Patents by Inventor Edward C. McFarland

Edward C. McFarland 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).

  • Rapid resuscitation, growth, capture and detection of microorganisms
    Patent number: 7642060
    Abstract: A method and system for the detection and identification of a target pathogen in a sample is disclosed. The method and system involve the use of a capture matrix throughout resuscitation, growth, and detection. The method includes the steps of: placing the sample in a sampling container containing a medium (preferably a growth/resuscitation medium); optionally homogenizing the sample; placing a capture matrix in the sampling container with the sample; incubating the sample in the medium for a pre-determined amount of time at an appropriate temperature; optionally removing the capture matrix from the sampling container; and detecting the presence of the target pathogen in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Mandar S. Nagar, Edward C. McFarland
  • RAPID RESUSCITATION, GROWTH, CAPTURE AND DETECTION OF MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20080182272
    Abstract: A method and system for the detection and identification of a target pathogen in a sample is disclosed. The method and system involve the use of a capture matrix throughout resuscitation, growth, and detection. The method includes the steps of: placing the sample in a sampling container containing a medium (preferably a growth/resuscitation medium); optionally homogenizing the sample; placing a capture matrix in the sampling container with the sample; incubating the sample in the medium for a pre-determined amount of time at an appropriate temperature; optionally removing the capture matrix from the sampling container; and detecting the presence of the target pathogen in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Mandar S. Nagar, Edward C. McFarland
  • Enhancement of signal in immunoassays using microparticles which contain different detectable substances
    Patent number: 5369036
    Abstract: A process for assaying at least one analyte uses a tracer which includes multiple detectable substances. A tracer composition includes at least one ligand labeled with a particulate label, the particulate label containing at least one detectable substance. Two or more detectable substances in the assay may be in the same particulate label or in different particulate labels conjugated to different ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Mercolino, Joanne H. Hasskamp, Edward C. McFarland