Patents by Inventor Wilton E. Vannier

Wilton E. Vannier 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).

  • Blood platelet loaded with diagnostic or therapeutic-containing liposome or reconstituted Sendai virus
    Patent number: 5292524
    Abstract: The invention provides loaded platelets that include an absorbed loading vehicle having associated diagnostic or therapeutic agents. A method of loading platelets with diagnostic or therapeutic agents is provided. The method includes combining a loading vehicle having associated diagnostics or therapeutic agents with platelets at sufficient concentration and temperature to allow uptake of the loading vehicle by the platelets. Also provided is a method of targeting diagnostic or therapeutic agents to platelet localizing areas. The method includes the steps of: (a) combining a loading vehicle having associated diagnostic or therapeutic agents with platelets at sufficient concentration and temperature to allow uptake of the loading vehicle by the platelets; (b) isolating the platelets from excess loading vehicle; and (c) administering the isolated platelets to an animal in an effective concentration so as to promote targeting of the isolated platelets to platelet localizing areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Roxanne Male, Wilton E. Vannier