Patents by Inventor Nisha Veronica Varma

Nisha Veronica Varma 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES AND METHODS COMPRISING MICROBE-TARGETING MOLECULES FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    Publication number: 20240019435
    Abstract: The present invention provides biological molecules for use in detecting, identifying and/or removing microbes and microbial components; diagnostic, therapeutic and filtration devices comprising the biological molecules; and systems and methods for treating fluids using the biological molecules and devices of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLC
    Inventors: Nisha Veronica VARMA, Keith CRAWFORD, Gregory T. MARTIN, Goossen Jan Bernard BOER, Rainuka GUPTA, Zhiqian ZHOU, Christopher VELIS, Andrew D. CONNERTY
  • LATERAL FLOW ASSAY FOR RAPID DETECTION OF PATHOGENS IN SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20240011980
    Abstract: Detection devices comprising microbe-targeting molecules (MTMs) and engineered MTMs in the form of a lateral flow assay (LFA) are provided. Methods of using the detection devices in the detection and/or identification of microbes and microbe components in a sample are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLC
    Inventors: Nisha Veronica VARMA, Goossen Jan Bernard BOER, Zhiqian ZHOU, George A. DOWNEY, Shailendra KUMAR, Keith CRAWFORD
  • MBL-COATED SUBSTRATES HAVING ANTI-THROMBOGENIC PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20240001019
    Abstract: The present invention provides mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-based compositions, and methods of using the MBL-based compositions in the reduction of unintended platelet activation, such as during a medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLC
    Inventors: Nisha Veronica VARMA, Zhiqian ZHOU, Keith CRAWFORD, Andrew D. CONNERTY, Shailendra KUMAR
  • COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    Publication number: 20230270927
    Abstract: The present invention provides biological molecules for use in detecting, identifying and/or removing microbes and microbial components; diagnostic, therapeutic and filtration devices comprising the biological molecules; and systems and methods for treating fluids using the biological molecules and devices of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Miraki Innovation Think Tank LLC
    Inventors: Nisha Veronica VARMA, Keith CRAWFORD, Gregory T. MARTIN, Goossen Jan Bernard BOER, Rainuka GUPTA, Zhiqian ZHOU, Christopher VELIS, Andrew D. CONNERTY
  • SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MICROBIAL ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20230054472
    Abstract: Methods are described for preparing samples including biological, environmental, and food products for microbial analysis. Microbes and microbe components in the sample can be treated with antimicrobial compounds and a matrix solution to permit fast and accurate characterization using analysis techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Time-of-Flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Miraki Innovation Think Tank LLC
    Inventors: James HILL, Nisha Veronica VARMA, Gregory T. MARTIN, Goossen Jan Bernard BOER, Zhiqian ZHOU, Christopher VELIS
  • MINIATURIZED INTRA-BODY CONTROLLABLE MEDICAL DEVICE EMPLOYING MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    Publication number: 20210267438
    Abstract: A medical system includes one or more medical devices for intra-body conveyance which include a host structure that defines an interior area, one or more data gathering system, one or more means for communication, for transmitting data from the data gathering systems. The medical device is configurable into a peripheral boundary of a size adapted to fit in a lumen of a living organism. The medical system includes an external processing device configured to receive the transmitted data from the means for communication. The external processing system is configured to perform data analysis on the data received from the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher J. Velis, Matthew P. Palmer, Nisha Veronica Varma