Patents by Inventor Michael R. McNeil

Michael R. McNeil 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).

  • Carbohydrate-based vaccine and diagnostic reagent for trichinosis
    Patent number: 5707817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Trichinella diagnostic reagents that include a .beta.-tyvelose-containing composition and use of such reagents to detect Trichinella, and particularly Trichinella spiralis infections. The present invention also includes diagnostic kits based on such reagents and therapeutic agents based on the the knowledge that .beta.-tyvelose is produced by Trichinella spiralis parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nancy Wisnewski, Robert B. Grieve, Donald L. Wassom, Michael R. McNeil
  • Carbohydrate-based vaccine and diagnostic reagent for trichinosis
    Patent number: 5686256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Trichinella diagnostic reagents that include at least one tyvelose-containing oligosaccharide, or functional equivalent thereof, and use of such reagents to detect Trichinella, and particularly Trichinella spiralis infections. The present invention also includes diagnostic kits based on such reagents and anti-Trichinella spiralis drugs based on the knowledge that tyvelose is produced by Trichinella spiralis parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nancy Wisnewski, Robert B. Grieve, Donald L. Wassom, Michael R. McNeil
  • Carbohydrate-based vaccine and diagnostic reagent for trichinosis
    Patent number: 5541075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Trichinella vaccines that include at least one tyvelose-containing oligosaccharide or functional equivalent thereof, to Trichinella vaccines that include at least one fucose-containing oligosaccharide or functional equivalent thereof, and to the use of such vaccines to protect animals from Trichinella infections, and particularly from trichinosis caused by Trichinella spiralis infection. Such vaccines can also be used to produce antibodies that are capable of protecting an animal from Trichinella infections and of diagnosing such infections. The present invention also relates to Trichinella diagnostic reagents that include at least one tyvelose-containing oligosaccharide, or functional equivalent thereof, and use of such reagents to detect Trichinella, and particularly Trichinella spiralis infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Heska Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy Wisnewski, Robert B. Grieve, Donald L. Wassom, Michael R. McNeil