Patents by Inventor Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein

Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein 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).

  • Publication number: 20130158394
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for measurement and reduction or prevention of fluid movement in lactiferous ducts, detection of diseased conditions in the breasts, and treatments thereof. Such techniques, methods and devices are applicable to a variety of conditions including carcinomas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Sylvia Hon, Anahitta Khosraviani, Amar Miglani, David Brandon Smith, Lanping Amy Sung, Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein
  • Publication number: 20120309693
    Abstract: The present disclosure serves to reduce the healing time of tissue wounds, including those formed during surgery, whether necessary or elective (including cosmetic surgery), by providing a therapeutic dose of a pancreatic enzyme inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Frank A. DeLano, Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein
  • Patent number: 8299930
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to training a user in controlling and limiting total calorie consumption, and consequently body weight, by encouraging the user to perform specified consuming actions such as chewing slowly, adjusting a time interval between bites, detecting the early points of satiation, etc. The disclosure is therefore a “calorie pacer” that naturally reduces calorie consumption by re-teaching a user how to eat on a step-by-step basis. The slower eating pace results in a person feeling full before the intake of excessive food portions. The result is fewer calories consumed. Sensors and microcontrollers throughout a place setting are utilized to prompt the user, for example, when to take bites, how big of a bite to take, when to take a drink, etc and record the data in an efficient manner that allows for analysis, monitoring of progress, and personalized feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein, Angelina Altshuler, Casey Gorish, Kunal Sukhija, Amanda Williams, Michael Wu
  • Publication number: 20120196935
    Abstract: Materials and methods for detecting the early onset of shock and multi-organ failure by production of tissue breakdown products in biological samples (e.g., expired air).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein, Frank Delano
  • Publication number: 20110039781
    Abstract: Techniques, methods and lavages are disclosed for prevention or treatment of shock, particularly cecal ligation or cecal inoculation shock, by administering a specific therapeutic agent, which is able to use smaller volumes of reagent to achieve partial to complete inhibition, than other previously described techniques. The agent includes a combination of enzyme inhibitor, cytotoxic lipid binding protein, and antibiotic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein, Frank A. DeLano
  • Publication number: 20100303799
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for prevention or treatment of physiological shock by administering a specific therapeutic agent, which is able to use smaller volumes of reagent to achieve complete inhibition, than other previously described techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein, Frank A. DeLano
  • Publication number: 20100179091
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for prevention or treatment of physiological shock by administering a specific therapeutic agent or combination of therapeutic agents, which is/are able to use smaller volumes of reagent to achieve complete inhibition, than other previously described techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein, Erik Kistler, John T. Watson, Frank A. DeLano, Alexander H. Penn
  • Publication number: 20100109876
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to training a user in controlling and limiting total calorie consumption, and consequently body weight, by encouraging the user to perform specified consuming actions such as chewing slowly, adjusting a time interval between bites, detecting the early points of satiation, etc. The disclosure is therefore a “calorie pacer” that naturally reduces calorie consumption by re-teaching a user how to eat on a step-by-step basis. The slower eating pace results in a person feeling full before the intake of excessive food portions. The result is fewer calories consumed. Sensors and microcontrollers throughout a place setting are utilized to prompt the user, for example, when to take bites, how big of a bite to take, when to take a drink, etc and record the data in an efficient manner that allows for analysis, monitoring of progress, and personalized feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein, Angelina Altshuler, Casey Gorish, Kunal Sukhija, Amanda Williams, Michael Wu
  • Publication number: 20080195024
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for treating or preventing disorders related to inflammation are provided. In the methods and apparatuses, a glass fiber filter or other filter is used to remove mediators of inflammation from a bodily fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein, Daniel Fainman, Stephen F. Flaim, Wyming Lee Pang, Alexander H. Penn