Patents by Inventor Joseph H. Burckhalter

Joseph H. Burckhalter 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).

  • Method of surgical intervention for removal of fluorescable glass fragments
    Patent number: 4762117
    Abstract: A method of visualizing fragments of glass fragments at a trauma site is provided, for use in a case associated with traumatic injury due to fragmentation of a glass object and implantation at the trauma site. The glass is of a type which under darkfield ultraviolet excitation has the property of emitting visualizable fluorescence and is thus adapted for surgical intervention for purposes including assessment of the extent of implantation, control of infection, and removal of fragments from the site of trauma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Inventor: Joseph H. Burckhalter
  • Method of inhibiting herpetic lesions
    Patent number: 4714703
    Abstract: A method is provided for inhibiting lesions associated with herpes simplex infection in warm blooded animals comprising administering to any such warm blooded animal a pharmaceutical composition in topical dosage form containing as active component the antimetabolite 5-fluorouracil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Inventor: Joseph H. Burckhalter