Patents by Inventor Kristy S. Hendrich

Kristy S. Hendrich 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 and system for monitoring glucose transport and metabolism by spin-lock magnetic resonance
    Patent number: 10203389
    Abstract: A method of monitoring glucose transport and/or metabolism in a tissue or an organ of a subject using spin-locking magnetic resonance (MR) includes acquiring pre-glucose MR data by executing a pre-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock (CESL) pulse sequence a number of times each including applying pre-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock pulse sequence irradiation to the tissue or the organ, administering glucose to the subject, acquiring post-glucose MR data by executing a post-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock (CESL) pulse sequence a number of times each including applying post-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock (CESL) pulse sequence irradiation to the tissue or the organ, and using the pre-glucose MR data and the post-glucose MR data to generate a measure of glucose transport, glucose metabolism or both glucose transport and glucose metabolism in the tissue or the organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Tao Jin, Seong-Gi Kim, Hunter S. Mehrens, Kristy S. Hendrich
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING GLUCOSE TRANSPORT AND METABOLISM BY SPIN-LOCK MAGNETIC RESONANCE
    Publication number: 20170181657
    Abstract: A method of monitoring glucose transport and/or metabolism in a tissue or an organ of a subject using spin-locking magnetic resonance (MR) includes acquiring pre-glucose MR data by executing a pre-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock (CESL) pulse sequence a number of times each including applying pre-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock pulse sequence irradiation to the tissue or the organ, administering glucose to the subject, acquiring post-glucose MR data by executing a post-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock (CESL) pulse sequence a number of times each including applying post-glucose chemical exchange spin-lock (CESL) pulse sequence irradiation to the tissue or the organ, and using the pre-glucose MR data and the post-glucose MR data to generate a measure of glucose transport, glucose metabolism or both glucose transport and glucose metabolism in the tissue or the organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTE M OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Tao Jin, Seong-Gi Kim, Hunter S. Mehrens, Kristy S. Hendrich