Patents by Inventor Leonid Heifets

Leonid Heifets 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 for testing drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Patent number: 6951733
    Abstract: A novel agar medium for the isolation, sub-cultivation, and indirect or direct drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of isolating and growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and methods of drug-resistance screening using the agar medium of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: National Jewish Medical and Research Center
    Inventors: Leonid Heifets, Tracy Sanchez
  • Agar medium for the growth of mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Publication number: 20040101926
    Abstract: A novel agar medium for the isolation, sub-cultivation, and indirect or direct drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of isolating and growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and methods of drug-resistance screening using the agar medium of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Leonid Heifets, Tracy Sanchez
  • Agar medium for the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Patent number: 6579694
    Abstract: A novel agar medium for the isolation, sub-cultivation, and indirect or direct drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of isolating and growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and methods of drug-resistance screening using the agar medium of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: National Jewish Medical and Research Center
    Inventors: Leonid Heifets, Tracy Sanchez
  • Agar medium for the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Publication number: 20010055787
    Abstract: A novel agar medium for the isolation, sub-cultivation, and indirect or direct drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of isolating and growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and methods of drug-resistance screening using the agar medium of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Leonid Heifets, Tracy Sanchez