to treat sepsis
    Patent number: 11918723
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of removing proteins, including cytokines, from blood and blood products, the methods comprising contacting the blood or blood product with a form of carbon having high graphitic contents and slit-shaped mesopores and macropores, the pore size dimensions chosen to be comparable to the size of the proteins, wherein the contacting results in the removal of high levels of the protein from the blood or blood product in minutes or hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Yury Gogotsi, Vadym Mochalin, Nicholas Pescatore
  • OPEN SURFACE GRAPHITIC MATERIALS FOR ADSORPTION OF CYTOKINES FROM BLOOD
    Publication number: 20210379263
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of removing proteins, including cytokines, from blood and blood products, the methods comprising contacting the blood or blood product with a form of carbon having high graphitic contents and slit-shaped mesopores and macropores, the pore size dimensions chosen to be comparable to the size of the proteins, wherein the contacting results in the removal of high levels of the protein from the blood or blood product in minutes or hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yury Gogotsi, Vadym Mochalin, Nicholas Pescatore
  • Methods of using thermally expanded graphite to remove proteins from blood and to treat sepsis
    Patent number: 11123465
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of removing proteins, including cytokines, from blood and blood products, the methods comprising contacting the blood or blood product with a form of carbon having high graphitic contents and slit-shaped mesopores and macropores, the pore size dimensions chosen to be comparable to the size of the proteins, wherein the contacting results in the removal of high levels of the protein from the blood or blood product in minutes or hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Yury Gogotsi, Vadym Mochalin, Nicholas Pescatore
  • OPEN SURFACE GRAPHITIC MATERIALS FOR ADSORPTION OF CYTOKINES FROM BLOOD
    Publication number: 20200316281
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of removing proteins, including cytokines, from blood and blood products, the methods comprising contacting the blood or blood product with a form of carbon having high graphitic contents and slit-shaped mesopores and macropores, the pore size dimensions chosen to be comparable to the size of the proteins, wherein the contacting results in the removal of high levels of the protein from the blood or blood product in minutes or hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Yury GOGOTSI, Vadym MOCHALIN, Nicholas PESCATORE