Patents by Inventor Grace BUSHNELL

Grace BUSHNELL 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).

  • DETECTION OF METASTATIC DISEASE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20260139322
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of determining a subject's metastatic potential, comprising measuring a level of expression of a gene, an RNA, or a protein, or a combination thereof, in a sample obtained from a synthetically-engineered pMN implanted in the subject, wherein the measured expression level of the gene, RNA, or protein in the sample is compared to a control level. Related methods are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Lonnie D. Shea, Robert S. Oakes, Grace Bushnell, Jacqueline S. Jeruss
  • Detection of metastatic disease and related methods
    Patent number: 12480162
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of determining a subject's metastatic potential, comprising measuring a level of expression of a gene, an RNA, or a protein, or a combination thereof, in a sample obtained from a synthetically-engineered pMN implanted in the subject, wherein the measured expression level of the gene, RNA, or protein in the sample is compared to a control level. Related methods are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Lonnie D. Shea, Robert S. Oakes, Grace Bushnell, Jacqueline S. Jeruss
  • DETECTION OF METASTATIC DISEASE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20200323893
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of determining a subject's metastatic potential, comprising measuring a level of expression of a gene, an RNA, or a protein, or a combination thereof, in a sample obtained from a synthetically-engineered pMN implanted in the subject, wherein the measured expression level of the gene, RNA, or protein in the sample is compared to a control level. Related methods are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Lonnie D. Shea, Robert S. Oakes, Grace Bushnell, Jacqueline S. Jeruss
  • Implantable Scaffolds for Capturing Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells In Vivo
    Publication number: 20190008971
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for capturing cancer cells and, more particularly, to techniques for capturing metastatic cancer cells in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Lonnie D. SHEA, Shreyas S. RAO, Samira AZARIN, Jacqueline S. JERUSS, Grace BUSHNELL