Patents by Inventor William C. Heird

William C. Heird 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).

  • Disinfecting contact lenses
    Patent number: 5624958
    Abstract: A process of disinfecting a contact lens entails applying to the lens a mixture solution of an effective antimicrobial amount of a fatty acid, monoglyceride thereof or ether or lysophosphatidylcholine derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Inventors: Charles E. Isaacs, Kwang S. Kim, Halldor Thormar, William C. Heird, Henryk M. Wisniewski
  • Antibacterial fatty acid compositions
    Patent number: 5434182
    Abstract: This invention is directed to antibacterial activity of fatty acids and monoglycerides. More particularly, this invention is directed to the killing of bacteria by fatty acids and monoglycerides. The invention is also directed to antibacterial pharmaceutical compositions consisting essentially of inert pharmaceutical carrier and an antibacterial effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of fatty acids and monoglycerides thereof, fatty alcohols, and ethers and lysophosphatidylcholine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Inventors: Charles E. Isaacs, Kwang S. Kim, Halldor Thormar, William C. Heird, Henryk M. Wisniewski
  • Antiviral and antibacterial activity of fatty acids and monoglycerides
    Patent number: 4997851
    Abstract: This invention is directed to antiviral and antibacterial activity of fatty acids and monoglycerides. More particularly, this invention is directed to the inactivation of enveloped viruses and the killing of cells by fatty acids and monoglycerides. The invention is also directed to an antiviral and/or antibacterial pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of inert pharmaceutical carrier and an effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of fatty acids and monoglycerides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Inventors: Charles E. Isaacs, Halldor Thomar, Kwang S. Kim, William C. Heird
  • Amino acid solutions for parenteral nutrition and methods of formulation and use
    Patent number: 4491589
    Abstract: For parenteral nutrition, an aqueous L-amino acid solution having an amino acid content consisting essentially of essential and non-essential amino acids in proportions for producing and maintaining, in a subject to whom the same is administered, a steady-state plasma amino acid pattern within established ranges for the normal subject's post-prandial plasma amino acid pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Ralph B. Dell, Robert W. Winters, William C. Heird