Patents by Inventor Pierre Michetti

Pierre Michetti 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).

  • Use of a Photosensitizing Agent in the Treatment or Prevention of an Inflammation-Associated Disorder in the Gastrointestinal Tract of a Mammal
    Publication number: 20100087534
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and more particularly to the use of a photosensitizing agent for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of an inflammation-associated disorder in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal, wherein the expression of pro-inflammatory markers in a tissue of said gastrointestinal tract is decreased after administering said photosensitizing agent to said tissue and exposing said tissue to a light having a wavelength absorbed by said photosensitizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Maria-Anna Ortner, Pierre Michetti, Dominique Velin
  • Urease-based vaccine and treatment for helicobacter infection
    Publication number: 20030007980
    Abstract: Method of eliciting in a mammalian host a protective immune response to Helicobacter infection and treatment of Helicobacter infection by administering to the host an immunogenically effective amount of a Helicobacter urease or urease subunits as antigen. Vaccine compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Pierre Michetti, Irene Corthesy-Theulaz, Andre Blum, Catherine Davin, Rainer Haas, Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Emilia Saraga
  • Urease-based vaccine and treatment for helicobacter infection
    Patent number: 6290962
    Abstract: Method of eliciting in a mammalian host a protective immune response to Helicobacter infection and treatment of Helicobacter infection by administering to the host an immunogenically effective amount of a Helicobacter urease or urease subunits as antigen. Vaccine compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: OraVax, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Michetti, Iréne Corthésy-Theulaz, André Blum, Catherine Davin, Rainier Haas, Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Emilia Saraga
  • Urease-based vaccine against helicobacter infection
    Patent number: 5972336
    Abstract: Method of eliciting in a mammalian host a protective immune response to Helicobacter infection by administering to the host an immunogenically effective amount of a Helicobacter urease or urease subunits as antigen. Vaccine compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: OraVax Merieux Co.
    Inventors: Pierre Michetti, Andre Blum, Catherine Davin, Rainer Haas, Irene Corthesy-Theulaz, Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Emilia Saraga
  • Treatment of stomach ulcers
    Patent number: 5578302
    Abstract: Stomach ulcers are treated by administering orally to a human in need thereof an anti-Helicobacter pylori effective amount of a composition containing, in combination with an ingestible support, a culture of Lactobacillus johnsonii strain CNCM I-1225 or a supernatant phase isolated from a culture of Lactobacillus johnsonii strain CNCM I-1225.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique Brassart, Pierre Michetti, Jean-Richard Neeser