Patents by Inventor Michael W. Varner

Michael W. Varner 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND PREVENTING SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH
    Publication number: 20120046261
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of identifying a subject at risk for preterm birth and selecting effective therapies for preventing preterm birth in the subject. The disclosed methods generally involve determining the identity of one or more nucleotides in the progesterone receptor (PR) gene of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tracy Ann Manuck, Michael W. Varner
  • Method and apparatus for predicting material hypertension during pregnancy using coherence analysis of material and fetal blood velocity waveforms
    Patent number: 7374539
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method of predicting maternal hypertension during pregnancy is disclosed. The method may include measuring a maternal blood velocity waveform and measuring a fetal blood velocity waveform. The method may further include the calculation of a coherence value using a magnitude-squared coherence function between the maternal and fetal blood velocity waveforms and comparing the coherence value to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kumari L. Fernando, V. John Mathews, Edward B. Clark, Michael W. Varner