Patents by Inventor Travis Shaffer

Travis Shaffer 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).

  • Metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles as universal binders for medical isotopes
    Patent number: 10688202
    Abstract: The present disclosure, among other things, provides new technologies for preparation of medical isotope labeled metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles for use in medical imaging and/or therapeutic applications. Provided technologies show a number of advantages as compared with previously available options for preparing and utilizing medical isotopes, including, for example, they utilize metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles that serve as universal binders (e.g., via covalent or non-covalent (e.g., chelate) bonds) for medical isotopes to provide medical isotope labeled metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles. Surprisingly, the same metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles may be used to bind (e.g., covalent or non-covalent e.g., chelation) bonding) a wide variety of different useful medical isotopes without the use of traditional chelating agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Matthew A. Wall, Travis Shaffer, Stefan Harmsen, Jan Grimm, Moritz F. Kircher
  • METAL(LOID) CHALCOGEN NANOPARTICLES AS UNIVERSAL BINDERS FOR MEDICAL ISOTOPES
    Publication number: 20170266328
    Abstract: The present disclosure, among other things, provides new technologies for preparation of medical isotope labeled metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles for use in medical imaging and/or therapeutic applications. Provided technologies show a number of advantages as compared with previously available options for preparing and utilizing medical isotopes, including, for example, they utilize metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles that serve as universal binders (e.g., via covalent or non-covalent (e.g., chelate) bonds) for medical isotopes to provide medical isotope labeled metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles. Surprisingly, the same metal(loid) chalcogen nanoparticles may be used to bind (e.g., covalent or non-covalent e.g., chelation) bonding) a wide variety of different useful medical isotopes without the use of traditional chelating agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cance Center
    Inventors: Matthew A. Wall, Travis Shaffer, Stefan Harmsen, Jan Grimm, Moritz F. Kircher