Patents by Inventor Stephen F. Healy, Jr.

Stephen F. Healy, 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).

  • Preparation of preserved, non-infectious control cell for use in the identification of a disease through blood testing
    Patent number: 5763204
    Abstract: Preparation of non-infectious control cells from normal, non-infectious, non-disease altered blood by depletion or augmentation of one or more cell types found in normal blood to reflect a specific disease state. The control cells so produced are preserved and thereafter reconstituted for use in immunological assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Coulter Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Maples, Robert H. Raynor, Olavi Siiman, Melissa J. Stiglitz, Stephen F. Healy, Jr.
  • Preserved, non-infectious control cell for use in the identification of a disease through blood testing
    Patent number: 5342754
    Abstract: The invention describes the preparation of non-infectious control cells from normal, non-infectious, non-disease altered blood by depletion or augmentation of one or more cell types found in normal blood to reflect a specific disease state. The control cells so produced are preserved and thereafter reconstituted for use in immunological assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Coulter Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Maples, Robert H. Raynor, Olavi Siiman, Melissa J. Stiglitz, Stephen F. Healy, Jr.
  • Stabilized lyophilized mammalian cells and method of making same
    Patent number: 5059518
    Abstract: A method of lyophilizing mammalian cells to produce preserved human cells, hybridoma cell lines, tissue cells, and control cells for immunoassays and other hematological measurements. Prior to freezing and lyophilizing, the prepared mammalian cell pellet is suspended in a solution of trehalose in an isotonic fluid prepared at a specified optimal concentration and incubated at room temperature for a designated time period. The lyophilized cells when rehydrated, retain their optimal physiological characteristics suitable for use as an analytical control and retain said characteristics after storage at 2.degree.-8.degree. C. for a period in excess of five (5) months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Coulter Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Kortright, Robert H. Raynor, Stephen F. Healy, Jr.
  • Control slide for immunoassay kit and method of making same
    Patent number: 4816410
    Abstract: A control slide for use in an immunoassay having a section of a cell pellet retained on the slide in a stable and substantially permanent formation which can be stored at room temperature. Further, the invention includes the method of making the control slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Coulter Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen F. Healy, Jr., Michael L. Rice, Martin L. Golick