Patents by Inventor Michael Pierce Ebaugh

Michael Pierce Ebaugh 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).

  • Compositions and methods for reducing or preventing medical device-related infections
    Patent number: 9839709
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reducing a microbial infection of a heparinized surface wherein heparin precipitation is reduced as compared to a control. In some embodiments a composition comprising ethanol and isopropanol is applied to the surface. In other embodiments, two or more ethanol compositions are applied and removed sequentially from the surface prior to contacting the surface with a biological fluid, tissue or vessel, wherein the composition in each successive administration comprises an increased amount of ethanol. Also provided is a method of reducing a microbial infection of a surface comprising applying a mucilage extract from an Opuntia ficus indica species to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Kayton, Norma Alcantar, Daniel Restrepo, Nicholas S. Laconi, Audrey Lynn Buttice, Michael Pierce Ebaugh
  • Compositions and methods for reducing or preventing medical device-related infections
    Patent number: 9339574
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reducing a microbial infection of a heparinized surface wherein heparin precipitation is reduced as compared to a control. In some embodiments a composition comprising ethanol and isopropanol is applied to the surface. In other embodiments, two or more ethanol compositions are applied and removed sequentially from the surface prior to contacting the surface with a biological fluid, tissue or vessel, wherein the composition in each successive administration comprises an increased amount of ethanol. Also provided is a method of reducing a microbial infection of a surface comprising applying a mucilage extract from an Opuntia ficus indica species to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Kayton, Norma Alcantar, Daniel Restrepo, Nicholas S. Laconi, Audrey Lynn Buttice, Michael Pierce Ebaugh
  • Compositions and methods for reducing or preventing medical device-related infections
    Patent number: 9125959
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reducing a microbial infection of a heparinized surface wherein heparin precipitation is reduced as compared to a control. In some embodiments a composition comprising ethanol and isopropanol is applied to the surface. In other embodiments, two or more ethanol compositions are applied and removed sequentially from the surface prior to contacting the surface with a biological fluid, tissue or vessel, wherein the composition in each successive administration comprises an increased amount of ethanol. Also provided is a method of reducing a microbial infection of a surface comprising applying a mucilage extract from an Opuntia ficus indica species to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Kayton, Norma Alcantar, Daniel Restrepo, Nicholas S. Laconi, Audrey Lynn Buttice, Michael Pierce Ebaugh