Patents by Inventor Richard David Coutts

Richard David Coutts 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 evaluation of tissue adhesion level
    Patent number: 7333847
    Abstract: Provided are a method for evaluation of tissue adhesion level which comprises relating the detection result of gadolinium from MRI image, on which a cross-section of a “boundary surface between a first tissue and a second tissue” of an animal administered with gadolinium has been imaged, to the adhesion level between the first tissue and the second tissue; and a detecting agent of tissue adhesion level. The detecting method of the present invention and detecting agent of the present invention are markedly useful, because they make it possible to detect the adhesion level, which is otherwise difficult to detect from the outside of the body, conveniently, speedily and precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Seikagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: David Amiel, Richard David Coutts, Robert M. Healey
  • Method for evaluation of tissue adhesion level
    Publication number: 20040236208
    Abstract: Provided are a method for evaluation of tissue adhesion level which comprises relating the detection result of gadolinium from MRI image, on which a cross-section of a “boundary surface between a first tissue and a second tissue” of an animal administered with gadolinium has been imaged, to the adhesion level between the first tissue and the second tissue; and a detecting agent of tissue adhesion level. The detecting method of the present invention and detecting agent of the present invention are markedly useful, because they make it possible to detect the adhesion level, which is otherwise difficult to detect from the outside of the body, conveniently, speedily and precisely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Amiel, Richard David Coutts