Patents by Inventor Lon Ridgway

Lon Ridgway 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).

  • CTC BIOMARKER ASSAY TO COMBAT BREAST CANCER BRAIN METASTASIS
    Publication number: 20140322356
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention concern methods related to treating, prognosticating and/or diagnosing at least brain metastatic breast cancer. Embodiments of the methods include characterizing circulating tumor cells for the presence or absence of EpCAM and, upon identification of EpCAM negative cells and identification of the status of other markers (such as heparanase and/or Notch1, for example), treating the individual based on the determination of the characterization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Dario Marchetti, Lon Ridgway, Lixin Zhang