Patents by Inventor Jacques De Champlain

Jacques De Champlain 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 OF DETERMINING A PREDISPOSITION TO ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) IN A SUBJECT
    Publication number: 20120065075
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of determining a predisposition to atrial fibrillation (AF) in a subject comprising: determining the presence of at least one copy of a risk allele from at least one polymorphic marker in a sample from the subject, wherein the presence of at least one copy of the risk allele is indicative of a predisposition to AF, and wherein said at least one polymorphic marker is: a) rs4674485; b) rs1466560; c) rs1880039; d) rs3849387; e) rs7039; f) rs2952860; g) rs9312515; h) rs1897527; i) rs2299277; j) rs2418828; k) rs2385833; l) rs6717960; m) rs10510266; or n) a substitute polymorphic marker in linkage disequilibrium with any one of the polymorphic markers of a) to m). Also described are kits for determining a predisposition to atrial fibrillation (AF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Pavel Hamet, Johanne Tremblay, Jacques De Champlain, François de Champlain, Josée Beaudet, Bernard de Champlain, Réginald Nadeau, Pierre Larochelle, John Chalmers, Stephen Macmahon