Patents by Inventor Samuel Coker

Samuel Coker 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 of harvesting rare cells from blood products
    Patent number: 6544751
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of harvesting rare cells from blood products and/or obtaining products of the rare cells. The method includes contacting a blood product containing rare cells with a porous medium, and selectively retaining rare cells of interest on the porous medium. The porous medium can be contacted with an elution fluid wherein a population of the rare cells is eluted from the porous medium. Rare cells selectively retained on the porous medium can be cultured on the porous medium, and products of the rare cells can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Harvey Brandwein, Samuel Coker