Patents Issued in April 21, 2020
  • Patent number: 10624884
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of an H4 agonist molecule against histamin, enantiomers of (AMINO-7 TRIETHOXY-4,5,6 OXO-1 DIHYDRO-1,3 ISOBENZOFURANNYL-3)-1 METHOXY-8 METHYL-2 METHYLENEDIOXY-6,7 TETRAHYDRO-,2,3,4 ISOQUINOLINE or tritoqualine, for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: H4 ORPHAN PHARMA
    Inventors: Gaƫtan Terrasse, Catherine Bur
  • Patent number: 10624885
    Abstract: Disclosed is the synthesis procedure for benzazolo[3,2-a]quinolinium chloride salts and the inclusion of chloro-substituent, amino-substituent, and nitro-substituent resulting in several compounds. The compounds are further used as markers due to their fluorescent properties including in hypoxic environments. This disclosure further describes anti-cancer screening of two BQS, namely, 7-benzyl-3-aminobenzimidazo[3,2-a]quinolinium chloride (ABQ-48: NSC D-763307) and the corresponding 7-benzyl-3-nitrobenzimidazo[3,2-a]quinolinium chloride (NBQ 48: NSC D-763303).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventors: Osvaldo Cox, Beatriz Zayas
  • Patent number: 10624887
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oral, therapeutically effective modified release pharmaceutical compositions of (?)-17-(cyclobutylmethyl)morphinan-3,14-diol and it pharmaceutically acceptable salts and the use thereof, including delayed onset and extended release dosage forms. The present invention is also directed at modified release dosage forms of oral (?)-17-(cyclobutylmethyl)morphinan-3,14-dial which provide robust efficacy and reduced potential for abuse and misuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Najib Babul
  • Patent number: 10624888
    Abstract: Extended release, abuse deterrent dosage forms comprising crush-resistant controlled-release particles that provide abuse deterrent properties to the dosage forms. The crush-resistant controlled-release particles, which comprise plastic/elastic polymers and at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are prepared by a hot melt extrusion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SpecGX LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Gaik, Jaehan Park, Ryan Lathrop, Gary Nichols, John Schallom
  • Patent number: 10624889
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sustained-release injectable preparation which is in a medication administration form that can provide the effect of 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one for a prolonged period of time, the preparation releasing a therapeutically effective amount of 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one for at least one week. The present invention provides an injectable preparation containing 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, which releases the active ingredient in such a manner that its blood concentration is maintained for at least one week.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sato, Takuya Minowa, Yusuke Hoshika, Hidekazu Toyofuku
  • Patent number: 10624890
    Abstract: Disclosed is use of NK3R antagonists for the therapeutic treatment of pathological excess body fat and/or prevention of body fat gain in patients. Also disclosed is a cosmetic method for stimulating the loss of excess of body fat, including the administration of a NK-3 receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OGEDA SA
    Inventors: Hamid Hoveyda, Graeme Fraser
  • Patent number: 10624891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of preventing or treating skin necroptosis diseases, including administering to subjects receptor-interacting protein kinase-3 (RIP3)-mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL) pathway blockers or dabrafenib, and method of diagnosing of skin necroptosis diseases, including detecting phosphorylated MLKL. The RIP3-MLKL pathway blockers according to the present invention directly suppress RIP3 overexpressing in skin necroptosis diseases, or inhibit phosphorylation and translocation to plasma membranes of MLKL, subsequently induced therefrom, thereby effectively preventing skin cell death via necroptosis. Thus, the present invention can prevent or treat a variety of skin diseases caused by necroptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: You Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 10624892
    Abstract: The invention relates to fungicides and can be used for treating diseases caused by fungi, and also for preventing fungal damage to various materials and agricultural products. Claimed is an agent against fungal infections which is in the form of salts of 2,4-dioxo-5-arylideneamino-6-methyl-1,3-pyrimidine, where R is 4-NO2, 2-OH-5-NO2, 2-OH-3,5-Cl2, 5-Br-4-OH-3-OCH3, 2-OH-5-Cl, 2,4-Cl2, 3,5-Br2-2-OH. The result is an agent against fungal infections which has a broad spectrum of activity and is highly soluble, rendering it more effective for use in the form of solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: Viktor Veniaminovich TETS, Georgy Viktorovich TETS
    Inventors: Viktor Veniaminovich Tets, Georgy Viktorovich Tets
  • Patent number: 10624893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use in therapy of 6-((4-(2,3-dimethylphenoxy)piperidin-1-yl)methyl)pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of 6-((4-(2,3-dimethylphenoxy)piperidin-1-yl)methyl)pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione and to pharmaceutical formulations comprising 6-((4-(2,3-dimethylphenoxy)piperidin-1-yl)methyl)pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Lluis Ballell Pages, David Barros Aguirre, Robert H. Bates, Julia Castro Pichel, Jorge Esquivias Provencio, Kevin Pethe
  • Patent number: 10624894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substance with pharmaceutical activity against a medical condition for use in a treatment of said medical condition in combination with a computer program product comprising instructions causing a computer to perform a method comprising the steps providing a patient with a set of questions according to a question schedule, wherein said set of questions is specific to the pharmaceutical product; collecting answers to said questions from said patient; subjecting said answers to a set of functions specific for the set of questions and the pharmaceutical product thereby generating patient specific feedback information; providing said feedback information to the patient; and optionally extracting clinically relevant information from said answers and providing said clinically relevant information to a database adapted for collecting clinically relevant information during clinical use of said substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ScientificMed Sweden AB
    Inventors: Johan Cederlund, Jan Fjellstrom
  • Patent number: 10624895
    Abstract: The technology encompasses methods of treating a patient with cancer, such as glioblastoma. The methods may include the administration of one or more pharmaceutical compositions that are capable of inhibiting TROY to treat the patient with cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Nhan Tran, Joseph C. Loftus, Harshil Dhruv
  • Patent number: 10624896
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the use of sodium channel blockers such as tetrodotoxin or saxitoxin, its analogues/derivatives as well as their acceptable salts, for the production of a medicament for the treatment of neuropathic pain resulting from chemotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Wex Medical Limited
    Inventors: Helmut Heinrich Buschmann, Jose Miguel Vela Hernandez, Jose Manuel Baeyens
  • Patent number: 10624897
    Abstract: The invention provides a series of chlorobenzene substituted azaaryl compounds having activity in inhibiting cancer cell growth and low toxicity to normal cells. Particularly, the compounds of the invention have stronger inhibition effect on bladder cancer and liver cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Taipei Medical University
    Inventors: Yun Yen, Jing-Ping Liou, Chun-Han Chen
  • Patent number: 10624898
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of kinase activity, in particular PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Julie Nicole Hamblin, Paul Spencer Jones, Suzanne Elaine Keeling, Joelle Le, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Nigel James Parr
  • Patent number: 10624899
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a bacterial infection, wherein the methods comprise administering (a) ceftibuten or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate of the foregoing; and (b) clavulanic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, articles of manufacture, and kits comprising a) ceftibuten or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate of the foregoing; and (b) clavulanic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ACHAOGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Krause, Daniel John Cloutier, Allison Seiko Komirenko, Ian Friedland, Ryan Cirz, Adrian Jubb, Logan Andrews
  • Patent number: 10624900
    Abstract: Provided in some embodiments are compounds of Formula A, as defined herein, that modulate the activity of 5-HT2C receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Juerg Lehmann, Konrad Feichtinger, Albert S. Ren, Graeme Semple
  • Patent number: 10624901
    Abstract: A Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) of the reservoir or plaster type for administrating clobazam for the treatment of various types of anxiety and epilepsy, for 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, 5 day, 6 day and/or 7-day continuous application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Alpha to Omega Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: Fotios M. Plakogiannis, Donald McAfee, Nisarg Modi
  • Patent number: 10624902
    Abstract: A dietary supplement can consisting of tianeptine and sakae naa. The supplement can optionally additionally consist of stearate and silicate. The supplement can further consist of kava. The supplement can also consist of tianeptine, CDP Choline, and Alpha GPC. A method of forming a dietary supplement can include creating a composition of matter, and filling a capsule with the composition of matter to form the dietary supplement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: James Peter Morrissette
  • Patent number: 10624903
    Abstract: Described herein are progestin compounds that have extended release rates and that can be used without an estrogen to produce a contraceptive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Evestra, Inc.
    Inventors: Gulzar Ahmed, Frederick Meece, Hareesh Nair, Klaus Nickisch
  • Patent number: 10624904
    Abstract: The disclosure teaches precisely engineered biodegradable drug delivery systems and methods of making and utilizing such systems. In aspects, the biodegradable drug delivery systems taught herein comprise intravitreal ocular implants suitable for delivery of corticosteroids to the posterior segment of a human eye. The intravitreal ocular implants described herein have a desired extended drug release profile suitable for treating inflammation of the human eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Williams, Sanjib Kumar Das, Tomas Navratil, Melissa Sandahl, Janet Tully, Rozemarijn Verhoeven
  • Patent number: 10624905
    Abstract: Corticosteroid microparticle formulations are provided for use for treating pain, including pain caused by inflammatory diseases such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, and for slowing, arresting or reversing structural damage to tissues caused by an inflammatory disease, for example damage to articular and/or peri-articular tissues caused by osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. Corticosteroid microparticle formulations are administered locally as a sustained release dosage form (with or without an immediate release component) that results in efficacy accompanied by clinically insignificant or no measurable effect on endogenous cortisol production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Bodick, Robert C. Blanks, Anjali Kumar, Michael D. Clayman, Mark Moran
  • Patent number: 10624906
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stable, ready-to-use liquid formulation comprising spironolactone and its method of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CMP Development LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Pipho, Michael Paul DeHart
  • Patent number: 10624907
    Abstract: The present invention includes a composition and method of producing aspirin in situ, the method comprising: identifying a subject in need of aspirin or aspirin-like compounds; and providing the subject with a composition comprising: a source of methyl salicylate, an acetyl donor, and L-Arginine, wherein the composition is effective to produce aspirin-triggered resolvins in the subject without the deleterious effect of the aspirin or aspirin-like compounds in the stomach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE LABS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Gubler, Michael Saunders
  • Patent number: 10624908
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of phosphopantetheine compounds alone and in combination with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors. Preferred medical uses relate to the treatment or prevention of dyslipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: COMET THERAPEUTICS, INC., RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN, ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN
    Inventors: Gregor Kosec, Stefan Fujs, Hrvoje Petkovic, Oda Cornelia Maria Sibon, Balaji Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 10624909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inositol derivatives covalently modified with one, two or three solubility functions, particularly polyethylene glycol moieties, for use in therapy or prevention of conditions related to pathological calcium crystallization, such as cardiovascular calcifications, nephrocalcinosis, calcinosis cutis, chondrocalcinosis and kidney stones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: ETH ZURICH, UNIVERSITAT BERN
    Inventors: Mattias Ivarsson, Bastien Castagner, Jean-Christophe Leroux, Andreas Pasch
  • Patent number: 10624910
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for reducing a side effect of an anticancer drug, which comprises a thrombin-like enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOBISHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Senga, Yongling Wan
  • Patent number: 10624911
    Abstract: Injectable dosages and formulations of fosnetupitant and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided that are efficacious, chemically stable and physiologically balanced for safety and efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Helsinn Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Alessio Venturini, Roberta Cannella
  • Patent number: 10624912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Spirocyclic Pyridotriazine Derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, X, Y, R1, R2 and R10 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Spirocyclic Pyridotriazine Derivative, and methods of using the Spirocyclic Pyridotriazine Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Graham, Tao Yu, Sherman T. Waddell, John A. McCauley, Andrew Stamford, Wengsheng Liu, Jay A. Grobler, Libo Xu
  • Patent number: 10624913
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a System characterization of NASH that combines Modeling and Biomarkers, enabling pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that relate to the inhibition, resolution and/or prevention of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Said conditions are Liver related complications among the array of manifestations of metabolic syndromes, including Type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, weight gain, abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, atherosclerosis, fatty liver diseases and certain chronic inflammatory states that lead to these manifestations, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: VOLANT HOLDINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Jerome Schentag, Joseph M. Fayad
  • Patent number: 10624914
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biochemical basis of nephrotic syndrome and provides and explanation for the observed proteinuria and other effects. As a result, the present disclosure provides method for treating and/or preventing nephrotic syndrome as well as methods of alleviating symptoms associated with nephrotic syndrome. The present disclosure further provides methods for reducing proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome and other disease states as discussed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Sumant S Chugh
  • Patent number: 10624915
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a dietary supplement comprising palatinose or a derivative thereof. The dietary supplement may be a nutritional product, a sports performance product, a weight loss product or a meal replacement product. The present invention is also directed to a method of increasing the absorption of a compound into the bloodstream, cells and tissue comprising administering palatinose, or a derivative thereof, in combination with the compound. The present invention also relates to a diluent for parenteral compounds. The diluent comprises palatinose or a derivative thereof. Another aspect of the present invention is directed to a method of decreasing the recovery time to pre-performance levels of total adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels in a mammal comprising administering palatinose or a derivative thereof, to the mammal. The present invention is further directed to a method of supplying a compound to a diabetic patient, burn victim patient or trauma victim patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Bruce W. Kneller
  • Patent number: 10624916
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nutritional composition for use in modulating or reducing inflammation in an adult or elderly individual in need thereof. In some aspects, the nutritional composition comprises a neutral human milk oligosaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Geralyn Duska-Mcewen, Sarah Comstock, Sharon Donovan, Rachael Buck, Joseph Schaller
  • Patent number: 10624917
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of preventing or treating a toxic liver disease or disorder, such as but not limited to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), liver injury associated with or caused by alcohol consumption in a mammal afflicted with NASH, alcoholic hepatitis, drug induced liver injury, primary sclerosing cholangitis, viral hepatitis, liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, and other toxic liver conditions, in a subject, such as a mammal. The invention also includes a method of promoting weight loss in a subject, such as a mammal. The invention comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of at least one cardiac glycoside or a solvate, salt, prodrug or derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Wajahat Mehal, Xinshou Ouyang
  • Patent number: 10624918
    Abstract: An aqueous formulation for topical application to the skin comprising water, a water-miscible organic solvent, and benzoyl peroxide, wherein the concentration of the organic solvent is sufficient to provide a stable suspension of benzoyl peroxide in the aqueous formulation without the inclusion of a surfactant in the formulation, wherein the ratio of concentrations of water and organic solvent in the formulation is sufficient to maintain the benzoyl peroxide in saturated solubility in the formulation following application to the skin, and wherein the concentration of benzoyl peroxide in the formulation is less than 5.0% and at least 1.0% w/w. The formulation may further contain a chemical compound in addition to benzoyl peroxide that is effective in the treatment of acne. The aqueous formulations of the invention are useful in the treatment of acne and acne rosacea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Yunik Chang, Gordon J. Dow, Radhakrishnan Pillai
  • Patent number: 10624919
    Abstract: A dietary supplement composition is formulated in a therapeutic amount to treat and alleviate symptoms of joint pain. The composition includes pro-inflammatory low molecular weight microbial fermented sodium hyaluronate fragments having a molecular weight of 0.5 to 300 kilodaltons (kDa) in an oral dosage form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: U.S. NUTRACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventors: John A. Minatelli, W. Stephen Hill, Rudi E. Moerck
  • Patent number: 10624920
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for combating biofilm, said method comprising contacting a biofilm with an alginate oligomer. The biofilm may be on an animate or inanimate surface and both medical and non-medical uses and methods are provided. In one aspect the invention provides an alginate oligomer for use in the treatment or prevention of a biofilm infection in a subject. In another aspect the method can be used to combat biofilms, on abiotic surfaces, e.g. for disinfection and cleaning purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Algipharma AS
    Inventors: Edvar Onsoyen, Rolf Myrvold
  • Patent number: 10624921
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for improving nitric oxide levels in a subject, comprising administering to a subject, a composition comprising dietary nitrate derived from potassium nitrate, beet root (whole plant, powder, plant extract), and/or nitrate-rich leafy green portions (whole plant, powder, plant extract) that improve functional nitric oxide levels in subjects as shown by increasing salivary bioconversion of nitrate to nitrite, a necessary a required step for nitric oxide mediated health benefits. The disclosed novel compositions improve cardiac health, lowers blood pressure, intraocular pressure, and LDL and restores nitric oxide mediated cardiovascular benefits, including but not limited, restoring endothelium function and improving flow mediated dilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Berkeley Nox Limited
    Inventor: Shawn J. Green
  • Patent number: 10624922
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for treating an area of the skin of a patient, e.g., an itch, insect bite or sting, inflammation, pain or irritation, by applying to said area of the skin an effective amount of a siliceous molecular sieve adsorbent to treat the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SORPTION THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony Joseph Gioffre
  • Patent number: 10624923
    Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and related methods for treating a subject with a viral or retroviral infection. The disclosed compositions and methods comprise and utilize an effective amount of one or more vanadium-containing compounds and an effective amount of one or more sulfonylureas. In certain embodiments, the viral infection is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the compositions and methods improve one or more immunologic cellular parameters, such as viral load, CD4 counts and CD4/CD8 lymphocyte cell ratios in a subject. Also disclosed are methods of improving one or more immunologic cellular parameters that are associated with viral infections such as HIV in a subject, including viral load, CD4 counts and CD4/CD8 lymphocyte cell ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Enrique G. Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 10624924
    Abstract: A method and device for treating cholesterol disorders includes administering at least one treatment regime including two or more rounds of plasmapheresis to a patient having abnormal total cholesterol, abnormal LDL levels and/or abnormal HDL levels prior to treatment. Treatment according to the method results in decreased LDL levels in patients having abnormal LDL levels and increased HDL levels in patients having abnormal HDL levels. Each subsequent round of plasmapheresis is conducted weekly, but no more than twice per week.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: GRIFOLS, S.A.
    Inventors: Victor Grifols Lucas, Victor Grifols Roura
  • Patent number: 10624925
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for producing CD8+ T cells. For example, methods and materials for using low glucose levels (e.g., from about 0.3 mM to about 0.7 mM glucose) to culture cells to produce particular populations of T cells (e.g., CD8+ T cells such as tissue resident memory T cells) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Protul Shrikant
  • Patent number: 10624926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to blood-derived luterial and a method for isolating and culturing the same. The luterial according to the present invention is a cell or cell-like structure having the following characteristics: (1) it is present in body fluids, including blood, sperm, intestinal juices, saliva, and cellular fluids; (2) it shows a positive staining with Janus green B, Acridine Orange and Rhodamine 123 in an immunofluorescence test; (3) in an optimal environment (pH 7.2-7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LUTERION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Cheol Choi, Young Ah Kwon, Suk Hoon Choi, Chang Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10624927
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition includes an effective amount of a bio-active fraction or subfraction of lyophilized camel urine. The composition is used as an anti-cancer drug which selectively targets the cancer cells without affecting the normal cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Fatin A. Khorshid
  • Patent number: 10624928
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising mesenchymal stem cells, a hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition is used for the treatment of the joint disease. The mesenchymal stem cells in the composition are at least one selected from the group consisting of infra-patellar fat pad stromal cells, bone marrow stem cells, Wharton's jelly stem cells and adipose derived stem cells. The concentration of the hyaluronan is in a range from 25% (v/v) to 75% (v/v). The present invention further provides a method for treating a joint disease, comprising a step of administrating a composition containing mesenchymal stem cells, a hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to an injured joint tissue of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
    Inventors: Dah-Ching Ding, Kun-Chi Wu
  • Patent number: 10624929
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions comprising exosome subpopulations, and methods of their use in subjects having certain disorders including lung disorders, cardiovascular disorders, renal disorders and ischemic neural disorders. The disclosure provides compositions comprising exosomes and methods of use thereof in the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases or disorders. 25 Accordingly, one aspect of the disclosure provides an isolated exosome. In some embodiments, the isolated exosome comprises one or more markers selected from the group consisting of ALIX, TSG101, TGFBR2, SMAD1, SMAD2, SMAD3, SMAD5 and CD105, and/or the isolated exosome does not comprise one or more markers selected from the group consisting of FLOT1, CD9, CD81, CAV1, EGFR, AKT1 and AKT2. In some embodiments, 30 the isolated exosome comprises 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 markers selected from the group consisting of ALIX, TSG101, TGFBR2, SMAD1, SMAD2, SMAD3>SMAD5 and CD105.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: S. Alexander Mitsialis, Stella Kourembanas, Konstantinos Sdrimas
  • Patent number: 10624930
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stem cells which express high levels of Angeopoetin-1 (Ang1) and uses thereof in inhibiting M1-type macrophage production and treating inflammatory disease such as diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MESOBLAST INTERNATIONAL SARL
    Inventors: Silviu Itescu, Paul Simmons
  • Patent number: 10624931
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising umbilical tissue, wherein the umbilical tissue comprises one or more engineered channels. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a previously cryopreserved umbilical tissue, wherein after cryopreservation and subsequent thawing the umbilical tissue comprises: a) viable cells native to the umbilical tissue; b) tissue integrity of native umbilical tissue; c) one or more growth factors that are native to the umbilical tissue; and d) depleted amounts of one or more types of functional immunogenic cells. Disclosed are methods of producing compositions comprising umbilical tissue, wherein the umbilical tissue comprises one or more engineered channels. Also disclosed are methods of treating damaged tissue comprising administering to the site of the damaged tissue compositions comprising umbilical tissue, wherein the umbilical tissue comprises one or more engineered channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alla Danilkovitch, Yi Duan-Arnold, Matthew Moorman, Anne Lerch, Jin-Qiang Kuang
  • Patent number: 10624932
    Abstract: Microbiota restoration therapy compositions and methods for manufacturing, processing, and/or delivering microbiota restoration therapy compositions are disclosed. An example method for manufacturing a microbiota restoration therapy composition may include collecting a human fecal sample and adding a diluent to the human fecal sample to form a diluted sample. The diluent may include a cryoprotectant. The method may also include mixing the diluted sample with a mixing apparatus and filtering the diluted sample. Filtering may form a filtrate. The method may also include transferring the filtrate to a sample bag and sealing the sample bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: REBIOTIX, INC.
    Inventors: Lee A. Jones, Courtney R. Jones, Edwin J. Hlavka, Ryan D. Gordon
  • Patent number: 10624933
    Abstract: Species of human-derived bacteria belonging to the Clostridia class have been shown to induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon and suppress immune functions. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these bacteria can be used to prevent and treat immune-mediated diseases such as autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, School Corporation, Azabu Veterinary Medicine Educational Institution
    Inventors: Kenya Honda, Koji Atarashi, Takeshi Tanoue, Masahira Hattori, Hidetoshi Morita
  • Patent number: 10624934
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising a biocompatible microsphere, a biofilm-generating probiotic bacterium, a prebiotic, and/or a prebiofilmic. Methods for preparing and formulating the compositions and methods for treating or preventing a disease using the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Steven D. Goodman, Lauren O. Bakaletz, Michael Bailey, Gail Besner