David L Milunic

US Patent:

7896167, Mar 1, 2011

Filed:

Aug 5, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/659568

Inventors:

David Milunic - Deptford NJ, US
Donald Russell - Cherry Hill NJ, US

Assignee:

Akers Biosciences, Inc. - Thorofare NJ

International Classification:

B01D 29/00
B01D 29/05

US Classification:

210505, 210483, 210488, 210489, 210490, 210491, 2105001, 210503, 210504, 210506, 210508, 422101

Abstract:

A novel composite of glass fiber paper and reinforcing material that is useful for high speed manufacturing of devices comprising it is disclosed. The composite is formed by pressing into a glass fiber paper, having multimodal (at least bi-modal) composition, a hydrophilic reinforcing material. The composite has anisotropic separation properties that are particularly useful for preparing a fluid fraction from whole blood. The preferred glass fiber paper comprises glass fibers such that there are a plurality of short fibers () having large diameters and long fibers () with smaller diameters. The preferred glass fiber paper also exhibits partial ordering. There are many more of the long fibers () with smaller diameters than of the short fibers () having large diameters. Also disclosed are several blood separator device designs for efficiently separating the fluid fraction of blood from whole blood using the composite.

US Patent:

8097171, Jan 17, 2012

Filed:

Jan 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/014015

Inventors:

David Milunic - Deptford NJ, US
Donald Russell - Cherry Hill NJ, US

Assignee:

Akers Biosciences, Inc. - Thorofare NJ

International Classification:

B01D 37/00
B01D 29/00
B01D 29/05

US Classification:

210767, 210483, 210488, 210489, 210490, 210491, 2105001, 210503, 210504, 210505, 210506, 210508, 210800

Abstract:

A novel composite of glass fiber paper and reinforcing material that is useful for high speed manufacturing of devices comprising it is disclosed. The composite is formed by pressing into a glass fiber paper, having multimodal (at least bi-modal) composition, a hydrophilic reinforcing material. The composite has anisotropic separation properties that are particularly useful for preparing a fluid fraction from whole blood. The preferred glass fiber paper comprises glass fibers such that there are a plurality of short fibers () having large diameters and long fibers () with smaller diameters. The preferred glass fiber paper also exhibits partial ordering. There are many more of the long fibers () with smaller diameters than of the short fibers () having large diameters. Also disclosed are several blood separator device designs for efficiently separating the fluid fraction of blood from whole blood using the composite.

US Patent:

20060172438, Aug 3, 2006

Filed:

Oct 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/244197

Inventors:

David Milunic - Deptford NJ, US
Susan Andrelczyk - West Deptford NJ, US

International Classification:

G01N 33/551
G01N 33/553

US Classification:

436524000, 436526000

Abstract:

Methods for determining the presence of heparin/platelet factor 4 antibodies in a sample suspected to contain heparin/platelet factor 4 antibodies are provided, along with apparatus suitable for performing the methods. The method depends upon a color visualization indicating the presence or absence of heparin/platelet factor 4 antibodies in the sample. Preferred methods comprise contacting the sample with particles being complexed to platelet factor 4 (PF4) and which particle-complexed PF4 reacts specifically with heparin/platelet factor 4 antibodies, passing the sample/particle mixture through a filter, and then analyzing the color of the filtrate. The presence of heparin/platelet factor 4 antibodies in the sample is established where the color of the filtrate is substantially different from the color of the receptor-bearing particles.