Patents by Inventor Ashraf Samir Ibrahim

Ashraf Samir Ibrahim 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).

  • RAPID DETECTION OF METABOLIC ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20130052636
    Abstract: Some aspects of the invention provide for a method for detecting metabolic activity in a sample by obtaining a sample, illuminating the sample at a plurality of time points, measuring transmitted light from a marker of metabolic activity in the sample at the plurality of time points, and detecting the presence or absence of metabolic activity from a change in the transmitted light at the plurality of time points. Other aspects of the invention provide for a method for detecting metabolic activity in a sample by providing a sample have a detectable marker therein that is reflective of metabolic activity in the sample, producing an amplified signal from the marker, measuring the amplified signal at a plurality of time points, and detecting metabolic activity from a change in the signal. Additional aspects provide for a system for detecting metabolic activity in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SPECTRAL PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ravi Kant Verma, Kenneth Mathew Zangwill, Ashraf Samir Ibrahim