Patents Represented by Attorney Edward J. Mahler
  • Patent number: 4314380
    Abstract: Artificial bone is prepared from animal bone treated for removal of organics, burned, baked and immersed in atelocollagen solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: Koken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Miyata, Taichiro Akiyama, Masayasu Furuse
  • Patent number: 4294241
    Abstract: Skin or wound dressings are prepared in gel or sheet form from enzyme-solubilized collagen and/or such chemically modified collagen. Improved sheet form dressing is prepared by tubular extrusion of such collagen gels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Inventor: Teruo Miyata
  • Patent number: 4271070
    Abstract: Chemically-modified quaternary-structured fiber collagens of minimum molecular length, diameter and periodicity, and containing a relatively high positive electrostatic charge are claimed as hemostatic agents. Specific examples are guanidinated, esterified, and guanidinated-esterified collagen fibers of the type described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Teruo Miyata, Albert L. Rubin, Kurt H. Stenzel
  • Patent number: 4268131
    Abstract: Soft contact lenses are made from purified fiber collagen and mixtures of such fiber with purified solubilized collagen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Opticol Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Miyata, Albert L. Rubin, Kurt H. Stenzel, Michael W. Dunn
  • Patent number: 4264155
    Abstract: Improved soft contact lenses are made from collagen gels to which water-soluble organic polyhydroxy polymers are added, e.g. mucopolysaccharides, polyvinyl alcohols, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: Opticol Corporation
    Inventor: Teruo Miyata
  • Patent number: 4260228
    Abstract: An improved collagen gel soft contact lens is prepared from an aldehyde-crosslinked, lens-shaped collagen gel containing a water-soluble, aliphatic, monomeric, polyhydroxy compound, e.g., glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Opticol Corporation
    Inventor: Teruo Miyata
  • Patent number: 4223984
    Abstract: Soft contact lenses are made from solubilized, defatted, transparent, cross-linked collagen, and/or chemically-modified collagen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Opticol Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Miyata, Albert L. Rubin, Michael W. Dunn, Kurt H. Stenzel
  • Patent number: 4215200
    Abstract: Polymers of quaternary-structured collagen of minimum length, diameter and periodicity, and containing a relatively high positive electrostatic charge are claimed as hemostatic agents. Specific examples are guanidnated polymers of the type described, esterified polymers, and esterified-guanidinated polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Teruo Miyata, Kurt H. Stenzel, Albert L. Rubin
  • Patent number: 4176935
    Abstract: An accessory apparatus for motorized still camera lens ring adjustment is disclosed. The apparatus includes a connector for attaching the apparatus to camera body or lens and a wheel which is motor driven and suitable brackets for positioning the wheel against a lens adjustment ring. A switch is provided to selectively actuate the motor to drive the wheel so as to adjust the lens adjustment ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Inventor: George Smith
  • Patent number: 4164559
    Abstract: Chemically-modified collagen membrane prepared at physiologic pH and soluble thereat provides a carrier for ophthalmic medication leaving no removable material after drug release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Teruo Miyata, Albert L. Rubin, Kurt H. Stenzel, Michael W. Dunn