Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Kimball

Bruce A. Kimball 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).

  • Publication number: 20240426829
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for the detection and/or diagnosis of traumatic brain injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Akiva Cohen, Kristy Arbogast, Bruce A. Kimball, Gary K. Beauchamp, Christina L. Master, Young Eun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240085413
    Abstract: Assays and diagnostic devices for rapidly distinguishing between bacterial or viral sources of infection in a biological sample from mammalian subject are provided. A biological sample from said subject is contacted with a diagnostic reagent that detects at least one, or a pattern of multiple, volatile organic compounds (VOC). Detection of the VOC or a pattern of said VOC indicates a single source of infection selected from a Gram-positive bacterial infection, a Gram-negative bacterial infection, or a viral infection. In one embodiment, a dipstick diagnostic device permits rapid discrimination between bacterial or viral infection based upon the reaction of a detectable VOC reactive compound and optional label positioned on the dipstick surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Bruce A. Kimball, Gary K. Beauchamp, Patrick Lennon Millet
  • Patent number: 3974034
    Abstract: There is disclosed malto-dextrins having a D.E. not substantially above about 20, prepared by the enzymatic hydrolysis of oxidized starch. Syrups of the malto-dextrins are capable of remaining haze-free for long periods of time at high solids concentrations. The malto-dextrins are prepared by first liquefying and oxidizing starch at elevated temperatures to provide an oxidized and liquefied starch substantially free of residual starch granules, and in a subsequent step, converting the oxidized and liquefied starch with a bacterial alpha-amylase enzyme preparation to achieve a malto-dextrin product having a D.E. not substantially above about 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: CPC International Inc.
    Inventors: Harold E. Horn, Bruce A. Kimball