Patents by Inventor Mitchell Sroka

Mitchell Sroka 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 and apparatus for detecting ammonia from exhaled breath
    Publication number: 20050171449
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for detecting the presence of exhaled ammonia and a method for using the same to detect the present of a Helicobacter in a subject. The apparatus is composed of a breath capture device having a sensor plate with at least one selected Lewis acid dye (e.g., a metal ion-containing dye such as a metalloporphyrin) deposited thereon which produces a detectable spectral, transmission or reflectance response in the presence of ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Suslick, Keren Hulkower, Avijit Sen, Mitchell Sroka, William McNamara