Patents by Inventor Melvyn J. Shichtman

Melvyn J. Shichtman 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 for detecting toxic chemical concentration in individuals
    Patent number: 6044293
    Abstract: A method for detecting in a human test subject the presence of a harmful level of a chemical-biological agent, the method including the steps of administering a given dose of a predetermined chemical-biological agent to a control subject; extracting control EMG signals from the control subject; processing the control EMG signals to determine given parameters thereof; and storing data obtained in the processing step. The above steps are repeated for a plurality of other control subjects and the resultant data are used to determine the given dose of the predetermined chemical-biological agent a standard range of the given parameters. All of the above steps are repeated with each of a plurality of different sized chemical-biological doses of the predetermined chemical-biological agent and all resultant data are used to determine a normative range of the given parameters for each of the plurality of different sized chemical-biological doses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Altec, Inc.
    Inventors: George K. Lucey, Jr., Melvyn J. Shichtman