Patents by Inventor Katherine Marie Kollins Callaghan

Katherine Marie Kollins Callaghan 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).

  • Publication number: 20170081701
    Abstract: A device and method for determining the presence or absence, or the level of, sPLA2 activity in a fluid sample. The device includes an absorbent matrix that defines a flow path for a fluid sample, a first region of the absorbent matrix for applying a fluid sample, where one of the components selected from a bioactive sPLA2 substrate and a label is dried onto or within the first region of the absorbent matrix, a second region of the absorbent matrix downstream of, and in fluid communication with, the first region for detecting an aggregated reaction product, where the other component not present in the first region is dried onto or within the second region of the absorbent matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Drexel University
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cunningham, Katherine Marie Kollins Callaghan, Lihua Yao
  • Publication number: 20150044714
    Abstract: A device and method for determining the presence or absence, or the level of, sPLA2 activity in a fluid sample. The device includes an absorbent matrix that defines a flow path for a fluid sample, a first region of the absorbent matrix for applying a fluid sample, where one of the components selected from a bioactive sPLA2 substrate and a label is dried onto or within the first region of the absorbent matrix, a second region of the absorbent matrix downstream of, and in fluid communication with, the first region for detecting an aggregated reaction product, where the other component not present in the first region is dried onto or within the second region of the absorbent matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Philadelphia Health & Education Corporation d/b/a Drexel University College of Medicine
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cunningham, Katherine Marie Kollins Callaghan, Lihua Yao