Patents

Dr. Quay has 87 US Patents issued for his inventions in these twenty-two different fields of medicine:

• Iron-based MRI imaging agents
• Alzheimer’s Disease imaging agents
• Non-ionic MRI imaging agents
• Vitamin B6-mimetic MRI contrast agents for liver-specific imaging
• Improvements in MRI safety
• Vitamin B6 nuclear medicine imaging agent
• The foundational invention in the field of ultrasound contrast agents, fluorocarbon gases
• Diagnosing infertility by MRI
• Medical device for non-invasive breast cytology test
• Cancer emulsion formulations for improved efficacy
• Nasal spray to prevent breast cancer
• Peptide nasal spray for treating obesity
• Nascobal, a vitamin B12 nasal spray
• Parathyroid hormone nasal spray for treating osteoporosis
• Carbetocin nasal spray for treating autism
• Peptide drug discovery platform: The Trp Cage Phage Display
• Second generation Omega-3 formulations
• An RNAi drug and drug delivery platform
• Ophthalmic drops for the treatment of keratoconus
• Quorum-sensing vaccines for treating intractable infections