Patents by Inventor Robert A. Preti

Robert A. Preti 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF VASCULAR INJURY REPAIR
    Publication number: 20070105217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a chemotactic hematopoietic stem cell product comprising an enriched population of CD34+ cells containing a subpopulation of cells having chemotactic activity, methods of preparing these compositions and use of these compositions to treat or repair vascular injury, including infarcted myocardium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Andrew Pecora, Robert Preti
  • Method for photoinactivating malignant cells
    Patent number: 6159733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for photoinactivating malignant cells in a cell sample. The method comprises incubating the cell sample with a concentration of Pc 4 effective to cause a substantial number of the malignant cells contained in the cell sample to absorb Pc 4 such that upon application of a sufficient dose of red light, the Pc 4 absorbed malignant cells will be photoinactivated; and applying a sufficient dose of red light to the cell sample to photoinactivate the Pc 4 absorbed malignant cells contained in the cell sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: New York Blood Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Ehud Ben-Hur, Robert A. Preti, Jan F. Keij