Patents by Inventor Richard Pfeltz

Richard Pfeltz 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 for Removing Antibiotics From Blood Culture Samples
    Publication number: 20090123960
    Abstract: Methods for removing inhibitors of microbial growth, including antibiotics, from a biological sample suspected of containing one or more microorganisms are provided. The methods include contacting a sample, or a culture growth medium containing the sample, with reversed-phase adsorbent media, which remove the inhibitors of microbial growth, but allow the microorganisms of interest to remain in the sample or culture growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert Rosenstein, P. Shawn Beaty, Richard Pfeltz, Matthew Warns