Patents by Inventor Darrell Abernethy

Darrell Abernethy 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).

  • Neural network pattern recognition for predicting pharmacodynamics using patient characteristics
    Publication number: 20050216200
    Abstract: Methods are provided for predicting the effect of a drug given the drug dose and individual patient clinical characteristics. A neural network is trained on samples of clinical data including the observed drug dose and effect on patients, as well as their individual clinical characteristics. The neural network is then validated to ensure that its predictions fall within an acceptable error range. The neural network is used to predict the effect of a given drug dose for a given set of individual patient clinical characteristics. Methods are also provided for predicting the drug dose required to achieve a desired effect. Another neural network is trained on samples of clinical data including the observed drug dose and effect on patients, as well as their individual clinical characteristics. The neural network is then validated to ensure that its predictions fall within an acceptable error range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicants: The Govt. of U.S.A. Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mirna Urquidi-MacDonald, Darrell Abernethy