Patents by Inventor Donna J. Cabral-Lilly

Donna J. Cabral-Lilly 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).

  • Detection of endotoxin levels in liposomes, lipid bilayers and lipid complexes
    Patent number: 6015716
    Abstract: Endotoxin incorporated into liposomes, lipid bilayers or lipid complexes can be detected by combining an aqueous suspension of the liposomes, lipid complexes or lipid bilayers with a suitable detergent. Preferable detergents, e.g., Lubrol-PX.TM. or a polyoxyethylene ether, solubilize the lipid bilayers, liposomes or lipid complexes at acceptable lipid concentrations, forming micelles therefrom which contain lipid bilayer, liposome or lipid complex lipid, detergent and endotoxin, should it be present. The micelles are then assayed for the presence of endotoxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: The Liposome Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Harmon, Donna J. Cabral-Lilly, J. Craig Franklin, Robert A. Reed, Andrew S. Janoff