Patents by Inventor Judson Vincent Edwards

Judson Vincent Edwards 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 dressings with elastase-sequestering
    Publication number: 20030206944
    Abstract: The invention provides wound dressings and methods of their use, especially for the treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds. The wound dressings are composed of a support matrix, such as cotton cellulose, and an active agent associated with the support matrix. The active agent may be a protease inhibitor or a protease sequestrant, in particular an inhibitor or sequestrant of a neutrophil-derived cationic protease such as elastase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Kelman I. Cohen, Robert F. Diegelmann, Dorne Yager, Judson Vincent Edwards
  • Preparation of peroxide-oxidized, sulfonated, and phosphorylated cotton
    Patent number: 6599523
    Abstract: The invention provides wound dressings and methods of their use, especially for the treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds. The wound dressings are composed of a support matrix, such as cotton cellulose, and an active agent associated with the support matrix. The active agent may be a protease inhibitor or a protease sequestrant, in particular an inhibitor or sequestrant of a neutrophil-derived cationic protease such as elastase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignees: Virginia Commonwealth University, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: Kelman I. Cohen, Robert F. Diegelmann, Dorne Yager, Judson Vincent Edwards
  • Wound dressings with protease-lowering activity
    Publication number: 20020012693
    Abstract: The invention provides wound dressings and methods of their use, especially for the treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds. The wound dressings are composed of a support matrix, such as cotton cellulose, and an active agent associated with the support matrix. The active agent may be a protease inhibitor or a protease sequestrant, in particular an inhibitor or sequestrant of a neutrophil-derived cationic protease such as elastase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Kelman I. Cohen, Robert F. Diegelmann, Dorne Yager, Judson Vincent Edwards