Patents by Inventor Catherine Hammaecher

Catherine Hammaecher 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).

  • Method for measuring beta-lactam antibiotics
    Patent number: 9689021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining the concentration of a free beta-lactam antibiotic in a biological sample. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for measuring a free beta-lactam antibiotic in a biological sample, comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one class C beta-lactamase, a functional fragment or variant thereof; (b) providing at least one biological sample; (c) contacting said at least one class C beta-lactamase with said at least one biological sample; and (d) determining the concentration of said free beta-lactam antibiotic in said at least one biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE, UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONS-HAINAUT
    Inventors: Alain Brans, Bernard Joris, Michael Delmarcelle, Jacqueline Marchand, Paul Tulkens, Catherine Hammaecher, Erik Goormaghtigh, Joel De Coninck
  • METHOD FOR MEASURING BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS
    Publication number: 20140243241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining the concentration of a free beta-lactam antibiotic in a biological sample. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for measuring a free beta-lactam antibiotic in a biological sample, comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one class C beta-lactamase, a functional fragment or variant thereof; (b) providing at least one biological sample; (c) contacting said at least one class C beta-lactamase with said at least one biological sample; and (d) determining the concentration of said free beta-lactam antibiotic in said at least one biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE, UNIVERSITE DE MONS, UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN
    Inventors: Alain Brans, Bernard Joris, Michael Delmarcelle, Jacqueline Marchand, Paul Tulkens, Catherine Hammaecher, Erik Goormaghtigh, Joel De Coninck