Patents by Inventor Rute Vitor

Rute Vitor 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED CANCER THERAPIES
    Publication number: 20180243418
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing liposomes, including control liposomes and various targeted liposomes. Systems and methods for treating conditions, such as, but not limited to various cancers, using targeted liposomes produced according to various methods disclosed herein. For example, estrone-conjugated liposomes may be used deliver chemotherapeutic agent(s) to breast cancer tissues for the treatment of breast cancer. Systems and methods for actuating liposomes using ultrasound. For example, systems and methods for actuating estrone-conjugated liposomes accumulated in breast cancer tissues for the treatment of breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ghaleb Husseini, Mohammad Al-Sayah, Ana Martins, Rute Vitor, Najla Salkho
  • Bifunctional tridentate pyrazolyl containing ligands for re and tc tricarbonyl complexes
    Patent number: 7682601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chelating agent of the general formula: (I), wherein m is 0 or 1; X is NR4 or S; Y is SR5, NHR5 or P(R5)2; R1 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from H, alkyl or aryl; R2 is H, COOH, NHR6 or (CH2)nCOOR6; R4 is H, alkyl, aryl, (CH2)nCOOR6 or (CH2)nOR6; R5 is H, alkyl, aryl, (CH2)nCOOR6 or (CH2)nOR6, R6 is H, alkyl or aryl; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10; and when R1?R3?CH3, R2, R4 and R5 are not all three H. The invention further relates to a method and kit for the preparation of radiolabeled biomolecules while using the chelating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.
    Inventors: Isabel Rego Santos, Joao Domingos Galamba Correia, Antonio Manuel Rocha Paulo, Susana Alves, Rute Vitor
  • Bifunctional tridentate pyrazolyl containing ligands for re and tc tricarbonyl complexes
    Publication number: 20060198785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chelating agent of the general formula: (I), wherein m is 0 or 1; X is NR4 or S; Y is SR5, NHR5 or P(R5)2; R1 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from H, alkyl or aryl; R2 is H, COOH, NHR6 or (CH2)nCOOR6; R4 is H, alkyl, aryl, (CH2)nCOOR6 or (CH2)nOR6; R5 is H, alkyl, aryl, (CH2)nCOOR6 or (CH2)nOR6, R6 is H, alkyl or aryl; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10; and when R1?R3?CH3, R2, R4 and R5 are not all three H. The invention further relates to a method and kit for the preparation of radiolabeled biomolecules while using the chelating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Isabel Santos, Joao Domingos Correia, Antonio Paulo, Susana Alves, Rute Vitor