Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Orme

Thomas W. Orme 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).

  • Removal of lipid soluble process chemicals from biological materials by extraction with naturally occurring oils or synthetic substitutes thereof
    Patent number: 4789545
    Abstract: A method of removing lipid soluble process chemicals from biological materials containing the lipid soluble process chemicals comprising bringing the biological materials containing the lipid soluble process chemicals into contact with an effective amount of a naturally occurring oil extracted from a plant or an animal or a synthetic compound of similar chemical structure, agitating the resultant mixture, separating out an upper-phase and a lower-phase by sedimentation and decanting the upper-phase. The method is particularly useful for producing relatively virus free physiologically acceptable plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: New York Blood Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Woods, Thomas W. Orme