Patents by Inventor Bernard Ferrua

Bernard Ferrua 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 the immunological quantitative determination of T.sub.3 and/or T.sub.4 thyroid hormones, using thyroglobulin
    Patent number: 5010017
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the immunological quantitative determination of the T.sub.3 and/or T.sub.4 thyroid hormones.In a process for the immunological quantitative determination of T.sub.4 thyroxine and/or T.sub.3 triiodothyronine present in free form in a sample, T.sub.3 and/or T.sub.4 to be determined are put into competition with thyroglobulin for the sites of anti-T.sub.3 and/or anti-T.sub.4 antibodies present in a limited quantity, whereafter a determination is made of either the quantity of thyroglobulin fixed to the anti-T.sub.3 and/or anti-T.sub.4 antibodies, or the quantity of thyroglobulin not fixed to the anti-T.sub.3 and/or anti-T.sub.4 antibodies.Application to the determination of the total T.sub.3 and/or T.sub.4 of a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Compagnie Oris Industrie S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Ferrua, Claude Moulin
  • Process for the immunological quantitative determination of T3 and/or T4 thyroid hormones, using thyroglobulin
    Patent number: 4966838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the immunological quantitative determination of the T.sub.3 and/or T.sub.4 thyroid hormones.In a process for the immunological quantitative determination of T.sub.4 thyroxine and/or T.sub.3 triiodothyronine present in free form in a sample, T.sub.3 and/or T.sub.4 to be determined are put into completion with thyroglobulin for the sites of anti-T.sub.3 and/or anti-T.sub.4 antibodies present in a limited quantity, whereafter a determination is made of either the quantity of thyroglobulin fixed to the anti-T.sub.3 and/or anti-T.sub.4 antibodies, or the quantity of thyroglobulin not fixed to the anti-T.sub.3 and/or anbti-T.sub.4 antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Compagnie Oris Industrie S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Ferrua, Claude Moulin