Patents by Inventor Matthew T. Auton

Matthew T. Auton 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: 20150160214
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus and methods for measuring cell or platelet adhesion comprising: a rheological shear flow surface coated with an agent that provides cell or platelet adhesion; a detector to track the transit of cells or platelets on the surface under shear flow; and a processor that calculates both a pause time and a roll time of platelets, wherein the processor determines a median and a mean pause time and a median and a mean roll time of cells or platelets and compares them to cells or platelets having at least one of: no cell adhesion dysfunction, a mild adhesion dysfunction, or a severe adhesion dysfunction, between a cell surface adhesion molecule on the cell or platelet and the agent, wherein the processor provides a real-time, quantitative measurement of a dynamic range of cell or platelet adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Matthew T. Auton