Patents by Inventor Thomsen Hansen

Thomsen Hansen 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).

  • Assay method for detecting presence of bacteria
    Patent number: 5695946
    Abstract: An assay method is provided to easily and quickly detect the presence of organisms capable of being cultured, such as bacteria, characterized by antibody capture of the organism of interest by use of specialized magnetic beads, incubation of the captured cells to form colonies; removal of material from the colonies with a colony lift membrane; and detection of the colony material on the membrane sheet by use of labeled antibodies, PCR or nucleic acid probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Vicam, LP
    Inventors: Thomas L. Benjamin, Joan Chen-Wu, Thomsen Hansen, Barbara Jackson, David Livingston, Steven Tannenbaum, Gerald Wogan
  • Assay method for detecting the presence of bacteria
    Patent number: 5491068
    Abstract: An assay method is provided to easily and quickly detect the presence of organisms capable of being cultured, such as bacteria, characterized by antibody capture of the organism of interest by use of specialized magnetic beads, incubation of the captured cells to form colonies; removal of material from the colonies with a colony lift membrane; and detection of the colony material on the membrane sheet by use of labeled antibodies, PCR or nucleic acid probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Vicam, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Benjamin, Joan Chen-Wu, Thomsen Hansen, Barbara Jackson, David Livingston, Steven Tannenbaum, Gerald Wogan