Patents by Inventor Arthur W. Rowe

Arthur W. Rowe 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).

  • Process for freezing blood platelets
    Patent number: 4059967
    Abstract: A frozen proteinaceous mass comprising blood platelets coated with glycerol-glucose, the frozen mass prepared by a process comprising:A. contacting blood platelets with an aqueous saline solution containing 4 to 7 weight percent glycerol and glucose 2 to 6 weight percent in an at least 5 : 1 volume to volume solution : platelet ratio;B. removing supernatant liquid;C. concentrating platelets to about 20 mg platelets protein per ml.D. thereafter freezing the platelets at a rate of at least 20.degree. C per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1977
    Assignee: The Community Blood Council of Greater New York, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur W. Rowe, George Dayian