Patents by Inventor Kathryn M. Meurs

Kathryn M. Meurs 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).

  • DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN THE DOBERMAN PINSCHER
    Publication number: 20190382842
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for identifying a Doberman pinscher dog as having familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) or having an increased risk of developing familial DCM, comprising detecting in nucleic acid from the Doberman pinscher dog a missense mutation in the titin gene (TTN) (DCM2 mutation). The invention further provides methods for treating DCM and methods for delaying the onset or progression of DCM and/or delaying the development of symptoms of DCM in a Doberman pinscher dog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Kathryn M. Meurs
  • Methods and compositions related to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
    Patent number: 8334096
    Abstract: This disclosure provides the identification of an eight base pair deletion in the 3?-untranslated region (UTR) of the striatin gene that is linked to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in Boxer dogs. Also provided are methods for detecting ARVC, methods of breeding Boxer dogs to reduce the prevalence or frequency of ARVC in a population, and methods of screening for a compound useful for treatment of ARVC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Washington State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Kathryn M. Meurs
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING CANINE DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (DCM)
    Publication number: 20110307965
    Abstract: This invention provides the identification of a 16 base pair deletion in a splice site region between exons 10 and 11 of the dog PDK4 gene that is linked to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Also provided are methods for detecting DCM and methods of breeding dogs to reduce the prevalence of DCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Kathryn M. Meurs
  • Methods and compositions related to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
    Publication number: 20100273663
    Abstract: This disclosure provides the identification of an eight base pair deletion in the 3?-untranslated region (UTR) of the striatin gene that is linked to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in Boxer dogs. Also provided are methods for detecting ARVC, methods of breeding Boxer dogs to reduce the prevalence or frequency of ARVC in a population, and methods of screening for a compound useful for treatment of ARVC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventor: Kathryn M. Meurs