Patents Represented by Attorney Kittie Murray

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  • Diagnostic method for gonorrhea by assay of IgA1 fragments
    Patent number: 4795702
    Abstract: Method for assay of fragments produced by the reaction between the enzyme immunoglobulin A protease and its substrate immunoglobulin A, sub-class 1. IgA1, IgAP and also bacteria which secrete IgAP may be detected. The assay is especially useful in the detection of Neisseria gonorrhea and in the diagnosis of gonorrhea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Immunogon Associates
    Inventor: Milan S. Blake
  • Slit catheter method for measuring interstitial pressure
    Patent number: 4423740
    Abstract: An interstitial tissue pressure measuring device comprising a cannula and a catheter, the catheter being adapted to pass through the cannula and the distal end of the catheter being provided with a plurality of longitudinal slits defining a plurality of petals between them. When the cannula is emplaced in an interstitial tissue site and the catheter is passed through the emplaced cannula into the tissue, the petals facilitate measurement of pressure by a pressure-sensing device at the proximal end of the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: Howmedica, Inc.
    Inventors: G. S. Peter Castle, Cecil H. Rorabeck