US Patent Issued to Universite Laval on July 15 for "Use of electroretinography (ERG) for the assessment of psychiatric disorders" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,223, issued on July 15, was assigned to Universite Laval (Quebec, Canada).

"Use of electroretinography (ERG) for the assessment of psychiatric disorders" was invented by Marc Hebert (Quebec, Canada), Michel Maziade (Quebec, Canada) and Chantal Merette (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the diagnosis, prognosis, patient stratification and prediction of pharmacological response in patients afflicted by psychiatric disorders based on electroretinography (ERG) parameters are described."

The patent was filed on Jan. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/579,547.

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