Patents by Inventor Margaret Vizzard

Margaret Vizzard 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 OF NEUROPEPTIDES ASSOCIATED WITH PELVIC PAIN DISORDERS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120058950
    Abstract: Diagnostic assessment and therapeutic treatment of pelvic pain disorders, including bladder disorders, bowel disorders, and/or reproductive tissue or organ disorders that are characterized by increased expression of the neuropeptides CGRP and/or PACAP. Additionally, applicants have developed a transgenic non-human model for pelvic pain disorders, where the transgenic animal expresses in bladder sensory neurons a recombinant neuropeptide implicated in the pelvic pain disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    Inventors: Ronald W. Wood, Jay Reeder, Edward M. Schwarz, Edward M. Messing, Susan R. Schoen, Margaret A. Vizzard, Ian Dickerson
  • Use of inhibitors of PACAP receptor activity for treatment of overactive bladder and pelvic floor pain syndrome
    Publication number: 20050129687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of inhibitors of PACAP receptor activity for the treatment of pelvic floor pain syndrome and overactive bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
    Inventors: Margaret Vizzard, Peter Zvara