Patents by Inventor Tom Collier

Tom Collier 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).

  • Enhancing contrast in biological imaging
    Patent number: 6593101
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing contrast during imaging to assess cell and nuclear morphology of a sample. A contrast agent such as acetic acid, toluidine blue, hypertonic saline, hypotonic saline, Lugol's iodine, an absorbing dye, a liposome, or a contrast agent linked to a marker are applied to a sample. The sample is analyzed with an imaging device to create image data, and the sample is diagnosed using the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Andrés F. Zuluaga, Rebekah Drezek, Colin Smithpeter, Tom Collier
  • Enhancing contrast in biological imaging
    Publication number: 20020127632
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing contrast during imaging to assess cell and nuclear morphology of a sample. A contrast agent such as acetic acid, toluidine blue, hypertonic saline, hypotonic saline, Lugol's iodine, an absorbing dye, a liposome, or a contrast agent linked to a marker are applied to a sample. The sample is analyzed with an imaging device to create image data, and the sample is diagnosed using the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Andres F. Zuluaga, Rebekah Drezek, Colin Smithpeter, Tom Collier