Patents Assigned to Medical Research Counsel
  • Protein domains in the hepatic glycogen-targetting subunit of protein phosphatase 1 and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 6710026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful for treating disorders associated with abnormal blood glucose levels in mammals, such as Type I and Type II diabetes. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Medical Research Counsel
    Inventors: Patricia Townsend Wade Cohen, Christopher George Armstrong, Martin John Doherty
  • Scanning confocal optical microscope system
    Patent number: 6555811
    Abstract: A confocal scanning optical microscope system wherein a dispersive optical device such as a prism separates an image from a restricted area of a specimen into a spread of images of differing wavelengths. Different parts of the spread of images are focused at respective beam-limiting apertures which are conjugate with one another, and the spectrally differing beams passing through the beam-limiting apertures pass to respective detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Medical Research Counsel
    Inventor: William Bradshaw Amos
  • Method and apparatus for obtaining evoked otoacoustic emissions
    Patent number: 6406438
    Abstract: A method of obtaining evoked otoacoustic emission (EOAE) response data, wherein stimulus and response signals in the form of a maximum length sequence (MLS) are deconvolved immediately and the non-linear interaction components (NLTICs) in the response data are detected, preferably by cross-correlation of a stimulus sequence and a response sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Medical Research Counsel
    Inventor: Arthur Roger David Thornton