Patents by Inventor Stefanie C. Decker

Stefanie C. Decker 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).

  • Temperature activated controlled release
    Patent number: 5580573
    Abstract: A polymeric device for the controlled release of active agents contained in the device in which the polymer has a glass transition temperature greater than the normal storage or non use temperature of the device. When heated to or above the glass transition temperature of the polymer, the active agent is released. The release of active agent can be switched on or off by the adjustment of the temperature of the polymeric device above or below the glass transition temperature of the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: E. R. Squibb and Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Agis Kydonieus, Kishore R. Shah, Stefanie C. Decker
  • Thermoplastic hydrogel impregnated composite material
    Patent number: 5527271
    Abstract: A composite material for wound dressings having a fibrous wound-contacting substrate, such as cotton gauze, impregnated with a thermoplastic hydrogel forming polymer and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: Kishore R. Shah, Agis Kydonieus, Khosrow Jamshidi, Stefanie C. Decker, Tak-lung Chang