Patents by Inventor Ernest C. Adams, Jr.

Ernest C. Adams, Jr. 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).

  • Device and method for detecting myoglobin
    Patent number: 4189304
    Abstract: A test device and method for detecting myoglobin in the presence of hemoglobin in a fluid test sample. The test device comprises a chromatographic medium incorporating serum, haptoglobin and/or antiserum which binds or retards hemoglobin while permitting myoglobin to traverse the length of the test device. A test sample of body fluid is placed in contact with an appropriate portion of the chromatographic medium of said test device; hemoglobin in the body fluid is retained or retarded by the serum, haptoglobin and/or antiserum; and myoglobin in the sample traverses the length of the medium and contacts reagent means at a predetermined location thereon, resulting in a detectable response thereat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Assignee: Miles Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest C. Adams, Jr., Kathleen M. Layman