Patents by Inventor Patrick Muchmore

Patrick Muchmore 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).

  • Publication number: 20200229735
    Abstract: Asthma creates inflation of the epithelial cells in the airway of a patient. Inflammation causes epithelial cells to increase the production of nitric oxide far above the normally low levels. Therefore, clinicians can detect biomarkers of Asthma and other maladies by measuring the concentration of exhaled nitric oxide (“eNO”) for fractional exhaled nitric oxide (“FeNO”). However, current systems require the patient to exhale at a constant rate to estimate the concentration eNO. This rough approximation may under or overestimate the FeNO, which can cause misdiagnosis. Accordingly, disclosed are systems and methods to determine the amount of nitric oxide exhaled that compensate for a variable flow rate of exhaling, and do not assume a constant flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: University of Southern California
    Inventor: Patrick Muchmore