Patents by Inventor Janet Chyng-Jiau Lin Zhang

Janet Chyng-Jiau Lin Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 7645917
    Abstract: This invention relates to the production of dual models of Congenital Heart Defects and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with the use of mice which are genetically modified by transgenic (gene-knockout) techniques. The present invention produces knockout mice that show multiple cardiovascular malformations which will serve as a model of cardiovascular diseases for the screening of potential drugs against ventricular remodeling, malignant arrhythmias, primary pulmonary hypertension, and degenerative valvular diseases, and congenital heart disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: The University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kathryn Song-Eng Cheah, Janet Chyng-Jiau Lin Zhang