Patents by Inventor Mike Nesheim

Mike Nesheim 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 A LIPOPROTEIN-ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN COMPLEX AND PREDICTING AN INCREASED RISK OF SYSTEM FAILURE OR MORTALITY
    Publication number: 20070155018
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient involves the steps of (a) adding one or more reagents to a test sample from a patient, the test samples comprising at least part of a blood sample from the patient, in order to cause formation of a complex comprising at least one acute phase protein at at least one human lipoprotein, while causing substantially no fiber polymerization; (b) measuring the formation of the complex over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile, and (c) determining a slope and/or total change in the time-dependent measurement profile, so as to diagnose a condition of the patient. A greater formation of the complex is correlated to increased probability of death of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Fischer, Colin Downey, Mike Nesheim, John Samis, Liliana Tejidor, Cheng-Hock Toh, John Walker
  • Method for detecting a lipoprotein-acute phase protein complex and predicting an increased risk of system failure or mortality
    Patent number: 7179612
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient involves the steps of (a) adding one or more reagents to a test sample from a patient, the test samples comprising at least part of a blood sample from the patient, in order to cause formation of a complex comprising at least one acute phase protein and at least one human lipoprotein, while causing substantially no fiber polymerization; (b) measuring the formation of the complex over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile, and (c) determining a slope and/or total change in the time-dependent measurement profile, so as to diagnose a condition of the patient. A greater formation of the complex is correlated to increased probability of death of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Fischer, Colin Downey, Mike Nesheim, John A. Samis, Liliana Tejidor, Cheng-Hock Toh, John B. Walker
  • Method for detecting a lipoprotein-acute phase protein complex and predicting an increased risk of system failure or mortality
    Publication number: 20020193949
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient involves the steps of (a) adding one or more reagents to a test sample from a patient, the test samples comprising at least part of a blood sample from the patient, in order to cause formation of a complex comprising at least one acute phase protein at at least one human lipoprotein, while causing substantially no fiber polymerization; (b) measuring the formation of the complex over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile, and (c) determining a slope and/or total change in the time-dependent measurement profile, so as to diagnose a condition of the patient. A greater formation of the complex is correlated to increased probability of death of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Timothy J Fischer, Colin Downey, Mike Nesheim, John A Samis, Liliana Tejidor, Cheng Hock Toh, John B Walker