Patents by Inventor Caroline Bacon Kurtz

Caroline Bacon Kurtz 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).

  • Poly(Potassium and Sodium Styrene Sulfonate) Its Manufacture and Its Uses
    Publication number: 20090175818
    Abstract: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, such as that caused by Clostridium difficile, represents a serious medical complication that can result from administering a broad-spectrum antibiotic to a subject. Such diarrhea leads to significant potassium loss from the subject. The present invention discloses a polymeric therapeutic agent that treats antibiotic-associated diarrhea and is physiologically potassium neutral. This polymer contains polystyrene sodium sulfonate and polystyrene potassium sulfonate repeat units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Caroline Bacon-Kurtz, David Davidson
  • Poly(potassium and sodiumstyrene sulfonate) its manufacture and its uses
    Publication number: 20070053864
    Abstract: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, such as that caused by Clostridium difficile, represents a serious medical complication that can result from administering a broad-spectrum antibiotic to a subject. Such diarrhea leads to significant potassium loss from the subject. The present invention discloses a polymeric therapeutic agent that treats antibiotic-associated diarrhea and is physiologically potassium neutral. This polymer contains polystyrene sodium sulfonate and polystyrene potassium sulfonate repeat units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Caroline Bacon-Kurtz, David Davidson
  • Poly(potassium and sodium styrene sulfonate), its manufacture and its uses
    Publication number: 20050214246
    Abstract: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, such as that caused by Clostridium difficile, represents a serious medical complication that can result from administering a broad-spectrum antibiotic to a subject. Such diarrhea leads to significant potassium loss from the subject. The present invention discloses a polymeric therapeutic agent that treats antibiotic-associated diarrhea and is physiologically potassium neutral. This polymer contains polystyrene sodium sulfonate and polystyrene potassium sulfonate repeat units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Sunil Mhaskar, Hitesh Bhagat, Caroline Bacon Kurtz, Sanjeev Katti, Toni Chancellor-Adams, Mukund Chorghade