Patents by Inventor Patricia Maria Almeida Carvalho

Patricia Maria Almeida Carvalho 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).

  • MEASUREMENT OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS BASED ON CYTOADHERENCE
    Publication number: 20110287948
    Abstract: The invention in some aspects relates to methods, devices and compositions for evaluating material properties, such as mechanical and rheological properties of substances, particularly biological substances, such as cells, tissues, and biological fluids. In some aspects, the invention relates to methods, devices and compositions for evaluating material properties of deformable objects, such as cells. In further aspects, the invention relates to methods, devices and compositions for diagnosing and/or characterizing disease based on material properties of biological cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: SUBRA SURESH, Patricia Maria Almeida Carvalho, Monica Diez Silva, Ming Dao