Patents by Inventor Valentina GALATA

Valentina GALATA 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: 20240158872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with at least one microorganism, particularly a bacterial microorganism, potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an infection with at least one microorganism, particularly bacterial microorganism, and a method of determining an antimicrobial drug, e.g. antibiotic, resistance profile for at least one microorganism, particularly bacterial microorganism, as well as computer program products used in these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: ANDREAS KELLER, SUSANNE SCHMOLKE, CORD FRIEDRICH STÄHLER, CHRISTINA BACKES, VALENTINA GALATA
  • Publication number: 20200283828
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an antimicrobial drug resistance profile for a microorganism, wherein nucleic acid sequences of the microorganism are analyzed for structural variations of the genome comprising at least a change in the genome comprising more than one base, as well as for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as well as a method of determining an infection of a patient with a microorganism potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment and a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an infection with a potentially resistant microorganism, wherein the data of the antimicrobial drug resistance profile are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Christina Backes, Valentina Galata, Andreas Keller, Susanne Schmolke, Cord Friedrich Stähler
  • Publication number: 20190348154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pan-genomes of bacterial species that are stable with regard to their core genome and the addition of new genes, their uses, as well as a data base containing these pan-genomes, a method of determining an antimicrobial drug profile using a pan-genome, a method of determining an infection of a patient and a method of selecting a treatment of a patient using a pan-genome, and a computer program product for carrying out the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick FRÖSE, Andreas Emanuel POSCH, Valentina GALATA, Andreas KELLER
  • Publication number: 20190144922
    Abstract: Using the full repertoire of genetic information from bacterial genomes and plasmids for improved genetic resistance tests The invention relates to a method of determining an antimicrobial drug resistance profile for a microorganism, wherein nucleic acid sequences of the microorganism are analyzed for at least two genetic variations of the nucleic acid sequences comprising at least one genetic variation in a chromosome and at least one genetic variation in at least one plasmid, as well as a, e.g. diagnostic, method of determining an infection of a patient with a microorganism potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment and a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an infection with a potentially resistant microorganism, wherein the data of the antimicrobial drug resistance profile are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Valentina Galata, Andreas Keller, Holger Quast, Susanne Schmolke
  • Publication number: 20190093148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with Serratia species potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an antibiotic resistant Serratia infection, and a method of determining an antibiotic resistance profile for bacterial microorganisms of Serratia species, as well as computer program products used in these methods. In an exemplary method, a sample (1), is used for molecular testing (2), and then a molecular fingerprint (3) is taken. The result is then compared to a reference library (4), and the result (5) is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Susanne Schmolke, Cord Friedrich Stahler, Christina Backes, Valentina Galata
  • Publication number: 20190085377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with Salmonella species potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an antibiotic resistant Salmonella infection, and a method of determining an antibiotic resistance profile for bacterial microorganisms of Salmonella species, as well as computer program products used in these methods. In an exemplary method, a sample 1 is used for molecular testing 2, and then a molecular fingerprint 3 is taken. The result is then compared to a reference library 4, and the result 5 is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Susanne Schmolke, Cord Friedrich Stahler, Christina Backes, Valentina Galata
  • Publication number: 20190002960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with at least one microorganism, particularly a bacterial microorganism, potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an infection with at least one microorganism, particularly bacterial microorganism, and a method of determining an antimicrobial drug, e.g. antibiotic, resistance profile for at least one microorganism, particularly bacterial microorganism, as well as computer program products used in these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: ANDREAS KELLER, SUSANNE SCHMOLKE, CORD FRIEDRICH STÄHLER, CHRISTINA BACKES, VALENTINA GALATA
  • Publication number: 20180363030
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with Enterobacter species potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an antibiotic resistant Enterobacter infection, and a method of determining an antibiotic resistance profile for bacterial microorganisms of Enterobacter species, as well as computer program products used in these methods. In an exemplary method, a sample (1), is used for molecular testing (2), and then a molecular fingerprint (3) is taken. The result is then compared to a reference library (4), and the result (5) is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Ares Genetics GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Susanne Schmolke, Cord Friedrich Stahler, Christina Backes, Valentina Galata
  • Publication number: 20180349549
    Abstract: Genetic resistance prediction against antimicrobial drugs in microorganism using structural changes in the genome The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with at least one microorganism, particularly a bacterial microorganism, potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an infection with at least one microorganism, particularly bacterial microorganism, and a method of determining structural changes of the genome of the microorganism, particularly bacterial microorganism, comprising at least one gene, as well as computer program products used in these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: ANDREAS KELLER, SUSANNE SCHMOLKE, CORD FRIEDRICH STÄHLER, CHRISTINA BACKES, VALENTINA GALATA
  • Publication number: 20180265913
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with Pseudomonas species potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas infection, and a method of determining an antibiotic resistance profile for bacterial microorganisms of Pseudomonas species, as well as computer program products used in these methods. In an exemplary method, a sample 1, is used for molecular testing 2, and then a molecular fingerprint 3 is taken. The result is then compared to a reference library 4, and the result 5 is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Susanne Schmolke, Cord Friedrich Stahler, Christina Backes, Valentina Galata
  • Publication number: 20180223336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with Morganella species potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an antibiotic resistant Morganella infection, and a method of determining an antibiotic resistance profile for bacterial microorganisms of Morganella species, as well as computer program products used in these methods. In an exemplary method, a sample 1, is used for molecular testing 2, and then a molecular fingerprint 3 is taken. The result is then compared to a reference library 4, and the result 5 is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Susanne Schmolke, Cord Friedrich Stahler, Christina Backes, Valentina Galata
  • Publication number: 20180216167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with Stenotrophomonas species potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an antibiotic resistant Stenotrophomonas infection, and a method of determining an antibiotic resistance profile for bacterial microorganisms of Stenotrophomonas species, as well as computer program products used in these methods. In an exemplary method, a sample 1, is used for molecular testing 2, and then a molecular fingerprint 3 is taken. The result is then compared to a reference library 4, and the result 5 is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Susanne Schmolke, Cord Friedrich Stahler, Christina Backes, Valentina Galata
  • Publication number: 20180201979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an infection of a patient with Acinetobacter species potentially resistant to antimicrobial drug treatment, a method of selecting a treatment of a patient suffering from an antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter infection, and a method of determining an anti-biotic resistance profile for bacterial microorganisms of Acinetobacter species, as well as computer program products used in these methods. In an exemplary method, a sample 1, is used for molecular testing 2, and then a molecular finger-print 3 is taken. The result is then compared to a reference library 4, and the result 5 is reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas KELLER, Susanne SCHMOLKE, Cord Friedrich STÄHLER, Christina BACKES, Valentina GALATA