Patents by Inventor W. McDougal

W. McDougal 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 FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF EPITHELIAL CANCERS
    Publication number: 20150093767
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that three proteins, Cystatin B, Chaperonin 10, and Profilin are present in the urine of patients with bladder cancer, a cancer of epithelial origin. Accordingly, the present invention is directed to methods for prognostic evaluation of cancers of epithelial origin and to methods for facilitating diagnosis of cancers of epithelial origin by monitoring the presence of these markers in biological samples. The invention is also directed to markers for therapeutic efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Bruce R. Zetter, Adam S. Feldman, Scott W. McDougal
  • METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF EPITHELIAL CANCERS
    Publication number: 20080064047
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that three proteins, Cystatin B, Chaperonin 10, and Profilin are present in the urine of patients with bladder cancer, a cancer of epithelial origin. Accordingly, the present invention is directed to methods for prognostic evaluation of cancers of epithelial origin and to methods for facilitating diagnosis of cancers of epithelial origin by monitoring the presence of these markers in biological samples. The invention is also directed to markers for therapeutic efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Bruce Zetter, Adam Feldman, W. McDougal
  • Non-lithotripsic kidney-stone therapy
    Publication number: 20060269512
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of using peristalsis to force a polymer plug through a mammalian lumen, thereby removing any calculi and/or calculi fragments present in the lumen. In one embodiment, the method is used as an alternative to conventional lithotripsy. In another embodiment, the method is used in conjunction with lithotripsy, thereby removing the small calculi fragments that result from such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Pluromed, Inc.
    Inventors: W. McDougal, Dianne Sacco, Alexander Schwarz, Jean-Marie Vogel
  • Confinement of kidney-stone fragments during lithotripsy
    Publication number: 20050143678
    Abstract: The present invention improves significantly the success rate of lithotripsy and reduces the risk of tissue damage, by injecting temporary plugs in front and behind a concretion (for extracorporeal lithotripsy) or behind a concretion (for intracorporeal lithotripsy). One aspect of the present invention relates to injecting an inverse thermosensitive polymer solution into a lumen, thereby preventing the migration of a concretion, or its fragments, upon extracorporeal or intracorporeal lithotripsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Pluromed, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Schwarz, W. McDougal