Patents by Inventor Hazel P. Drew

Hazel P. Drew 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).

  • Plasma C5A levels as an indicator of asthma severity
    Patent number: 7407764
    Abstract: This invention provides the first blood test which characterizes asthma severity. More specifically, the present invention provides methods of determining the severity of acute asthma in a patient by determining the levels of C5a or C5a-desArg in the patient's blood, plasma or serum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Rauno Joks, Hazel P. Drew, Myrelle B. Castro, Nandita Mathur Khaneja
  • Method of treating immune-mediated diseases by administration of IgM
    Publication number: 20040043019
    Abstract: Human polyclonal immunoglobulin M may be administered to patients suffering from a variety of immune-mediated diseases, including asthma, Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus (SLE), serum sickness and vasculitis, to treat the disease condition of those patients. Administration of immunoglobulin M results in a direct inhibitory effect on complement activity and a significant clinical improvement in the level of disease activity in patients with immune-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Rauno Joks, Patricia Mueller, Maja Nowakowski, Hazel P. Drew