Patents by Inventor Mark Ruddel

Mark Ruddel 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).

  • Apparatus and method for kinetic analysis of the intraoperative assay for parathyroid hormone
    Patent number: 6154706
    Abstract: An apparatus for predicting a residual hormone concentration in a patient after a removal of a portion of the patient's glandular tissue which secretes the hormone, includes an input device constructed to receive a plurality of measured hormone concentrations corresponding to a plurality of human fluid samples taken from a patient at a plurality of sample times, respectively; and further includes a computer processor configured to iteratively calculate a residual hormone concentration. In accordance with one feature of the present invention, the computer processor is configured to generate data denoting a residual amount of glandular tissue that will remain in the patient after the removal of the portion of the patient's glandular tissue; and the apparatus further comprises an output device constructed to output the generated data denoting the residual amount of glandular tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventors: Alan T. Remaley, Mark Ruddel, Phillip C. Miller