Patents by Inventor Arthur B. Shaw

Arthur B. Shaw 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).

  • Stabilization of biological and pharmaceutical products during thermal inactivation of viral and bacterial contaminants
    Patent number: 4876241
    Abstract: A method of inactivating pathogens in proteinaceous biological and pharmaceutical products which comprises: mixing the product in an aqueous solution with one or more primary stabilizers selected from the group consisting of sugars and sugar alcohols and one or more secondary stabilizers selected from the group consisting of sodium acetate, potassium acetate, lithium acetate, magnesium acetate, ammonium acetate, barium acetate, sodium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, lithium sulfate, potassium sulfate and magnesium sulfate; and subjecting said aqueous solution to a pathogen inactivating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Armour Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Fred Feldman, Mark S. Klekamp, Michael E. Hrinda, Arthur B. Shaw, Sudhish Chandra
  • Process for pasteurizing fibronectin
    Patent number: 4585654
    Abstract: A process for heating and simultaneously agitating a plasma protein solution in the presence of a polyol, a surface active agent and a chelating agent. Said process inactivates viruses in said solution while preserving the physical and biological properties of said plasma protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Armour Pharmaceutical Co.
    Inventors: Ricardo H. Landaburu, Godfrey W. Amphlett, Roy E. Branson, Arthur B. Shaw