Patents by Inventor Shawn D. Latham

Shawn D. Latham 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).

  • Manufacturing process for the production of purified transferrin
    Patent number: 5744586
    Abstract: Method for obtaining highly purified transferrin from a partially purified plasma fraction containing transferrin in which the starting fraction is concentrated. Its ionic strength is reduced and then transferrin is adsorbed onto a chromatographic column. Following elution, the transferrin can be further processed through to packaging in final containers. The final purified transferrin product is sterile, at least 95% pure and is substantially free of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Alpha Therapeutic Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Rolf, Akimasa Ohmizu, Shawn D. Latham, Prabir Bhattacharya
  • Automated method and system for testing blood samples
    Patent number: H1960
    Abstract: An automated system and process is provided for pooling samples from a multiplicity of blood or plasma donations for subsequent testing to uniquely identify any such blood or plasma donations which may be infected with a particular virus. The system includes an autosampler needle which is directly inserted into a blood or plasma sample aliquot container in order to withdraw an aliquot portion of the contents for forming a sample pool with aliquot portions of other blood or plasma samples. The autosampler comprises a tubular piercing member having a hollow interior bore and a tubular shroud surrounding the piercing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Alpha Therapeutic Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Conrad, Charles M. Heldebrant, Shawn D. Latham, Lorraine B. Peddada