Patents by Inventor Odelia Mualem Burstein

Odelia Mualem Burstein 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).

  • Drug loaded contrast agents: combining diagnosis and therapy
    Patent number: 9220709
    Abstract: This invention provides an improvement to methods of drug loading of ultrasound contrast agents. Echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof produced by the method of the invention wherein the echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof contain at least 10% more of a drug as compared to (1) echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof prepared by adding drug prior to emulsifying or (2) echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof prepared by adding drug to lyophilized polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Margaret A. Wheatley, Odelia Mualem Burstein, John R. Eisenbrey, Dalia El-Sherif
  • Drug Loaded Contrast Agents: Combining Diagnosis and Therapy
    Publication number: 20090196827
    Abstract: This invention provides an improvement to methods of drug loading of ultrasound contrast agents. Echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof produced by the method of the invention wherein the echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof contain at least 10% more of a drug as compared to (1) echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof prepared by adding drug prior to emulsifying or (2) echogenic drug-loaded polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof prepared by adding drug to lyophilized polymer microcapsules, nanocapsules, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Drexel University
    Inventors: Margaret A. Wheatley, Odelia Mualem Burstein, John R. Eisenbrey, Dalia El-Sherif