Patents by Inventor Lingyan Shi

Lingyan Shi 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: 12066368
    Abstract: A Compact Optical Virus Detection Analyzer (COVDA) uses light scattering and fluorescence to detect nanometer (nm) and micrometer (um) sized particles, such as biological particles and can be used to detect viruses such as coronavirus including SAR-CoV-2 responsible for COVID-19, pollen and bacteria. It can be used for prescreening, rapid detection of suspicious people. COVDA involves experimental and theoretical methods for particle and virus detection using Tryptophan as a key biomarker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventors: Robert R. Alfano, Lingyan Shi, Binlin Wu
  • Patent number: 12062422
    Abstract: Incorporation of deuterium into the lipids, proteins, and/or genetic material in cells, tissues, organs, or organisms, including animals, such as humans, and plants, by administration of heavy water, allows for the spectral determination of levels of lipids, proteins, and/or genetic material using Raman spectroscopy, such as stimulated Raman spectroscopy. Following administration of a drug, changes in the relative amounts of lipid, protein, and/or genetic materials can be determined, and the efficacy, or lack thereof, of the administered drug can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Wei Min, Lingyan Shi
  • Publication number: 20240135537
    Abstract: An Adam optimization-based Pointillism Deconvolution (A-PoD) algorithm for quantitatively measuring the nanoscopic co-localization of biomolecules and metabolic dynamics in organelles. The A-Pod algorithm may be applied to an image to generate a series of super resolved images. The A-PoD algorithm may also be used to process cellular images by interpolating cellular images along an optical axis, resampling the cellular images, and optimizing the cellular images with the A-PoD algorithm, where the resulting cellular images are deconvoluted cellular images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lingyan Shi, Hongje Jang
  • Publication number: 20240133813
    Abstract: Multi-molecular hyperspectral PRM-SRS imaging technologies advantageously provide faster data processing and direct user-defined visualization with enhanced chemical specificity for distinguishing clinically relevant lipid subtypes in different organs and species. PRM-SMS may include quantifying the spectral similarity between an image pixel spectrum and a known reference spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lingyan Shi, Wenxu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220120656
    Abstract: A Compact Optical Virus Detection Analyzer (COVDA) uses light scattering and fluorescence to detect nanometer (nm) and micrometer (um) sized particles, such as biological particles and can be used to detect viruses such as coronavirus including SAR-CoV-2 responsible for COVID-19, pollen and bacteria. It can be used for prescreening, rapid detection of suspicious people. COVDA involves experimental and theoretical methods for particle and virus detection using Tryptophan as a key biomarker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Robert R. Alfano, Lingyan Shi, Binlin Wu
  • Publication number: 20210151157
    Abstract: Incorporation of deuterium into the lipids, proteins, and/or genetic material in cells, tissues, organs, or organisms, including animals, such as humans, and plants, by administration of heavy water, allows for the spectral determination of levels of lipids, proteins, and/or genetic material using Raman spectroscopy, such as stimulated Raman spectroscopy. Following administration of a drug, changes in the relative amounts of lipid, protein, and/or genetic materials can be determined, and the efficacy, or lack thereof, of the administered drug can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Wei MIN, Lingyan SHI
  • Patent number: 10962751
    Abstract: Supercontinuum (SC) (˜400 nm to ˜2500 nm) and a microscope produce enhanced microscopic images on sub-micron to cm scale of linear (?1) and nonlinear (?2, ?3, ?4 . . . ) processes via resonance including linear absorption, SHG, THG, SRG, SRL, SRS, 2PEF, 3PEF, 4PEF, and inverse Raman in a microscope for 2D and 3D imaging. Images and processes in 2D and 3D arise from electronic and vibrational resonances transitions in biological and medical tissues, cells, condensed matter applications. Resonant Stimulated Raman Scattering (RSRS) is proposed to improve vibrational imaging of biomaterials by using part of SC. Quantum mechanical processes from SC for 2 and 4 photons to improve resolution and imaging using entangled photons are described. The addition of time measuring instrument like a Streak camera and the scattering coefficient ?s? can be mapped to create images of tissue and biomaterial in 5D: Space (3D), Time, and Wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Alfano
    Inventors: Robert Alfano, Lingyan Shi
  • Patent number: 10733729
    Abstract: Majorana photons are transmitted through a biological tissue sample to image the tissue. The Majorana photons have a circular polarization, a radial polarization or an azimuthal polarization. The transmitted photons are processed to produce a digital image of the biological tissue sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Robert R. Alfano, Sandra Mamani, Lingyan Shi
  • Publication number: 20200163553
    Abstract: A label free single or multi-photon optical excitation fluorescence spectroscopy for measuring the differences between the levels of fluorophores from tryptophan, collagen, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), and flavins exist in brain samples from a of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in normal (N) brain samples with label-free fluorescence spectroscopy. Relative quantities of these molecules are shown by the spectral profiles of the AD and N brain samples at excitation wavelengths and multi photons about 266 nm, 300 nm, 400 nm and 500 nm. The emission spectral profile levels of tryptophan and flavin were much higher in AD samples, while collagen emission levels were slightly lower and NADH levels were much lower in AD samples. These results yield a new optical method for detection of biochemical differences in animals and humans for Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: ROBERT ALFANO, LINGYAN SHI
  • Publication number: 20200090329
    Abstract: Majorana photons are transmitted through a biological tissue sample to image the tissue. The Majorana photons have a circular polarization, a radial polarization or an azimuthal polarization. The transmitted photons are processed to produce a digital image of the biological tissue sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Robert R. Alfano, Sandra Mamani, Lingyan Shi, Daniel Nolan
  • Patent number: 10420471
    Abstract: A method is provided for deep tissue imaging using multi-photon excitation of a fluorescent agent. The fluorescent agent is irradiated with an ultrafast laser to produce an excited singlet state (Sn) which subsequently undergoes non-radiative relaxation to a first singlet state (S1). The S1 state undergoes fluorescence to the ground state S0 to produce an emission wavelength. Both the excitation and emission wavelengths are within the near infrared optical window, thereby permitting deep tissue penetration for both the incoming and outgoing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Robert R. Alfano, Yang Pu, Lingyan Shi, Sebastião Pratavieira
  • Patent number: 10281331
    Abstract: A nonlinear optical process on increasing the signal in SRS microscope by Resonant Stimulated Raman Scattering (RSRS) combines both RRS and SRS nonlinear processes, in absorber and host such a ?-carotene-methanol solution, Flavins, or other key absorbers in tissues. The observed effect of enhanced RSRS in small signal gain is attributed to RR process in absorber ?-carotene that transferring excess vibrations to host methanol from anharmonic vibrational interactions between the solute ?-carotene in resonance with the solvent methanol vibrations. SRS microscopy signals are improved in RSRS microscope for imaging vibrational states in lipids CH2 and proteins CH3 in cancer tissues from RR in Flavins or other native chromophores in tissue and for applications in other areas of neuroscience and biomedicine, potentially enhancing signals in the RSRS microscope by 2 to 1000 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Alfano, Lingyan Shi
  • Publication number: 20180238738
    Abstract: A nonlinear optical process on increasing the signal in SRS microscope by Resonant Stimulated Raman Scattering (RSRS) combines both RRS and SRS nonlinear processes, in absorber and host such a ?-carotene-methanol solution, Flavins, or other key absorbers in tissues. The observed effect of enhanced RSRS in small signal gain is attributed to RR process in absorber ?-carotene that transferring excess vibrations to host methanol from anharmonic vibrational interactions between the solute ?-carotene in resonance with the solvent methanol vibrations. SRS microscopy signals are improved in RSRS microscope for imaging vibrational states in lipids CH2 and proteins CH3 in cancer tissues from RR in Flavins or other native chromophores in tissue and for applications in other areas of neuroscience and biomedicine, potentially enhancing signals in the RSRS microscope by 2 to 1000 times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: ROBERT ALFANO, LINGYAN SHI
  • Publication number: 20180078142
    Abstract: A label free single or multi-photon optical spectroscopy for measuring the differences between the levels of fluorophores from tryptophan, collagen, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), and flavins exist in brain samples from a of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in normal (N) brain samples with label-free fluorescence spectroscopy. Relative quantities of these molecules are shown by the spectral profiles of the AD and N brain samples at excitation wavelengths 266 nm, 300 nm, and 400 nm. The emission spectral profile levels of tryptophan and flavin were much higher in AD samples, while collagen emission levels were slightly lower and NADH levels were much lower in AD samples. These results yield a new optical method for detection of biochemical differences in animals and humans for Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: ROBERT ALFANO, LINGYAN SHI
  • Publication number: 20170153435
    Abstract: Supercontinuum (SC) (˜400 nm to ˜2500 nm) and a microscope produce enhanced microscopic images on sub-micron to cm scale of linear (?1) and nonlinear (?2, ?3, ?4 . . . ) processes via resonance including linear absorption, SHG, THG, SRG, SRL, SRS. 2PEF, 3PEF, 4PEF, and inverse Raman in a microscope for 2D and 3D imaging. Images and processes in 2D and 3D arise from electronic and vibrational resonances transitions in biological and medical tissues, cells, condensed matter applications. Resonant Stimulated Raman Scattering (RSRS) is proposed to improve vibrational imaging of biomaterials by using part of SC. Quantum mechanical processes from SC for 2 and 4 photons to improve resolution and imaging using entangled photons are described. The addition of time measuring instrument like a Streak camera and the scattering coefficient ?s? can be mapped to create images of tissue and biomaterial in 5D: Space (3D), Time, and Wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: ROBERT ALFANO, LINGYAN SHI
  • Publication number: 20140371582
    Abstract: A method is provided for deep tissue imaging using multi-photon excitation of a fluorescent agent. The fluorescent agent is irradiated with an ultrafast laser to produce an excited singlet state (Sn) which subsequently undergoes non-radiative relaxation to a first singlet state (S1). The S1 state undergoes fluorescence to the ground state S0 to produce an emission wavelength. Both the excitation and emission wavelengths are within the near infrared optical window, thereby permitting deep tissue penetration for both the incoming and outgoing signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Robert R. Alfano, Yang Pu, Lingyan Shi, Sebastião Pratavieira