Patents by Inventor Thomas S. Davy

Thomas S. Davy 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).

  • Pharmaceutical compositions containing interdigitation-fusion liposomes and gels
    Patent number: 6086851
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition containing a sized liposome comprising a lipid and an inducer; the sized liposome has a diameter of at most about 1 micron and the inducer is present in an amount effective to induce interdigitation-fusion of the sized liposome. Also provided herein are interdigitation-fusion liposomes and gels, and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: The Liposome Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Boni, Andrew S. Janoff, Sharma R. Minchey, Walter R. Perkins, Christine E. Swenson, Patrick L. Ahl, Thomas S. Davis
  • Methods of preparing interdigitation-fusion liposomes and gels which encapsulate a bioactive agent
    Patent number: 5820848
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition containing a sized liposome comprising a lipid and an induce; the sized liposome has a diameter of at most about 1 micoron and the induces is present in an amount effective to induce interdigitation-fusion of the sized liposome. Also provided herein are interdigitation-fusion liposomes and gels, and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: The Liposome Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Boni, Andrew S. Janoff, Sharma R. Minchey, Walter R. Perkins, Christine E. Swenson, Patrick L. Ahl, Thomas S. Davis
  • Combined wet and dry vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D358010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Shop Vac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Berfield, Thomas S. Davy