Patents by Inventor Lisa M. Pence

Lisa M. Pence 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).

  • MEANS AND METHODS TO DIAGNOSE LIVER TOXICITY USING PUTRESCINE AS BIOMARKER
    Publication number: 20170176477
    Abstract: The present invention concerns means and methods for predicting the risk of a subject to suffer from liver damage. In particular, it pertains to a method for predicting the risk of a subject to suffer from liver damage caused by acetaminophen comprising determining the amount of putrescine in a blood, serum or plasma sample that has been obtained from the subject after administration of acetaminophen, and comparing the determined amount to a reference, whereby the risk of the subject to suffer from liver damage caused by acetaminophen is predicted. Also provided are devices for carrying out the aforementioned methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Strigun, Lisette Leonhardt, Dörthe Ahlbory-Dieker, Lisa M. Pence, Richard Beger
  • Means and Methods to Diagnose Liver Toxicity using Putrescine as Biomarker
    Publication number: 20140178358
    Abstract: The present invention concerns means and methods for predicting the risk of a subject to suffer from liver damage. In particular, it pertains to a method for predicting the risk of a subject to suffer from liver damage caused by acetaminophen comprising determining the amount of putrescine in a blood, serum or plasma sample that has been obtained from the subject after administration of acetaminophen, and comparing the determined amount to a reference, whereby the risk of the subject to suffer from liver damage caused by acetaminophen is predicted. Also provided are devices for carrying out the aforementioned methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Department of Health and Human Servi, Metanomics Health GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Strigun, Lisette Leonhardt, Dörthe Ahlbory-Dieker, Lisa M. Pence, Richard Beger