Patents by Inventor Phillip Tsao

Phillip Tsao 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).

  • Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
    Patent number: 8188043
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University
    Inventors: John Cooke, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heeschen
  • Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
    Patent number: 7598275
    Abstract: Methods are provided for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: John Cooke, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heeschen
  • Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
    Patent number: 7160904
    Abstract: The invention features methods for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: John Cooke, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heescheen
  • Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
    Publication number: 20060182731
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: John Cooke, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heeschen
  • Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
    Publication number: 20060167028
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: John Cooke, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heeschen
  • Nicotine receptor agonists in stem cell and progenitor cell recruitment
    Patent number: 6720340
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for recruitment of bone marrow-derived stem cells (e.g., endothelial cell precursors, hematopoietic stem cells) by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. The methods of the invention can be used in, for example, treatment of conditions amenable to treatment by recruitment of bone marrow-derived stem cells (e.g., neutropenia).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. Unversity
    Inventors: John Cooke, Frances Lauri Johnson, Anjali Pathak, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heeschen
  • Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
    Publication number: 20020128294
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: John Cooke, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heescheen
  • Nicotine in therapeutic angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
    Patent number: 6417205
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for induction of angiogenesis by administration of nicotine or other nicotine receptor agonist. Induction of angiogenesis by the methods of the invention can be used in therapeutic angiogenesis in, for example, treatment of ischemic syndromes such as coronary or peripheral arterial disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University
    Inventors: John Cooke, James Jang, Phillip Tsao, Christopher Heeschen