Patents by Inventor Fredric D. Gordon

Fredric D. Gordon 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).

  • Device and method for sampling bodily fluid for medical analytes in ultra low concentrations
    Patent number: 10006841
    Abstract: Trapping devices and methods are provided for capturing a medical analyte, in blood or another biological fluid. The device may include a structural substrate and a binding agent, such as an antibody, affixed to the structural substrate, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding or attaching with a medical analyte, such as a viral particle, and the device is configured for placement in a biological cavity or vessel (containing a biological fluid) in a patient. The trapping device, which may be in a twisted coil shape, is configured to trap at least some of the medical analyte, such a viral particle, present in the biological fluid. The method may include deploying a trapping device into the patient's blood vessel; after a period following the deployment, removing the trapping device from the biological cavity or blood vessel; and then analyzing the trapping device for the presence of the medical analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Cima, Gregory J. Ekchian, Christophoros C. Vassiliou, Vincent H. Liu, Christoph Wald, Sebastian Flacke, Fredric D. Gordon
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING BODILY FLUID FOR MEDICAL ANALYTES IN ULTRA LOW CONCENTRATIONS
    Publication number: 20160341639
    Abstract: Trapping devices and methods are provided for capturing a medical analyte, in blood or another biological fluid. The device may include a structural substrate and a binding agent, such as an antibody, affixed to the structural substrate, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding or attaching with a medical analyte, such as a viral particle, and the device is configured for placement in a biological cavity or vessel (containing a biological fluid) in a patient. The trapping device, which may be in a twisted coil shape, is configured to trap at least some of the medical analyte, such a viral particle, present in the biological fluid. The method may include deploying a trapping device into the patient's blood vessel; after a period following the deployment, removing the trapping device from the biological cavity or blood vessel; and then analyzing the trapping device for the presence of the medical analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Michael J. Cima, Gregory J. Ekchian, Christophoros C. Vassiliou, Vincent H. Liu, Christoph Wald, Sebastian Flacke, Fredric D. Gordon
  • Device and method for sampling bodily fluid for medical analytes in ultra low concentrations
    Patent number: 9395286
    Abstract: Trapping devices and methods are provided for capturing a medical analyte, in blood or another biological fluid. The device may include a structural substrate and a binding agent, such as an antibody, affixed to the structural substrate, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding or attaching with a medical analyte, such as a viral particle, and the device is configured for placement in a biological cavity or vessel (containing a biological fluid) in a patient. The trapping device, which may be in a twisted coil shape, is configured to trap at least some of the medical analyte, such a viral particle, present in the biological fluid. The method may include deploying a trapping device into the patient's blood vessel; after a period following the deployment, removing the trapping device from the biological cavity or blood vessel; and then analyzing the trapping device for the presence of the medical analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Cima, Gregory J. Ekchian, Christophoros C. Vassiliou, Vincent H. Liu, Christoph Wald, Sebastian Flacke, Fredric D. Gordon
  • Device and Method for Sampling Bodily Fluid for Medical Analytes in Ultra Low Concentrations
    Publication number: 20140004503
    Abstract: Trapping devices and methods are provided for capturing a medical analyte, in blood or another biological fluid. The device may include a structural substrate and a binding agent, such as an antibody, affixed to the structural substrate, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding or attaching with a medical analyte, such as a viral particle, and the device is configured for placement in a biological cavity or vessel (containing a biological fluid) in a patient. The trapping device, which may be in a twisted coil shape, is configured to trap at least some of the medical analyte, such a viral particle, present in the biological fluid. The method may include deploying a trapping device into the patient's blood vessel; after a period following the deployment, removing the trapping device from the biological cavity or blood vessel; and then analyzing the trapping device for the presence of the medical analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael J. Cima, Gregory J. Ekchian, Christophoros C. Vassiliou, Vincent H. Liu, Christoph Wald, Sebastian Flacke, Fredric D. Gordon