Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Kunicki

Thomas J. Kunicki 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 maintaining intact, non-degraded factor VIII/von-Willebrand factor during blood processing
    Patent number: 5149787
    Abstract: A method for maintaining intact, non-degraded von Willebrand factor by preventing the action of calcium activated protease(s) responsible for degradation of the factor. The action of the calcium activated protease(s) may be avoided by removing the blood platelet source of the protease(s), by filtering or centrifugal separation, or by inactivating the protease with a chelating agent removing the calcium, by a protease inhibitor, or an alkylating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: The Blood Center Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kunicki, Robert R. Montgomery
  • Method for maintaining intact, non-degraded factor VIII/von-Willebrand factor during blood processing
    Patent number: 4710381
    Abstract: A method for maintaining intact, non-degraded von Willebrand factor by preventing the action of calcium activated protease(s) responsible for degradation of the factor. The action of the calcium activated protease(s) may be avoided by removing the blood platelet source of the protease(s), by filtering or centrifugal separation, or by inactivating the protease with a chelating agent removing the calcium, by a protease inhibitor, or an alkylating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kunicki, Robert R. Montgomery