Patents by Inventor Sakthikumar DASAPPAN NAIR

Sakthikumar DASAPPAN NAIR 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).

  • Patent number: 10765637
    Abstract: Provided is a composition which can be utilized for drug delivery systems that can penetrate the blood brain barrier, and has low cytotoxicity. A nanoparticle composition comprises nanoparticles to the surface of which a first substance and a second substance each having specificity to a tumor cell are bound, wherein the first substance having specificity to the tumor cell is a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of arginine-glycine-aspartic acid, and wherein the second substance having specificity to the tumor cell is an iron-binding protein, and wherein the nanoparticles each comprise an outer layer and vesicles enveloped by the outer layer and the nanoparticles each comprise, as membrane components, a PEGylated phospholipid, a fatty acid with a melting point of 30° C. or more, and a non-PEGylated phospholipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toru Maekawa, Sakthikumar Dasappan Nair, Sheikh Mohamed Mohamed, Srivani Veeranarayanan
  • Publication number: 20190099382
    Abstract: Provided is a composition which can be utilized for drug delivery systems that can penetrate the blood brain barrier, and has low cytotoxicity. A nanoparticle composition comprises nanoparticles to the surface of which a first substance and a second substance each having specificity to a tumor cell are bound, wherein the first substance having specificity to the tumor cell is a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of arginine-glycine-aspartic acid, and wherein the second substance having specificity to the tumor cell is an iron-binding protein, and wherein the nanoparticles each comprise an outer layer and vesicles enveloped by the outer layer and the nanoparticles each comprise, as membrane components, a PEGylated phospholipid, a fatty acid with a melting point of 30° C. or more, and a non-PEGylated phospholipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toru MAEKAWA, Sakthikumar DASAPPAN NAIR, Sheikh Mohamed MOHAMED, Srivani VEERANARAYANAN