Patents by Inventor Victor P. Chu

Victor P. Chu 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).

  • Patent number: 7858399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immobilized procainamide analogs, as well as to a method of making immobilized procainamide analogs. These immobilized analogs are prepared by activating the carboxyl group on a substituted p-benzoic acid derivative toward nucleophilic attack; reacting the activated benzoic acid derivative with a polyamine to produce the benzoic acid derivative of Formula 3: and binding the benzoic acid derivative of Formula 3 to a latex polymer having functional groups that react with aliphatic amino groups. A method of conducting an immunoassay using the immobilized procainamide analog Formula 3 is described, comprising the steps of preparing a solution comprising said immobilized procainamide analog; adding a sample suspected of containing procainamide to said solution; adding an anti-procainamide antibody to said solution and observing the rate of increase in solution turbidity following antibody addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Victor P. Chu, Zhu Teng, Steve P. A. Goss, Ronald A. Edwards, Kelle M. Garvey, Timothy J. Gorzynski, William D. Bedzyk
  • Patent number: 7279340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immobilized procainamide analogs, as well as to a method of making immobilized procainamide analogs. These immobilized analogs are prepared by activating the carboxyl group on a substituted p-benzoic acid derivative toward nucleophilic attack; reacting the activated benzoic acid derivative with a polyamine to produce the benzoic acid derivative of Formula 3: and binding the benzoic acid derivative of Formula 3 to a latex polymer having functional groups that react with aliphatic amino groups. A method of conducting an immunoassay using the immobilized procainamide analog Formula 3 is described, comprising the steps of preparing a solution comprising said immobilized procainamide analog; adding a sample suspected of containing procainamide to said solution; adding an anti-procainamide antibody to said solution and observing the rate of increase in solution turbidity following antibody addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Victor P. Chu, Zhu Teng, Steve P. A. Goss, Ronald L. Edwards, Kelle M. Garvey, Timothy J. Gorzynski, William D. Bedzyk
  • Patent number: 7161034
    Abstract: Lidocaine analogs, latex particle-analog conjugates, and methods of making and using the same. The analogs have the formula: wherein Z comprises a nucleophilic group and optionally a protecting group; L is a linker; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 are each independently H, a protecting group, or C1 to C6 alkyls, provided that R1 and R3 may form a six membered ring with the nitrogen and carbon atom to which R1 and R3 are attached; R6 and R7 are each independently H or C1 to C20 alkyls; and including salts thereof. The analogs are immobilized on latex particles and prepared for use in assays for lidocaine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Victor P. Chu, Zhu Teng, Sandra Lewisch, Ronald L. Edwards