Patents by Inventor Robert Kirk Riemer

Robert Kirk Riemer 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).

  • Non-invasive method for detection, diagnosis or prediction of term or pre-term labor
    Patent number: 6210918
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosis, detection and prediction of preterm labor by detecting levels of nitric oxide in myometrium using non-invasive non-surgical methods for detection of nitric oxide in blood, urine, saliva, in biopsy samples or in other tissue samples. A non-invasive diagnostic procedure for detecting the onset of term labor using non-invasive or non-surgical methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Robert Kirk Riemer
  • Method and agents for inducement of endogenous nitric oxide synthase for control and management of labor during pregnancy
    Patent number: 5830848
    Abstract: A method and agents for endogenous control, treatment, management and prevention of preterm labor by inducement of endogenous nitric oxide synthase. The method for endogenous production of nitric oxide in myometrium involves administering to a pregnant mammal a cytokine, hormone or growth factor agent able to induce production of nitric oxide or nitric oxide synthase. A non-invasive diagnostic procedure for detecting the presence and/or impending onset of premature labor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Michael R. Harrison, Michael A. Heymann, Robert Kirk Riemer, Eileen Stack Natuzzi