Patents by Inventor Horng-Mou Tsay

Horng-Mou Tsay 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).

  • Predictive test for adverse reactions to iodinated radiographic contrast media
    Patent number: 4717657
    Abstract: To determine whether a patient will react adversely when injected intravenously with an iodine-containing contrast media, a sample of the patient's whole blood, whole blood depleted of red blood cells or plasma is treated to activate complement, and the level of at least one product resulting from complement activation is quantified and compared to the level of that product obtained in patients of known reactivity to radiographic contrast media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Eaton, Horng-Mou Tsay, James J. Hagan, Frederick J. Yost
  • Apparatus for use in radioimmunoassays
    Patent number: 4090850
    Abstract: Antibody coated cellulose paper can be used in radioimmunoassays in conjunction with test apparatus comprising a receptacle tray with multiple wells, each of said wells having at its bottom an orifice of such size and shape as to retain liquids used in the procedure under given pressure conditions and permit the evacuation of said liquid under reduced pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Hong Chen, Horng-Mou Tsay, Robert E. Heyer