Patents by Inventor Polina Anikeeva

Polina Anikeeva 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).

  • Publication number: 20230098646
    Abstract: Articles and systems configured for treating GI motility disorders are generally provided. In some embodiments, an article comprising one or more electrodes (with both sensing and stimulating capabilities) may be configured to stimulate one or more tissues in the GI tract, electrically and/or chemically, to modulate peristalsis and/or allow neuromodulation. In some embodiments, a system comprises a controller that allows for close-loop operation of the article, e.g., such that the article may stimulate (e.g., via a feedback loop) the one or more organs in the GI tract upon receiving sensed parameters in the GI tract. In some embodiments, an implantation tool comprising a sensor may allow for submucosal or intramuscular implantation of an article. The implantation tool and the article may be useful for, for example, as a general platform for delivery of treating GI motility disorders and/or neuromodulation of the GI tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Langer, Polina Anikeeva, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Shriya Srinivasan, Marc-Joseph Antonini
  • Publication number: 20190217118
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising lanthanide-doped nanoparticles which upconvert electromagnetic radiation from infrared or near infrared wavelengths into the visible light spectrum. Also provided herein are methods activating light-responsive opsin proteins expressed on plasma membranes of neurons and selectively altering the membrane polarization state of the neurons using the light delivered by the lanthanide-doped nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Polina Anikeeva
  • Patent number: 10252076
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising lanthanide-doped nanoparticles which upconvert electromagnetic radiation from infrared or near infrared wavelengths into the visible light spectrum. Also provided herein are methods activating light-responsive opsin proteins expressed on plasma membranes of neurons and selectively altering the membrane polarization state of the neurons using the light delivered by the lanthanide-doped nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Polina Anikeeva
  • Patent number: 9522288
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising lanthanide-doped nanoparticles which upconvert electromagnetic radiation from infrared or near infrared wavelengths into the visible light spectrum. Also provided herein are methods activating light-responsive opsin proteins expressed on plasma membranes of neurons and selectively altering the membrane polarization state of the neurons using the light delivered by the lanthanide-doped nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Polina Anikeeva
  • Publication number: 20160317658
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising lanthanide-doped nanoparticles which upconvert electromagnetic radiation from infrared or near infrared wavelengths into the visible light spectrum. Also provided herein are methods activating light-responsive opsin proteins expressed on plasma membranes of neurons and selectively altering the membrane polarization state of the neurons using the light delivered by the lanthanide-doped nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Polina Anikeeva
  • Patent number: 8941299
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an electroluminescent material and semiconductor nanocrystals. The semiconductor nanocrystals accept energy from the electroluminescent material and emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jianglong Chen, Vladimir Bulovic, Polina Anikeeva, Moungi G. Bawendi
  • Publication number: 20140148880
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising lanthanide-doped nanoparticles which upconvert electromagnetic radiation from infrared or near infrared wavelengths into the visible light spectrum. Also provided herein are methods activating light-responsive opsin proteins expressed on plasma membranes of neurons and selectively altering the membrane polarization state of the neurons using the light delivered by the lanthanide-doped nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Polina Anikeeva
  • Publication number: 20080074050
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an electroluminescent material and semiconductor nanocrystals. The semiconductor nanocrystals accept energy from the electroluminescent material and emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Jianglong Chen, Vladimir Bulovic, Polina Anikeeva, Moungi Bawendi
  • Publication number: 20050265935
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to photostable sunscreen and/or artificial tanning compositions including quantum dot nanocrystals of a material selected from semiconductor nanocrystals, modified semiconductor nanocrystals, multicomponent semiconductor/semiconductor nanocrystals, and hybrid semiconductor/metal nanocrystals, the quantum dot nanocrystals having an absorption band gap occurring at wavelengths higher than 400 nm whereby the quantum dot nanocrystals have substantial broadband absorption properties of ultraviolet light at wavelengths across the range of both UV-A (320-400 nm) and UV-B (280-320 nm), and a dermatologically acceptable carrier for the quantum dot nanocrystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Jennifer Hollingsworth, Victor Klimov, Polina Anikeeva