Patents by Inventor Patrick M. Mehl

Patrick M. Mehl 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).

  • USE OF HEAT TO TREAT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS EXPOSED TO DAMAGING RADIATION
    Publication number: 20100049284
    Abstract: A method wherein, following a therapeutic radiation treatment, a heat dose is administered to the treated cells to decrease the damage caused by radiation exposure or a therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: The Catholic University of America
    Inventors: PATRICK M. MEHL, James K. Keeven
  • Differential spectral topographic analysis (DISTA)
    Patent number: 6272436
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new analysis based on Differential Spectral Topographic Analysis (DISTA). Using data from the spectral methods known in the art, DISTA is based upon the normalization of the spectra to a fixed topographic space, creating a set of spectral forms, and the summation of the absolute differences in topography between one or more reference spectra and the test spectra taken at different magnitudes of the perturbing parameter. This method allows for a sensitive estimate of the fraction of form A and form B of an entity of interest. This method also allows for the calculation of apparent free energy from the conversion of the entity of interest from a first to a second form where appropriate, and in the alternative, calculation of a fraction of structural changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Military Medicine
    Inventors: Allen G Hirsh, Latchezar I. Tsonev, Serguei Litvinovitch, Patrick M. Mehl
  • Differential spectral topographic analysis (DISTA)
    Patent number: 6085153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new analysis based on Differential Spectral Topographic Analysis (DISTA). Using data from the spectral methods known in the art, DISTA is based upon the normalization of the spectra to a fixed topographic space, creating a set of spectral forms, and the summation of the absolute differences in topography between one or more reference spectra and the test spectra taken at different magnitudes of the perturbing parameter. This method allows for a sensitive estimate of the fraction of form A and form B of an entity of interest. This method also allows for the calculation of apparent free energy from the conversion of the entity of interest from a first to a second form where appropriate, and in the alternative, calculation of a fraction of structural changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Henry M. Jackson Foundation
    Inventors: Allen G Hirsh, Latchezar I. Tsonev, Serguei Litvinovitch, Patrick M. Mehl