Patents by Inventor Michel Iskarous

Michel Iskarous 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).

  • Composition to detoxify and to convert formaldehyde in gaseous state and in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions
    Patent number: 6001274
    Abstract: A chemical composition is disclosed herein for performing a rapid neutralization of formaldehyde vapors, control of incidental releases, detoxification and disposal of spent or unused aqueous and/or non-aqueous formaldehyde solutions, and feasible conversion of the waste formaldehyde into a coarse pharmaceutical product.The composition is consisting essentially of an alkanolamine for rapid reaction with formaldehyde vapors, with formaldehyde in aqueous and/or non-aqueous solutions and for optimizing the reactions; a coumarin metabolite for neutralizing formaldehyde in concentrated aqueous solutions; urea for forming an inclusion/addition compound with formaldehyde, and; beta cyclodextrin for inclusion complexation of the methanol and methylene glycol in inhibited formaldehyde solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Gabriel J. Farkas
    Inventors: Gabriel Julius Farkas, Michel Iskarous
  • Chemical detoxifier for embalming solutions
    Patent number: 5837159
    Abstract: A chemical composition is disclosed herein for performing a complex neutralization and fixation of embalming fluids, providing a method for the rapid neutralization of formaldehyde vapors, the control of incidental releases, detoxification and disposal of unused or spent embalming fluids, and of any unused or spent aqueous or non-aqueous formaldehyde solutions. The composition includes alkanolamines for rapid reaction with formaldehyde vapors, aqueous and non-aqueous solutions of formaldehydes, for absorbing hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from the air, and cyclodextrins for inclusion complexation of all the components of spent and/or unused embalming fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventors: Gabriel J. Farkas, Michel Iskarous