Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Usala

Stephen J. Usala 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).

  • Methods and kit system for assessing fertility with vaginal CA125/MUC16 levels
    Publication number: 20150164484
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for assessing the period of potential fertility, days of maximum fertility, and transition to the infertile phase via measurement and processing of vaginal CA125 (MUC16) levels. In one embodiment, the fertile and infertile phases of the ovulatory normal female menstrual cycle are defined by a pattern or signature of day-specific vaginal CA125 levels. Suitably, signatures are based upon daily cotton swab collection of vaginal epithelial and fluid plus subsequent assay of CA125. Day-specific vaginal CA125 assay levels increase during the period of potential fertility and reach a maximum with inflection point generally before and near the time of ovulation. Derived functions of day-specific vaginal CA125 are used to predict fertility, enhance conception, and for birth control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen J. Usala, William C. Biggs, Faye O'Brien-Usala
  • Die Swell Fertility Apparatus for Humans and Other Mammals: Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20110118996
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing fertility in mammalian females comprising sampling cervical-vaginal fluid, measuring one or more of the sample's viscoelastic properties, and evaluating the measurement to determine fertility. Preferable embodiments of the current invention may utilize measurement of the viscoelastic property of die swell ratio, or other viscoelastic properties of cervical-vaginal fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory B. McKenna, Stephen J. Usala, Mark W. Vaughn, Jian Wang, Wei Wang
  • Die swell fertility assessment for humans and other mammals: apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7722547
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing fertility in mammalian females comprising sampling cervical-vaginal fluid, measuring one or more of the sample's viscoelastic properties, and evaluating the measurement to determine fertility. Preferable embodiments of the current invention may utilize measurement of the viscoelastic property of die swell ratio, or other viscoelastic properties of cervical-vaginal fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory B McKenna, Stephen J. Usala, Mark W. Vaughn, Jian Wang, Wei Wang
  • Die swell fertility assessment for humans and other mammals: apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20080027351
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing fertility in mammalian females comprising sampling cervical-vaginal fluid, measuring one or more of the sample's viscoelastic properties, and evaluating the measurement to determine fertility. Preferable embodiments of the current invention may utilize measurement of the viscoelastic property of die swell ratio, or other viscoelastic properties of cervical-vaginal fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory B. McKenna, Stephen J. Usala, Mark W. Vaughn, Jian Wang, Wei Wang
  • Method and apparatus for detection of fertility
    Patent number: 4534362
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for detecting the fertile and infertile phases of the human female menstrual cycle based upon observation of cyclic volumetric and gravimetric changes in cervico-vaginal fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: University Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Gebhard F. B. A. Schumacher, Stephen J. Usala