The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130197388 | DISPOSABLE HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR COLLECTION OF EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE - A breath condensate collection apparatus comprising a central chamber, a breath input assembly, a plunger assembly and a breath condensate collection port. The central chamber has inner and outer side walls with a coolant material sealed in between. The breath input assembly is disposed on the side of the central chamber in fluid communication with the chamber interior. The plunger assembly has a piston, slidably disposed in the chamber, and a handle extending from a first end of the chamber. The collection port is disposed at the second end of the central chamber in fluid communication with the interior of the chamber. Obstructive structures may be arranged in the chamber interior for increasing the surface area on which condensate may form. The apparatus may also include an outlet assembly that may be removed and replaced with a sampling well into which the condensate may be washed with a buffer solution. | 08-01-2013 |
20130190639 | UTILIZING LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE IN EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE TO DIAGNOSE GRAM NEGATIVE PNEUMONIA - A device for collecting exhaled breath condensate from a subject. The device comprises a plunger assembly and a stopper. The stopper is connected to the plunger disk of the plunger assembly by a plurality of support pins and is configured for sealing engagement. The device is utilized to collect exhaled breath condensate from both spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated subjects and the devices utilized to determine whether lipopolysaccharide is present in the collected exhaled breath condensate. | 07-25-2013 |
20130066167 | COMPUTER-BASED DEVICE AND MODEL FOR PREDICTING PROBABILITY OF DEATH FROM THROMBOSIS - A computer-based device and predictive model executable by computer software for use with the device to predict or estimate a percentage probability of death from thrombosis in a patient with active cancer. | 03-14-2013 |
20110124019 | METHOD OF USING CARBONIC ANHYDRASE TO DETECT HEMOLYSIS - A method and a test for using carbonic anhydrase (CA), particularly CA-I or CA-II, as a biomarker of hemolysis. The method and test detect hemolysis by determining a percentage erythrocyte hemolysis in a specimen or sample of blood based upon quantification of carbonic anhydrase present in the extracellular portion of the blood. The method and test serve to optimize therapeutic efficacy for treatments of hemolysis. Plasma carbonic anhydrase is used to determine the percentage hemolysis in plasma. Furthermore, CA is quantified with specificity to the isozyme present in the plasma. | 05-26-2011 |
20090263279 | Utilizing lipopolysaccharide in exhaled breath condensate to diagnose gram negative pneumonia - A method for determining whether a subject has Gram negative bacterial pneumonia based on the presence of lipopolysaccharide in exhaled breath condensate collected from the subject. The collection devices utilized to collect exhaled breath condensate from both spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated subjects and the devices utilized to determine whether lipopolysaccharide is present in the collected exhaled breath condensate. | 10-22-2009 |