Patents by Inventor Valentina Agostoni

Valentina Agostoni 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).

  • Publication number: 20220287971
    Abstract: A method for preparing transmembrane pH-gradient vesicles is provided. This method includes the following steps: a) preparing vesicles made from at least one matrix substance in an aqueous medium having an osmolarity of not more than 200 mOsm/l, wherein the matrix substance is chosen from the group consisting of amphiphilic lipids and amphiphilic block copolymers, b) transferring the vesicles into a basic or acidic buffer having an osmolarity being at least 200 mOsm/l higher than the osmolarity of the aqueous medium of step a) to apply an osmotic shock to the vesicles and to obtain buffer-filled vesicles and c) diluting a mixture of the aqueous medium and the basic or acidic buffer containing the buffer-filled vesicles by adding a neutralizing solution to obtain transmembrane pH-gradient vesicles suspended in a suspension buffer, wherein the suspension buffer differs from the basic or acidic buffer in pH value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Leroux, Vincent Forster, Valentina Agostoni
  • Patent number: 11376218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing transmembrane pH-gradient vesicles. This method includes the following steps: a) preparing vesicles made from at least one matrix substance in an aqueous medium having an osmolarity of not more than 200 mOsm/l. The matrix substance is chosen from the group consisting of amphiphilic lipids and amphiphilic block copolymers, b) transferring the vesicles into a basic or acidic buffer having an osmolarity being at least 200 mOsm/l higher than the osmolarity of the aqueous medium of step a) to apply an osmotic shock to the vesicles and to obtain buffer-filled vesicles and c) diluting a mixture of the aqueous medium and the basic or acidic buffer containing the buffer-filled vesicles by adding a neutralizing solution to obtain transmembrane pH-gradient vesicles suspended in a suspension buffer, which differs from the basic or acidic buffer in pH value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Versantis AG
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Leroux, Vincent Forster, Valentina Agostoni
  • Patent number: 10159738
    Abstract: The present invention concerns metal-organic hybrid solids having a modified outer surface. These solids can be used, for example, for the storage and vectoring of molecules of interest such as pharmaceutically active ingredients, compounds of interest in cosmetics and markers, for example contrast agents. These solids have good results in terms of active drug loading capacities, biocompatibility, stability and controlling the release of the active ingredients encapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS, UNIVERSITE DE VERSAILLES-SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES, UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD
    Inventors: Ruxandra Gref, Valentina Agostoni, Samia Daoud-Mahammed, Violeta Rodriguez-Ruiz, Milo Malanga, Laszlo Jicsinszky, Patricia Horcajada-Cortes, Christian Serre
  • Publication number: 20180104189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing transmembrane pH-gradient vesicles. This method includes the following steps: a) preparing vesicles made from at least one matrix substance in an aqueous medium having an osmolarity of not more than 200 mOsm/l. The matrix substance is chosen from the group consisting of amphiphilic lipids and amphiphilic block copolymers, b) transferring the vesicles into a basic or acidic buffer having an osmolarity being at least 200 mOsm/l higher than the osmolarity of the aqueous medium of step a) to apply an osmotic shock to the vesicles and to obtain buffer-filled vesicles and c) diluting a mixture of the aqueous medium and the basic or acidic buffer containing the buffer-filled vesicles by adding a neutralizing solution to obtain transmembrane pH-gradient vesicles suspended in a suspension buffer, which differs from the basic or acidic buffer in pH value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Leroux, Vincent Forster, Valentina Agostoni
  • Publication number: 20150150981
    Abstract: The present invention concerns metal-organic hybrid solids having a modified outer surface. These solids can be used, for example, for the storage and vectoring of molecules of interest such as pharmaceutically active ingredients, compounds of interest in cosmetics and markers, for example contrast agents. These solids have good results in terms of active drug loading capacities, biocompatibility, stability and controlling the release of the active ingredients encapsulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Ruxandra Gref, Valentina Agostoni, Samia Daoud-Mahammed, Violeta Rodriguez-Ruiz, Milo Malanga, Laszlo Jicsinszky, Patricia Horcajada-Cortes, Christian Serre