Patents by Inventor Nicole Gasparino

Nicole Gasparino 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).

  • Intra-operative use of fluorescence spectroscopy and applications of same
    Patent number: 9687190
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a process for intra-operatively providing anatomical guidance in endocrine surgery. In one embodiment, the process includes the steps of illuminating tissues in the neck area of a living subject with a beam of light having a predetermined wavelength, obtaining Raman data from light scattered from the illuminated tissues, finding Raman signatures corresponding to thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the obtained Raman data, and identifying the thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the corresponding Raman signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Lisa White, John Phay, Constantine A. Paras, Elizabeth Kanter Bartz, Matthew D. Keller, Nicole Gasparino, Jennifer Gray Whisenant, Isaac J. Pence
  • INTRA-OPERATIVE USE OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME
    Publication number: 20170105623
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a process for intra-operatively providing anatomical guidance in endocrine surgery. In one embodiment, the process includes the steps of illuminating tissues in the neck area of a living subject with a beam of light having a predetermined wavelength, obtaining Raman data from light scattered from the illuminated tissues, finding Raman signatures corresponding to thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the obtained Raman data, and identifying the thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the corresponding Raman signatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Lisa White, John Phay, Constantine A. Paras, Elizabeth Kanter Bartz, Matthew D. Keller, Nicole Gasparino, Jennifer Gray Whisenant, Isaac J. Pence
  • INTRA-OPERATIVE USE OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME
    Publication number: 20120010483
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a process for intra-operatively providing anatomical guidance in endocrine surgery. In one embodiment, the process includes the steps of illuminating tissues in the neck area of a living subject with a beam of light having a predetermined wavelength, obtaining Raman data from light scattered from the illuminated tissues, finding Raman signatures corresponding to thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the obtained Raman data, and identifying the thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the corresponding Raman signatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Lisa White, John Phay, Constantine A. Paras, Elizabeth Kanter Bartz, Matthew D. Keller, Nicole Gasparino, Jennifer Gray Whisenant