Coaptation Ultrasound Devices and Methods of Use
Japanese patent issued October 2, 2024

• UMB Inventor: Steven P. Tropello, MD, MS (UMSOM)

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B4GALT1 Variants And Uses Thereof
Australian patent issued October 10, 2024

• UMB Inventor: May Montasser, PhD (UMSOM)

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Adenosine A2A Agonists For the Treatment of Cytokine Storm Syndrome
U.S. patent issued October 15, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Christine Lau, MD, MBA (UMSOM); Yunge Zhao (formerly UMSOM)

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Treatment of Increased Lipid Levels With Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Transcription Factor 1 (SREBF1) Inhibitors
Japanese patent issued October 18, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Da-Wei Gong, MD, PhD (UMSOM); Alan Shuldiner, MD (UMSOM); James A. Perry, PhD, MS (UMSOM)

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Targeting NCCA-ATP Channel for Organ Protection Following Ischemic Episode
U.S. continuation issued October 22, 2024

• UMB Inventor: J. Marc Simard , MD, PhD (UMSOM)

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Apparatus and Method for Placement of Device Along Wall of a Body Lumen
U.S. continuation issued October 22, 2024

• UMB Inventor: Jeffrey S. Wolf, MD, FACS (UMSOM)

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Immunogenic Compositions
Mexican patent issued October 24, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Raphael Simon, PhD (UMSOM); Alan Cross, MD (UMSOM); Sharon M. Tennant, PhD

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Mutant Anti-CTLA-4 Antibodies with Improved Immunotherapeutic Effect But Attenuated Adverse Effects
U.S. patent issued October 29, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Yang Lui, PhD (formerly UMSOM); Pan Zheng, MD, PhD (formerly UMSOM); Xuexiang Du, PhD (formerly UMSOM); Mingyue Liu, PhD (formerly UMSOM); Yan Zhang, PhD (formerly UMSOM); Fei Tang, PhD (formerly UMSOM)

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Methods for Targeting Pain Directed at Metabolic Pathways
U.S. patent issued October 29, 2024

• UMB Inventor: Ohannes Kevork Melemedjian, PhD (UMSOD)

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Composition and Methods For Predicting Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants
U.S. patent issued November 12, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Bing Ma, PhD (UMSOM); Rose Viscardi, MD (UMSOM); Jacques Ravel, PhD (UMSOM)

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Self-Sealing Cannula
Australian patent issued November 14, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Bartley P. Griffith, MD (UMSOM); Keshava Rajagopal, MD, PhD (formerly UMSOM); Zhongjun Wu, PhD (UMSOM)

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Non-ATP/Catalytic Site p38 MIitogen Activated Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Hong Kong patent issued November 15, 2024; Japanese patent issued November 27, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Paul Shapiro, PhD (UMSOP); Alexander MacKerell, PhD (UMSOP); Jeffrey Hasday, MD (UMSOM); Stephen Fletcher, PhD (UMSOP)

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Microtentacle imaging in patient tumor samples
U.S. patent issued November 19, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Stuart S. Martin, PhD (UMSOM); Rebecca Whipple Bettes MS, MBA (UMB); Kristi Chakrabarti, MD, PhD (formerly UMSOM)

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Cardiac Stem Cells for Cardiac Repair
U.S. continuation issued December 3, 2024

• UMB Inventor: Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD (formerly UMSOM)

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Methods of Treating Sepsis Using Anti-Sepsis Lipid A (ASLA) Based Therapeutics
European patents in France, Germany, and United Kingdom issued December 4, 2024

UMB Inventors: Robert Ernst, PhD (UMSOD); Alison J. Scott, PhD (UMSOM)

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Dual Chamber Gas Exchanger and Method of Use for Respiratory Support
Japanese patent issued December 6, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Zhongjun Wu, PhD (UMSOM); Bartley P. Griffith, MD (UMSOM); Jiafeng Zhang, PhD (formerly UMSOM)

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Protein Inhibitors of Clostridium Difficle Toxin B
U.S. patent issued December 10, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Hanping Feng, PhD (UMSOM); Yongrong Zhang, PhD (UMSOD); Hua Yu, PhD (formerly UMSOD)

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Compositions and Methods for Removing Bio-Synthetic Nano-Particles From Bodily Fluids
U.S. patent issued December 10, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Dipanjan Pan, PhD (formerly UMB); Allan Doctor, MD (UMSOM)

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Method and Apparatus for Coaptive Ultrasound Gastrostomy
U.S. continuation issued December 10, 2024

• UMB Inventor: Steven P. Tropello, MD, MS (UMSOM)

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Crystalline Form of (2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine Hydrochloride
Japanese patent issued December 12, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Todd Gould, MD (UMSOM); Panos Zanos, PhD (formerly UMSOM)

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Novel Gamma Aminobutynic Acid Type A Receptor Modulators for Mood Disorders
Australian patent issued December 17, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Scott Thompson, PhD (UMSOM)

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Transapical Mitral Valve Repair Device
European patents in Germany and United Kingdom issued December 18, 2024

• UMB Inventors: James Gammie, MD (formerly UMSOM); Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD (formerly UMSOM); Rahul Patel, MD (formerly UMSOM)

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Compositions for Inhibiting Fibrin - VLDL Receptor-Dependent Inflammation and Methods of Treatment
U.S. patent issued December 24, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Leonid V. Medved, PhD (UMSOM); Dudley Strickland, PhD (UMSOM); Sergiy Yakovlev, PhD (UMSOM)

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Blood Oxygenator
U.S. Continuation issued December 31, 2024

• UMB Inventors: Zhongjun Wu, PhD (UMSOM); Bartley P. Griffith, MD (UMSOM)