Patents Issued in May 29, 2018
  • Patent number: 9980943
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ?7?1 integrin modulatory agents and methods of using such to treat conditions associated with decreased ?7?1 integrin expression or activity, including muscular dystrophy. In one example, methods for treating a subject with muscular dystrophy are disclosed. The methods include administering an effective amount of an ?7?1 integrin modulatory agent to the subject with muscular dystrophy, wherein the ?7?1 integrin modulatory agent increases ?7?1 integrin expression or activity as compared to ?7?1 integrin expression or activity prior to treatment, thereby treating the subject with muscular dystrophy. Also disclosed are methods of enhancing muscle regeneration, repair, or maintenance in a subject and methods of enhancing ?7?1 integrin expression by use of the disclosed ?7?1 integrin modulatory agents. Methods of prospectively preventing or reducing muscle injury or damage in a subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE NEVADA, RENO
    Inventors: Dean Burkin, Ryan Wuebbles
  • Patent number: 9980944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing 6-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenylamino)-7-fluoro-3-methyl-3H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxylic acid (2-hydroxyethyoxy)-amide, processes for preparing crystallized 6-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenylamino)-7-fluoro-3-methyl-3H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxylic acid (2-hydroxyethyoxy)-amide, and intermediates useful therefore. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising this crystallized compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Max Krell, Marian Misun, Daniel Andreas Niederer, Werner Heinz Pachinger, Marie-Christine Wolf, Daniel Zimmermann, Weidong Liu, Peter J. Stengel, Paul Nichols
  • Patent number: 9980945
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Joe Panarese, Sean Bollinger, Julie Engers
  • Patent number: 9980946
    Abstract: A once-a-day controlled release oral dosage form of methazolamide is provided. The dosage form comprises a therapeutically effective amount of methazolamide and a high molecular weight binder. The dosage is configured for once-daily administration to a subject in need thereof, and releases methazolamide over a period of about twenty-four hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: EFFCON LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Nabil Rizk
  • Patent number: 9980947
    Abstract: Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharada Labadie, Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Jason Zbieg, Birong Zhang, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 9980948
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an AMPK activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Tamura, Yu Hinata, Eiichi Kojima, Hiroki Ozasa
  • Patent number: 9980949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to SNS-595 and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Arkin, Jennifer Hyde, Duncan Walker, Jasmin Wright
  • Patent number: 9980950
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the early prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children. For example, the present invention relates to the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children through appropriate nutrition for women desiring to get pregnant and/or during pregnancy and/or lactation. Embodiments of the present invention relate to the Vitamin B6 for use in the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in the offspring, wherein the vitamin B6 is administered to women desiring to get pregnant and/or to the mother during pregnancy and/or lactation and to maternal food compositions that can be used for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Cyrus Cooper, Peter David Gluckman, Keith Malcolm Godfrey, Catherine Mace, Irma Silva Zolezzi
  • Patent number: 9980951
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to treat cancer in an animal comprising administering a tetra-arylethylene cation to the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael K. Schultz, Jessica Reedy, Christopher Pigge, Moustafa Tarek Ahmed Ibrahim Gabr, Mahboubeh Varmazyad, Prabhat C. Goswami
  • Patent number: 9980952
    Abstract: Agents for modulating methyl modifying enzymes, compositions and uses thereof are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Albrecht, James Edmund Audia, Andrew Cook, Les A. Dakin, Martin Duplessis, Victor S. Gehling, Jean-Christophe Harmange, Christopher G. Nasveschuk, Rishi G. Vaswani
  • Patent number: 9980953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combined composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising a compound of formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and topoisomerase inhibitor as active ingredients. The pharmaceutical combined composition of the present invention specifically inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis as to various cancers such as colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer that a vascular disrupting agent cannot treat due to a complex inhibition mechanism of neoplasm of the compound of formula 1 and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and topoisomerase inhibitor, and thereby it can be usefully used for preventing and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: CHONG KUN DANG PHARMACEUTICAL CORP., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Soo Jin Kim, Young Sang Kim, MinChae Kim, Young-Whan Park, Jung-Yong Kim, In Chull Kim
  • Patent number: 9980954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a quinoline derivative which inhibits the activity of histone methyltransferases (ESET/SETDB1) specific for the histone molecule H3K9 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyunah Choo, Sun-Joon Min, Yun Kyung Kim, Hoon Ryu, Hyemyung Seo, Juhyeon Kim, Jihoon Jang, Sungsu Lim, Younghee Kim, Yu Jin Hwang, Yong Seo Cho
  • Patent number: 9980955
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for the topical or transdermal delivery of 1isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]-quinolin-4-amine or 1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5 c]quinolin-4-amine, i.e., imiquimod, to treat genital/perianal warts with shorter durations of therapy than currently prescribed for the commercially available for Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream, as now approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), are disclosed and described. More specifically, lower dosage strength imiquimod formulations to deliver an efficacious dose of imiquimod for treating genital/perianal warts with an acceptable safety profile and dosing regimens that are shorter and more convenient for patient use than the dosing regimen currently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) for Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream to treat genital/perianal warts are also disclosed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael T. Nordsiek, Jefferson J. Gregory
  • Patent number: 9980956
    Abstract: Methods and therapeutic combinations useful for increasing cell-mediated anti-tumor responses are described. The methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an Immune Response Modifier Compound and a therapeutically effective amount of one or more immune checkpoint inhibitor compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: John Vasilakos, Willem Overwijk
  • Patent number: 9980957
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods for treating cancer. In one respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating a hematological cancer (e.g., multiple myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma) comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a histone deacetylase inhibitor, for example, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor as described herein, for example, PXD-101. In another respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating cancer (e.g., solid tumor cancer, e.g., rectal cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, hematological cancer, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: TopoTarget UK Limited
    Inventors: Henri Lichenstein, Nicholas Edwards, James Ritchie, Kamille Dumong Erichsen, Jane Plumb
  • Patent number: 9980958
    Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery of novel polymorphic forms of naltrexone, including solvates, hydrates, anhydrous and other crystalline forms and combinations thereof. These novel forms of naltrexone impart advantages in pharmaceutical formulations incorporating them, including sustained release, or long acting, formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Harry G. Brittain, David A. Dickason, Joyce M. Hotz, Shawn L. Lyons, J. Michael Ramstack, Steven G. Wright
  • Patent number: 9980959
    Abstract: There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of rhinitis by, for example, nasal or ocular administration comprising zwitterionic cetirizine, a polar lipid liposome and a pharmaceutical acceptable aqueous carrier. The compositions are preferably homogeneous in their nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Biolipox AB
    Inventors: Lena Pereswetoff-Morath, Anders Carlsson
  • Patent number: 9980960
    Abstract: A method for determining the risk of cardiovascular disease in a subject having a chronic viral infection includes determining a level of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase-2 (ENPP2) in the subject and comparing the determined level of ENPP2 to a control level, wherein an increased level of ENPP2 is indicative of the subject having an increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with the chronic viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventor: Mark R. Chance
  • Patent number: 9980961
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for using compounds that activate pyruvate kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shin-San Michael Su, Lenny Dang
  • Patent number: 9980962
    Abstract: Methods are provided herein for selectively killing senescent cells and for treating senescence-associated diseases and disorders by administering a senolytic agent. Senescence-associated diseases and disorders treatable by the methods using the senolytic agents described herein include cardiovascular diseases and disorders associated with or caused by arteriosclerosis, such as atherosclerosis; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; osteoarthritis; senescence-associated ophthalmic diseases and disorders; and senescence-associated dermatological diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC, BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING, MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATIOIN AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Remi-Martin Laberge, Judith Campisi, Marco Demaria, Nathaniel David, Darren J. Baker, James L. Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Jan M. A. van Deursen, Yi Zhu
  • Patent number: 9980963
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating or preventing chronic lymphocytic leukemia, comprising administering an effective amount of a Dihydropyrazino-Pyrazine Compound to a patient having chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Heather Raymon, Shuichan Xu, Antonia Lopez-Girona, Toshiya Tsuji, Kristen Mae Hege
  • Patent number: 9980964
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: CELGENE CAR LLC
    Inventors: Nadia Haq, Deqiang Niu, Russell C. Petter, Lixin Qiao, Juswinder Singh, Zhendong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9980965
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including lupus, uveitis and encephalitis. Said compositions useful for treating autoimmune diseases comprise pyrrolo-pyrazole PKC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MINGSIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Niesman, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 9980966
    Abstract: The invention relates to combinations of 4-[(S)-2-Azetidin-1-yl-1-(4-chloro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-ethylamino]-quinazoline-8-carboxylic acid amide and/or its physiologically acceptable salts and solvates, and an inhibitor of Her2, and the use of such combinations for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bayard R. Huck, Erik Wilker, Andreas Machl, Remigiusz Kaleta
  • Patent number: 9980967
    Abstract: EGFR mutation (T790M) and cancerous stemness have shown drug resistances in human non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), thus development of novel drugs in overcoming drug resistances in the NSCLC therapy is highly desired. SP101 is a novel gefitinib derivative, which can bind the ATP-binding pocket of EGFR to inhibit its EGFR kinase activity. SP101 can reduce the drug resistances of EGFR mutation (T790M) and cancerous stemness in NSCLC. SP101 induced cancer cell death and apoptosis in the gefitinib-resistant EGFR mutation (T790M) H1975 cells. SP101 inhibited phosphorylated EGFR and its downstream Survivin proteins but conversely induced Caspase 3 activation for apoptosis induction. Moreover, SP101 could decrease Oct4 protein level and reduce Survivin proteins but conversely elicited active Caspase 3 in the xenograft human H1975 lung tumors in nude mice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Jui-I Chao, Kuang-Kai Liu, Ya-Ping Hsu
  • Patent number: 9980968
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for treating injuries caused by exposure to chemical warfare agents are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HYDRA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventor: Jayhong A. Chong
  • Patent number: 9980969
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of enhancing memory and/or learning and prevent neurodegeneration, comprising administering therapeutically effective amounts of certain heterocyclic and aromatic compounds to a patient in need thereof. In one aspect, the invention provides methods of treating patients suffering from a neurodegenerative disease, such as but not limited to, Alzheimer's, Parkinsons's, Lou Gehrig's (ALS) disease, and/or memory or learning impairment. The invention further provides neuronal human cell-based assays that assess NF-kB gene upregulation using a luciferase reporter, wherein the assays identify compounds that are useful in enhancing memory or learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Maurizio Grimaldi, Judith Varady Hobrath, Subramaniam Ananthan, Joseph A. Maddry
  • Patent number: 9980970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of PAR1 antagonists, in particular of vorapaxar, of atopaxar and of 3-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-[4-(4-fluorobenzyl)piperazin-1-yl]propenone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for preventing and/or treating pelvi-perineal functional pathological conditions, and more particularly painful bladder syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT
    Inventors: Bruno Le Grand, Didier Junquero, Nicolas Monjotin
  • Patent number: 9980971
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of synthesis and/or purification of certain 3,7-diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (“diaminophenothiazinium compounds”) including Methylthioninium Chloride (MTC) (Methylene Blue), and the resulting high purity characterized by a purity greater than 98%, and very low levels of heavy metals and organic impurities Azure A, B, C and MVB. Also disclosed are methods of treatment of a tauopathy or methemoglobinemia in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of the high-purity diaminophenothiazinium compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: WISTA LABORATORIES LTD.
    Inventors: Claude Michel Wischik, John Mervyn David Storey, Colin Marshall, James Peter Sinclair, Thomas Craven Baddeley
  • Patent number: 9980972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new use of a known Rho kinase inhibitor, fasudil or a fasudil derivative selected from hydroy-fasudil or dimethylfasudil, in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITÄT GÖTTINGEN STIFTUNG ÖFFENTLICHEN RECHTS, UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN
    Inventors: Paul Lingor, Lars Tönges
  • Patent number: 9980973
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocycle compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to the use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Lee William Page, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Alessia Millemaggi, Steven Howard, Gordon Saxty
  • Patent number: 9980974
    Abstract: Prostamide-containing intraocular implants that biodegrade in the eye and that are effective for reducing intraocular pressure in an eye for a sustained period. The implants generally contain a prostamide, such as bimatoprost, and at least three distinct biodegradable polymers selected from polylactide and poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymers and are optimized for placement in and compatibility with the anterior chamber of the eye, particularly the anterior chamber angle. Methods for making and using the implants to reduce ocular hypertension and intraocular pressure in a patient are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Alazar N. Ghebremeskel, Michael R. Robinson
  • Patent number: 9980975
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel and improved dosage forms containing fluticasone propionate for the treatment of conditions associated with inflammation of the esophagus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: EMS S.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Santus, Leticia Khater Covesi, Luca Donadoni, Christina Ecclissato, Roberto Amazonas
  • Patent number: 9980976
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression and activity. The disclosed methods typically include administering to a patient in need thereof a glucocorticoid receptor (GR) agonist and administering to the patient in need thereof a REDD1 inhibitor that inhibits expression or activity of REDD1, wherein the REDD1 inhibitor is administered before, concurrently with, or after the GR agonist is administered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Irina Budunova, Gleb Baida, Joel Dudley
  • Patent number: 9980977
    Abstract: The present application provides compositions comprising hyaluronic acid having low levels of functional group modification, mixtures formed by controlled reaction of such lightly modified hyaluronic acid with suitable difunctional or multi-functional crosslinkers, and hydrogel precursor compositions and the resulting hydrogels. The compositions are lightly cross-linked and possess low pro-inflammatory properties when injected in vivo, and can be used as, for example, medical devices, biomedical adhesives and sealants, and for localized delivery of bioactive agents, among other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Carbylan Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Gravett, George Y. Daniloff, Pingren He
  • Patent number: 9980978
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses methods of treating diseases and disorders with sulfasalazine and pharmaceutical formulations of sulfasalazine where the bioavailability of the sulfasalazine is increased. In another embodiment, the present application also provides dosing regimens for treating neurodegenerative diseases and disorders with compositions comprising sulfasalazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: GLIALOGIX, INC.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Cromwell Reeder, Mark Wade Moore, Douglas Alan Lorenz, David Keith Lyon
  • Patent number: 9980979
    Abstract: Compounds and methods for enhancing erythropoiesis. The compound contains a chemical structure of the formula (I) indicated below, in which R is a glucosyl group. In addition to having an erythropoiesis effect, the compound of the formula (I) is effective in enhancing erythropoietin formation, and increasing kidney function and expression of hepatocyte growth factor. The method includes the step of administering an effective amount of the compound of the formula (I) to a subject in need thereof and thereby results in an enhancement of erythropoiesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL YANG-MING UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Rong-Tsun Wu
  • Patent number: 9980980
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to compounds, extracts and compositions thereof, and methods of using of the same, to treat neurodegenerative disorders and/or improve brain health. In certain embodiments, said compounds are pomegranate flavonoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Amazentis SA
    Inventors: Christopher L. Rinsch, Philippe V. Dupraz
  • Patent number: 9980981
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for delivering carbon monoxide (CO) to subjects suffering from inflammatory, cardiovascular, Sickle Cell, and other disease. The compositions are liquids, including Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids, such as pastes, gels, foams, emulsions, and other non-gaseous compositions, in which CO is dissolved at an amount that, when administered to a patient, provides a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of CO to the patient. The compositions can be provided in many forms, including in bottles or cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES
    Inventors: Edward D. Gomperts, Henry J. Forman
  • Patent number: 9980982
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for utilizing human epididymal secretion protein E4 (HE4) in the prevention and treatment of cancer and other human diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
    Inventors: Richard G. Moore, Rakesh K. Singh
  • Patent number: 9980983
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a stable composition comprising stabilized hydrogen peroxide and 2-propanol and applicators configured to store, dispense, and apply such stable compositions. Such compositions may be used to treat skin conditions such as warts, condyloma accuminatum, molluscum contagiosum, acrochordons, seborrheic keratosis, or a combination thereof. Some embodiments also describe take home compositions, in office compositions, over-the-counter compositions, and kits for the use of such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ACLARIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Shanler, Christopher Powala, Christopher Phillips, Brian Beger, Charles Rodney Greenaway Evans, Sian Tiong Lim, Marc Barry Brown, Michael A. Botta, Thomas Nagler
  • Patent number: 9980984
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inventive method of treating inflammation that is associated with osteoarthritis of the knee joint by injecting mesenchymal stem cells into the symptomatic knee. In one aspect, the mesenchymal stem cells are obtained autogenously. In another aspect, the mesenchymal stem cells are injected below the degenerated medial tibial plateau of the knee joint, resulting in reduction of the inflammation and alleviation of the symptoms of the osteoarthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Kenneth Allen Pettine
  • Patent number: 9980985
    Abstract: Compositions comprising stem cells delivered into infarcted myocardium by endocardial injection, engraft and differentiate into myocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle, and do so without the requirement for survival enhancing modification. These cells engraft whether injected acutely (days) or late (months) after myocardial infarction, and the efficiency of engraftment correlates with the functional recovery of the heart. The stem cells also recruit endogenous cardiac precursor cells, reconstitute myocardial stem cell niches, and enhance endogenous cell differentiation into myocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Vestion, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Hare, Konstantinos Chatzistergos, Alan W. Heldman
  • Patent number: 9980986
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of producing pancreatic hormone-expressing cells by first differentiating pluripotent cells in cell culture so as to produce endodermal cells, the endodermal cells being competent to further differentiate into hormone-expressing cells capable of secreting at least one pancreatic hormone in response to a physiological signal, and then, transplanting the cultured endodermal cells into an organism, such as an organism in need of an endocrine cell therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ViaCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Martinson, Evert Kroon, Kevin D'Amour, Emmanuel Edward Baetge
  • Patent number: 9980987
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions caused by increased vascular permeability. The invention is also directed to methods for returning vascular permeability that is a symptom of a disease or condition to a homeostatic state. Specifically, the invention is directed to methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions caused by increased vascular permeability or returning vascular permeability that is a symptom of a disease or condition to a homeostatic state by administering to a subject suffering from such diseases and conditions and symptoms novel cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “CFS” compositions), including novel sustained-release cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “SR-CFS” compositions).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry R Brown, Richard A Banas, Howard C Wessel, Elise M Gill
  • Patent number: 9980988
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nutritional food product composed of a prebiotic and an isolated protein for use in reducing elevated levels of nitrogenous waste products in the blood and ameliorating renal failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KIBOW BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventor: Natarajan Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 9980989
    Abstract: A bacterial composition for the treatment of colibacillosis on farms, in particular poultry farms, contains at least 105 cfu/ml of at least one of the following four strains of Bacillus subtilis or of Bacillus licheniformis: NOL01, NOL02, NOL03 and NOL04, and at least 105 cfu/ml of at least one lactic acid bacterium chosen from the following lactic acid bacteria: Lactococcus lactis spp lactis 1 strain NOL11 and Pediococcus pentosaceus 2 strain NOL12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: NOLIVADE
    Inventors: Marc De Brueker, Stéphane Thebault
  • Patent number: 9980990
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a Lactobacillus strain, composition and use thereof for treating autoimmune disease and related complications. The composition comprises at least one isolate of Lactobacillus paracasei strain GMNL-32, L. reuteri strain GMNL-89 or L. reuteri strain GMNL-263, and a pharmaceutical carrier, for treating syndromes and related complications of the autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: GenMont Biotech Incorporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yang Huang, Wei-Wen Kuo, Bor-Show Tzang, Yi-Hsing Chen
  • Patent number: 9980991
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for treating or reducing the severity of a microbial infection in an infant of a lactating mother. Compositions comprising food products fermented by Lactobacillus paracasei CBA L74, International Depository Accession Number LMG P-24778 are administered to a pregnant or lactating mother in order to treat or attenuate the severity of a microbial infection in her offspring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
    Inventors: Francesca Romana Fasano, Maria Rescigno
  • Patent number: 9980992
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating or preventing inflammatory disorders are provided. The compositions of the invention comprise a recombinant bacterium genetically modified to decrease the display of lipoteichoic acid on the cell surface. Methods of the invention comprise administering to a subject a recombinant bacterium modified to decrease the display of lipoteichoic acid on the cell surface. Administration of the recombinant bacterium promotes a desired therapeutic response. The recombinant bacterium may be administered in a single dose or series of doses. Methods of the invention find use in treating or preventing a variety of inflammatory disorders including, for example, treating or preventing inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, or Crohn's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: Northwestern University, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Todd R. Klaenhammer, Erika Pfeiler, Mansour Mohamadzadeh