Patents by Inventor Fuqu Yu

Fuqu Yu 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).

  • Publication number: 20160326482
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor direct the processor to provide control data indicating application of a stimulus to a biological system, obtain sensor data indicating measurements of a response of the biological system to the stimulus, determine fitting parameters of a biological system model based on the response of the biological system to the stimulus, and predict a magnitude of the stimulus that, when applied to the biological system, will yield an optimized response of the biological system based on the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Chih-Ming HO, Pak Kin WONG, Ren SUN, Fuqu YU
  • Patent number: 9416429
    Abstract: A method for optimization of a response of a biological system includes: (1) obtaining measurements of a biological system in response to varying concentrations of drugs in a drug combination; (2) fitting the measurements into a model of the biological system; and (3) using the model of the biological system, predicting concentrations of the drugs in the drug combination to yield an optimized response of the biological system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Ho, Pak Kin Wong, Ren Sun, Fuqu Yu
  • Publication number: 20140363805
    Abstract: A method for optimization of a response of a biological system includes: (1) obtaining measurements of a biological system in response to varying concentrations of drugs in a drug combination; (2) fitting the measurements into a model of the biological system; and (3) using the model of the biological system, predicting concentrations of the drugs in the drug combination to yield an optimized response of the biological system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Chih-Ming HO, Pak Kin WONG, Ren SUN, Fuqu YU
  • Patent number: 8765459
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for manipulating biological systems, for example to elicit a more desired biological response from a biological sample, such as a tissue, organ, and/or a cell. In one aspect, the invention operates by efficiently searching through a large parametric space of stimuli and system parameters to manipulate, control, and optimize the response of biological samples sustained in the system. In one aspect, the systems and methods of the invention use at least one optimization algorithm to modify the actuator's control inputs for stimulation, responsive to the sensor's output of response signals. The invention can be used, e.g., to optimize any biological system, e.g., bioreactors for proteins, and the like, small molecules, polysaccharides, lipids, and the like. Another use of the apparatus and methods includes is for the discovery of key parameters in complex biological systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Ho, Pak Kin Wong, Ren Sun, Fuqu Yu
  • Publication number: 20130130360
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for manipulating biological systems, for example to elicit a more desired biological response from a biological sample, such as a tissue, organ, and/or a cell. In one aspect, the invention operates by efficiently searching through a large parametric space of stimuli and system parameters to manipulate, control, and optimize the response of biological samples sustained in the system In one aspect, the systems and methods of the invention use at least one optimization algorithm to modify the actuator's control inputs for stimulation, responsive to the sensor's output of response signals. The invention can be used, e.g., to optimize any biological system, e.g., bioreactors for proteins, and the like, small molecules, polysaccharides, lipids, and the like. Another use of the apparatus and methods includes is for the discovery of key parameters in complex biological systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Chih-Ming HO, Pak Kin WONG, Ren SUN, Fuqu YU
  • Patent number: 8232095
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for manipulating, e.g., optimizing and controlling, biological systems, e.g., for eliciting a more desired biological response of biological sample, such as a tissue, organ, and/or a cell. In one aspect, systems and methods of the invention operate by efficiently searching through a large parametric space of stimuli and system parameters to manipulate, control, and optimize the response of biological samples sustained in the system, e.g., a bioreactor. In alternative aspects, systems include a device for sustaining cells or tissue samples, one or more actuators for stimulating the samples via biochemical, electromagnetic, thermal, mechanical, and/or optical stimulation, one or more sensors for measuring a biological response signal of the samples resulting from the stimulation of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Ho, Pak Kin Wong, Ren Sun, Fuqu Yu
  • Publication number: 20090075360
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for manipulating, e.g., optimizing and controlling, biological systems, e.g., for eliciting a more desired biological response of biological sample, such as a tissue, organ, and/or a cell. In one aspect, systems and methods of the invention operate by efficiently searching through a large parametric space of stimuli and system parameters to manipulate, control, and optimize the response of biological samples sustained in the system, e.g., a bioreactor. In alternative aspects, systems include a device for sustaining cells or tissue samples, one or more actuators for stimulating the samples via biochemical, electromagnetic, thermal, mechanical, and/or optical stimulation, one or more sensors for measuring a biological response signal of the samples resulting from the stimulation of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Ho, Pak Kin Wong, Ren Sun, Fuqu Yu