Patents by Inventor Eva Wehrschütz-Sigl

Eva Wehrschütz-Sigl 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).

  • Wound dressing or swab for detecting infection
    Patent number: 8822173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wound dressing or a wound swab, which allows the detection of at least three enzymes selected from the group consisting of lysosyme, elastase, cathepsin G and myeloperoxidase using colored substrate agents for these enzymes. These enzyme substrates can be bound to medically acceptable polymers or fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Eva Wehrschutz-Sigl
    Inventor: Eva Wehrschütz-Sigl
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING A WOUND INFECTION
    Publication number: 20130337484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a wound infection comprising the steps of: contacting a sample obtained from a wound with at least two substrates for at least two enzymes selected from the group consisting of lysozyme, elastase, cathepsin G and myeloperoxidase, and detecting a wound infection when a conversion of the at least two substrates with said at least two enzymes are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Eva Wehrschütz-Sigl
  • Method for detecting a wound infection
    Patent number: 8497085
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for detecting a wound infection comprising the steps of: contacting a sample obtained from a wound with at least two substrates for at least two enzymes selected from the group consisting of lysozyme, elastase, cathepsin G and myeloperoxidase, and detecting a wound infection when a conversion of the at least two substrates with said at least two enzymes are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Technische Universitat Graz, Forschungsholding Tu Graz GmbH, Medicinische Universitat Graz
    Inventors: Georg Gübitz, Eva Wehrschütz-Sigl, Andrea Hasmann, Barbara Binder, Michael Burnett, Michael Schintler
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING A WOUND INFECTION
    Publication number: 20120258483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a wound infection comprising the steps of: contacting a sample obtained from a wound with at least two substrates for at least two enzymes selected from the group consisting of lysozyme, elastase, cathepsin G and myeloperoxidase, and detecting a wound infection when a conversion of the at least two substrates with said at least two enzymes are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: Technische Universitat Graz, MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT GRAZ, FORSCHUNGSHOLDING TU GRAZ GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Gubitz, Eva Wehrschütz-Sigl, Andrea Hasmann, Barbara Binder, Michael Burnett, Michael Schintler