Patents by Inventor Richard H. MASLAND

Richard H. MASLAND 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).

  • METHOD FOR AUGMENTING VISION IN PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PHOTORECEPTOR CELL DEGENERATION
    Publication number: 20190263883
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of treating subjects afflicted with a photoreceptor disorder. Methods for treating a subject suffering from a disorder characterized by photoreceptor cell degeneration are provided, wherein a gene encoding a photosensitive protein is introduced into a retinal cell of a subject. In one aspect of the invention, the retinal cells which receive the photosensitive protein include non-photoreceptor cells such as horizontal cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard H. MASLAND
  • Method for augmenting vision in persons suffering from photoreceptor cell degeneration
    Patent number: 10259857
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of treating subjects afflicted with a photoreceptor disorder. Methods for treating a subject suffering from a disorder characterized by photoreceptor cell degeneration are provided, wherein a gene encoding a photosensitive protein is introduced into a retinal cell of a subject. In one aspect of the invention, the retinal cells which receive the photosensitive protein include non-photoreceptor cells such as horizontal cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard H. Masland
  • Method for augmenting vision in persons suffering from photoreceptor cell degeneration
    Patent number: 9434781
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of treating subjects afflicted with a photoreceptor disorder. Methods for treating a subject suffering from a disorder characterized by photoreceptor cell degeneration are provided, wherein a gene encoding a photosensitive protein is introduced into a retinal cell of a subject. In one aspect of the invention, the retinal cells which receive the photosensitive protein include non-photoreceptor cells such as horizontal cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard H. Masland
  • METHOD FOR AUGMENTING VISION IN PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PHOTORECEPTOR CELL DEGENERATION
    Publication number: 20160022841
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of treating subjects afflicted with a photoreceptor disorder. Methods for treating a subject suffering from a disorder characterized by photoreceptor cell degeneration are provided, wherein a gene encoding a photosensitive protein is introduced into a retinal cell of a subject. In one aspect of the invention, the retinal cells which receive the photosensitive protein include non-photoreceptor cells such as horizontal cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard H. MASLAND