Patents by Inventor Emily M. MASTANDREA

Emily M. MASTANDREA 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).

  • Patent number: 9931086
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, curved plates for immobilizing a breast of a subject for medical imaging. In an example, an immobilization assembly Can include a curved compression plate assembly, a curved support plate assembly, an assembly coupling configured to position a first concave major surface of the curved compression plate assembly opposite a second concave major surface of the curved support plate assembly, wherein a cross section view through the curved compression assembly and the curved support plate assembly includes two portions of a single ellipse separated by a distance, and wherein the curved compression plate assembly and the curved support plate assembly are configured to immobilize the biological specimen between the first concave major surface and the second concave major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Kelly Klanian Williams, Mark B. Williams, Zongyi Gong, Tushita Patel, Emily M. Mastandrea, Olivia P. Hamrah
  • Publication number: 20170215820
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, curved plates for immobilizing a breast of a subject for medical imaging. In an example, an immobilization assembly Can include a curved compression plate assembly, a curved support plate assembly, an assembly coupling configured to position a first concave major surface of the curved compression plate assembly, opposite a second concave major surface of the curved support plate assembly, wherein a cross section view thrugh the curved compresson assembly and the curved suport plate assembly includes two portions of a single ellipse sepearated by a distance, and wherein the curved compression plate assembly and the curved support plate assembly are configured to immpbilize the biological specimen between the first concave major surface and the second concave major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Kelly Klanian Williams, Mark B. Williams, Zongyi Gong, Tushita Patel, Emily M. Mastandrea, Olivia P. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9517038
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, curved plates for immobilizing a breast of a subject for medical imaging. In an example, an immobilization assembly Can include a curved compression plate assembly, a curved support plate assembly, an assembly coupling configured to position a first concave major surface of the curved compression plate assembly opposite a second concave major surface of the curved support plate assembly, wherein a cross section view through the curved compression assembly and the curved support plate assembly includes two portions of a single ellipse separated by a distance, and wherein the curved compression plate assembly and the curved support plate assembly are configured to immobilize the biological specimen between the first concave major surface and the second concave major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Kelly Klanian Williams, Mark B. Williams, Zongyi Gong, Tushita Patel, Emily M. Mastandrea, Olivia P. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20150282770
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, curved plates for immobilizing a breast of a subject for medical imaging. In an example, an immobilization assembly Can include a curved compression plate assembly, a curved support plate assembly, an assembly coupling configured to position a first concave major surface of the curved compression plate assembly opposite a second concave major surface of the curved support plate assembly, wherein a cross section view through the curved compression assembly and the curved support plate assembly includes two portions of a single ellipse separated by a distance, and wherein the curved compression plate assembly and the curved support plate assembly are configured to immobilize the biological specimen between the first concave major surface and the second concave major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kelly L. KLANIAN, Mark B. WILLIAMS, Zongyi GONG, Tushita PATEL, Emily M. MASTANDREA, Olivia SULLIVAN