Patents by Inventor Antoine E. Khoury

Antoine E. Khoury 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).

  • Biofilm reduction method
    Patent number: 5312813
    Abstract: A method of killing microorganisms which form a biofilm on a tissue or implant surfaces in a patient, and which are refractory to a biocide at a dose which is effective to kill the microorganism in planktonic form. The effect of the biocide is potentiated, to an effective killing level, by applying an electric field across the surface containing the biofilm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: University Technologies International
    Inventors: John W. F. Costerton, Antoine E. Khoury, Frank Johnson