Patents by Inventor Rick Libby

Rick Libby 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 AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING NEURODEGENERATION
    Publication number: 20170333732
    Abstract: A method for treating, preventing and/or reducing neurodegeneration in subjects with neurodegenerative disease, such as those neurodegenerative diseases that affect the eye, including glaucoma, using radiation, such as gamma radiation or X-ray radiation, either alone or together with a bone marrow transfer treatment. The method includes irradiating a targeted area of an animal, such as the eye region, with radiation, either alone or followed by injection with T-cell depleted bone marrow cells. Also a method for screening and/or selecting agents and/or treatment methods for inhibiting, treating and/or reducing neurodegeneration, particularly the neurodegeneration of the eye that occurs as a consequence of glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: SIMON W.M. JOHN, Michael ANDERSON, Rick LIBBY
  • Methods for protecting eyes against neurodegeneration caused by glaucoma in age-related hereditary glaucoma using radiation
    Patent number: 9789336
    Abstract: A method for treating, preventing and/or reducing neurodegeneration in subjects with neurodegenerative disease, such as those neurodegenerative diseases that affect the eye, including glaucoma, using radiation, such as gamma radiation or X-ray radiation, either alone or together with a bone marrow transfer treatment. The method includes irradiating a targeted area of an animal, such as the eye region, with radiation, either alone or followed by injection with T-cell depleted bone marrow cells. Also a method for screening and/or selecting agents and/or treatment methods for inhibiting, treating and/or reducing neurodegeneration, particularly the neurodegeneration of the eye that occurs as a consequence of glaucoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Simon W. M. John, Michael Anderson, Rick Libby
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING NEURODEGENERATION
    Publication number: 20100074409
    Abstract: A method for treating, preventing and/or reducing neurodegeneration in subjects with neurodegenerative disease, such as those neurodegenerative diseases that affect the eye, including glaucoma, using radiation, such as gamma radiation or X-ray radiation, either alone or together with a bone marrow transfer treatment. The method includes irradiating a targeted area of an animal, such as the eye region, with radiation, either alone or followed by injection with T-cell depleted bone marrow cells. Also a method for screening and/or selecting agents and/or treatment methods for inhibiting, treating and/or reducing neurodegeneration, particularly the neurodegeneration of the eye that occurs as a consequence of glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: SIMON W.M. JOHN, Michael Anderson, Rick Libby