Patents by Inventor Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios

Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios 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).

  • Use of secretor, lewis and sialyl antigen levels in clinical samples as predictors of risk for disease
    Patent number: 8574850
    Abstract: An individual at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis and related disorders can be identified by measuring the level of at least one secretor antigen in a biological sample from the individual and comparing the measured level of the at least one secretor antigen to a predetermined value or a predetermined range of values. Among the secretor antigens which can be measured are: the H-1, H-2, Lewisb and Lewisy antigens and derivatives thereof (e.g., a sialylated form of Lewis a, Lewis x, Lewis b, Lewis y; H-1, H-2, Lewis a, Lewis x, Lewis b or Lewis y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas Y Nutricion, The General Hospital Corporation, Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Inventors: Ardythe L. Morrow, Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios, David S. Newburg
  • RAPID LATERAL FLOW GLYCAN-DETECTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100279308
    Abstract: A glycan-detecting device containing a sample pad, a membrane in communication with the sample pad, a labeled lectin, an immobilized lectin of the same type, and an immobilized antibody specific to the lectin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Ardythe L. Morrow, David S. Newburg, Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios
  • Oligosaccharide Compositions and Use Thereof in the Treatment of Infection
    Publication number: 20070275881
    Abstract: Oligosaccharides and oligosaccharides linked to backbones such as proteins, methods for making such oligosaccharides and methods for using them to treat and/or prevent various disorders are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Ardythe Morrow, David Newburg, Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios