Patents by Inventor Theodore Aaron Litovitz

Theodore Aaron Litovitz 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).

  • Use of weak stressors to enhance the effectiveness of ionizing radiation and other treatments of disease
    Patent number: 7879076
    Abstract: Enhancing the effectiveness of therapeutic ionizing radiation and other treatments of disease in which cells are to be destroyed or modified, by subjecting cells in need thereof to low-dose radiation to increase the sensitivity of the cells to subsequent subjection with a lethal dose of high dose radiation (HDR), a chemotherapeutic agent, or other type of therapeutic treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Catholic University of America
    Inventors: Theodore Aaron Litovitz, Andrea Lynn Cohen, Patrick Mehl
  • Use of weak stressors to enhance the effectiveness of ionizing radiation and other treatments of disease
    Publication number: 20070184057
    Abstract: Enhancing the effectiveness of therapeutic ionizing radiation and other treatments of disease in which cells are to be destroyed or modified, by subjecting cells in need thereof to low-dose radiation to increase the sensitivity of the cells to subsequent subjection with a lethal dose of high dose radiation (HDR), a chemotherapeutic agent, or other type of therapeutic treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Theodore Aaron Litovitz, Andrea Lynn Cohen, Patrick Mehl