Patents by Inventor YOUNG-KWON HONG

YOUNG-KWON HONG 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).

  • SUSTAINED-RELEASE 9-CIS RETINOIC ACID IMPLANTABLE DRUG DELIVERY PELLETS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSTSURGICAL EDEMA AND LYMPHEDEMA
    Publication number: 20230042722
    Abstract: A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: ALEX K. WONG, YOUNG-KWON HONG
  • Sustained-release 9-cis retinoic acid implantable drug delivery pellets for the prevention of postsurgical edema and lymphedema
    Patent number: 11484496
    Abstract: A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Alex K. Wong, Young-Kwon Hong
  • SUSTAINED-RELEASE 9-CIS RETINOIC ACID IMPLANTABLE DRUG DELIVERY PELLETS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSTSURGICAL EDEMA AND LYMPHEDEMA
    Publication number: 20200337991
    Abstract: A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: ALEX K. WONG, YOUNG-KWON HONG