Patents by Inventor Albert Watts, Jr.

Albert Watts, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Utilizing lipopolysaccharide in exhaled breath condensate to diagnose gram negative pneumonia
    Patent number: 7828741
    Abstract: A method for determining whether a subject has Gram negative bacterial pneumonia based on the presence of lipopolysaccharide in exhaled breath condensate collected from the subject. The collection devices utilized to collect exhaled breath condensate from both spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated subjects and the devices utilized to determine whether lipopolysaccharide is present in the collected exhaled breath condensate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Kline, Jackeline Hernandez, John Albert Watts, Jr.
  • Utilizing lipopolysaccharide in exhaled breath condensate to diagnose gram negative pneumonia
    Publication number: 20090263279
    Abstract: A method for determining whether a subject has Gram negative bacterial pneumonia based on the presence of lipopolysaccharide in exhaled breath condensate collected from the subject. The collection devices utilized to collect exhaled breath condensate from both spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated subjects and the devices utilized to determine whether lipopolysaccharide is present in the collected exhaled breath condensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Kline, Jackeline Hernandez, John Albert Watts, JR.
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    Patent number: D422529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventor: Albert Watts, Jr.