Patents by Inventor Robert Barbee

Robert Barbee 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).

  • Publication number: 20150231177
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the controlled and sustained release of peroxides or oxygen to aqueous environments (e.g. a patient's body or circulatory system, or for other applications) or non-aqueous environments, include a material coating or encapsulating hydrogen peroxide, inorganic peroxides or peroxide adducts. In the case of peroxide adducts, and particularly in one type of embodiment, the peroxide adducts should be able to permeate the material, but water, hydrogen peroxide and inorganic peroxides should be able to permeate the material. The methods and compositions that allow the release of oxygen, H2O2 or inorganic peroxides from peroxide adducts with movement of these moieties across a selectively permeable barrier into, preferably, an aqueous environment. In the case of hydrogen peroxide, it can be acted upon by catalase or other enzymes, or be simply degraded, or are otherwise acted upon by enzymes or catalysts embedded in the selectively permeable barrier to produce, for example, O2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kevin Ward, Gary Huvard, Everette Carpenter, Gurbhagat Sandhu, Robert Barbee, Bruce Spiess
  • Publication number: 20120207793
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the controlled and sustained release of peroxides or oxygen to aqueous environments (e.g. a patient's body or circulatory system, or for other applications) or non-aqueous environments, include a material coating or encapsulating hydrogen peroxide, inorganic peroxides or peroxide adducts. In the case of peroxide adducts, and particularly in one type of embodiment, the peroxide adducts should be able to permeate the material, but water, hydrogen peroxide and inorganic peroxides should be able to permeate the material. The methods and compositions that allow the release of oxygen, H2O2 or inorganic peroxides from peroxide adducts with movement of these moieties across a selectively permeable barrier into, preferably, an aqueous environment. In the case of hydrogen peroxide, it can be acted upon by catalase or other enzymes, or be simply degraded, or are otherwise acted upon by enzymes or catalysts embedded in the selectively permeable barrier to produce, for example, O2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Kevin Ward, Gary Huvard, Everette Carpenter, Gurbhagat Sandhu, Robert Barbee, Bruce Spiess
  • Publication number: 20090169630
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the controlled and sustained release of peroxides or oxygen to aqueous environments (e.g. a patient's body or circulatory system, or for other applications) or non-aqueous environments, include a material coating or encapsulating hydrogen peroxide, inorganic peroxides or peroxide adducts. In the case of peroxide adducts, and particularly in one type of embodiment, the peroxide adducts should be able to permeate the material, but water, hydrogen peroxide and inorganic peroxides should be able to permeate the material. The methods and compositions that allow the release of oxygen, H2O2 or inorganic peroxides from peroxide adducts with movement of these moieties across a selectively permeable barrier into, preferably, an aqueous environment. In the case of hydrogen peroxide, it can be acted upon by catalase or other enzymes, or be simply degraded, or are otherwise acted upon by enzymes or catalysts embedded in the selectively permeable barrier to produce, for example, O2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin Ward, Gary Huvard, Everette Carpenter, Gurbhagat Sandhu, Robert Barbee, Bruce Spiess