Patents by Inventor Darrell Belke

Darrell Belke 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 calcium binding proteins to improve cardiac contractile function
    Patent number: 8007778
    Abstract: Methods useful in the regulation of myocardial contraction are disclosed. The methods are useful in the regulation of heart function. The invention reveals that sorcin overexpression enhances cardiac contractile performance and establishes the concept of sorcin as a regulator of myocardial contractility. The invention also provides screening assays that allow for the identification of agents that modulate sorcin expression. Such agents are useful, for example, for diagnosing cardiac contractile function associated disorders in subjects, and treating the subjects with the agents identified as being able to modulate sorcin expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Wolfgang H. Dillmann, Jorge Suarez, Darrell Belke, Bernd Gloss
  • Use of calcium binding proteins to improve cardiac contractile function
    Publication number: 20070041942
    Abstract: Methods useful in the regulation of myocardial contraction are disclosed. The methods are useful in the regulation of heart function. The invention reveals that sorcin overexpression enhances cardiac contractile performance and establishes the concept of sorcin as a regulator of myocardial contractility. The invention also provides screening assays that allow for the identification of agents that modulate sorcin expression. Such agents are useful, for example, for diagnosing cardiac contractile function associated disorders in subjects, and treating the subjects with the agents identified as being able to modulate sorcin expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Dillmann, Jorge Suarez, Darrell Belke, Bernd Gloss