Patents by Inventor Erica Phillips

Erica Phillips 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: 20090112541
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide virtual reality tools used to develop improved infection control solutions. The virtual reality tools may be applied to a variety of health care environments to develop improved infection control solutions, including improved training systems for modifying human behavior regarding hand washing (or other infection control behaviors), improved systems for evaluating the effectiveness of a proposed infection control solution, and for a producer/seller of anti-microbial products to demonstrate the superiority of one product over another or the superiority of one proposed solution over another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Joel Anderson, Daniel Bowman, Valerie Cansler, Sudhanshu Gakhar, William Lynch, Erica Phillips, Sridhar Ranganathan, Richard Timmers
  • Publication number: 20090112538
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide virtual reality tools and simulations used for improved health care customer management. The virtual reality tools may be used by a product manufacturer or seller to assist in relationship management with health care partners including identifying improved solutions for a variety of problems, strengthening infection prevention processes and systems, improving order and flow in the operating room and other care-delivery environments, identifying benefits from new products, providing techniques for evaluating new health care systems and processes, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Joel Anderson, Rameshbabu Boga, Daniel Bowman, Valerie Cansler, Gary Clement, Sudhanshu Gakhar, Patrick Hastings, William Lynch, Erica Phillips, Sridhar Ranganathan, Richard Timmers
  • Publication number: 20070134743
    Abstract: Methods and devices for the detection of proteins secreted by the hyphal growth form of Candida species are disclosed. The disclosed devices may constitute a method for the diagnosis of acute or chronic infections, including candidiasis, caused by microorganisms of the species Candida, such as C. albicans, for example. The devices of the present invention incorporate antibodies specific to secreted aspartyl protease proteins whose expression is upregulated upon the conversion of the Candida species from the commensal to the pathogenic form. The antibodies may be used in assays to allow the diagnosis of candidal infections and disease conditions. Either monoclonal antibodies or polyclonal antibodies may be used, and in the case of the monoclonals, the specific epitopes of the SAP protein may be detected as well as the SAP protein itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Erica Phillips, Enrico DiGiammarino, Kevin McGrath