Patents by Inventor Hongmin Tu

Hongmin Tu 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).

  • Method for diagnosing diseases
    Patent number: 7776556
    Abstract: An improved method for diagnosing autoimmune or genetic diseases is provided in this disclosure. In particular, a method to diagnose diseases affecting the tissues of organs selected from the group of spleen, brain, heart, kidney, thyroid, eye, skin, intestine, liver, pancreas, adrenal gland, prostate and lungs or from the tissues selected from the group of muscles and bones or other tissues. More specifically, the present invention provides an improved method for diagnosing diseases affecting neuromuscular junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: University of Oulu
    Inventors: Anne Heikkinen, Hongmin Tu, Taina Pihlajaniemi
  • Method for diagnosing diseases
    Publication number: 20080227105
    Abstract: An improved method for diagnosing autoimmune or genetic diseases is provided in this disclosure. In particular, a method to diagnose diseases affecting the tissues of organs selected from the group of spleen, brain, heart, kidney, thyroid, eye, skin, intestine, liver, pancreas, adrenal gland, prostate and lungs or from the tissues selected from the group of muscles and bones or other tissues. More specifically, the present invention provides an improved method for diagnosing diseases affecting neuromuscular junctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: University of Oulu
    Inventors: Anne Heikkinen, Hongmin Tu, Taina Pihlajaniemi