Patents by Inventor Minke Tang

Minke Tang 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).

  • Therapeutic platelets and methods
    Publication number: 20060223050
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for loading a preservative into blood platelets comprising providing a preservative solution having a preservative, water and protein, and loading blood platelets with the preservative solution to produce preservative-loaded blood platelets having the preservative solution generally including higher glass transition temperatures than glass transition temperatures for a preservative solution having the preservative, water and no protein. A process for processing blood platelets comprising suspending blood platelets in a preservative solution at a concentration greater than about 108 platelets per ml. of preservative solution to produce preservative-loaded blood platelets, freeze-drying the preservative-loaded blood platelets, and recovering at least 75% of the freeze died platelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: John Crowe, Fern Tablin, Willem Wolkers, Naomi Walker, Joong-Hyuck Auh, Minke Tang, Sheri Looper