Prakash S Masurekar

Title: Prakash S. Masurekar: Enzyme Production and Creatinine Testing

Introduction

Prakash S. Masurekar is an inventor associated with Webster, New York, and Eastman Kodak Company. His patent work includes enzyme preparations and fermentation methods for producing creatinine iminohydrolase, an enzyme used in creatinine testing. He is credited with 7 patents.

Latest Patents

One of Masurekar’s patents concerns creatinine iminohydrolase that is free from urease activity. The invention describes an enzyme preparation derived from an aerobic soil microorganism, preferably ATCC 31,546. It also discloses assay methods, compositions, and test elements that use the enzyme to determine creatinine in aqueous liquids.

Another patent describes a process and nutrient medium for growing microorganisms that produce urease-free creatinine iminohydrolase. The process moves the microorganism through maintenance, growth, and production media, inducing enzyme production before the enzyme is extracted. The patent also presents an improved aqueous nutrient medium for the production stage.

Career Highlights

Masurekar’s listed inventions address both the properties of a creatinine-testing enzyme and the practical steps needed to produce it through fermentation. Together, these approaches connect enzyme preparation with methods for cultivating the microorganism that supplies the enzyme.

Collaborations

Masurekar’s listed coworkers include Charles T. Goodhue and Theodore W. Esders. His work is associated with Eastman Kodak Company.

Conclusion

Prakash S. Masurekar’s patent portfolio highlights enzyme production and creatinine assay technologies, with inventions spanning urease-free enzyme preparations and the fermentation processes used to obtain them.