Patents by Inventor Xiuzhong Wang

Xiuzhong Wang 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).

  • METHODS FOR DETECTING FLUORESCENT SIGNALS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20110079640
    Abstract: A method for automated microscopic analysis wherein the test protocol is obtained from interrogatable data affixed to each microscope slide. The method further comprises the algorithms that implement the test protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Ikonisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Min KIM, Yanning ZHU, Yash AGARWAL, Xiuzhong WANG, Aaron ARMSTRONG, Robert BORGERDING, Andrew MACGINITIE, Antti SEPPO, llia ICHETOVKIN, Michael KILPATRICK, Petros TSIPOURAS, Triantafyllos TAFAS
  • Automated cancer diagnostic methods using fish
    Patent number: 7901887
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods for automated screening for gene amplification in biological tissue samples using an automated fluorescence microscope to analyze fluorescence in situ hybridized samples are provided. Various additional embodiments provide methods of high throughput screening for gene amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ikonisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Triantafyllos P. Tafas, Michael Kilpatrick, Xiuzhong Wang, Youngmin Kim, Michael Thomas, Petros Tsipouras
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING FLUORESCENT SIGNALS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20100322064
    Abstract: A method for automated microscopic analysis wherein the test protocol is obtained from interrogatable data affixed to each microscope slide. The method further comprises the algorithms that implement the test protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Young Min Kim, Yanning Zhu, Yash Agarwal, Xiuzhong Wang, Aaron Armstrong, Robert Borgerding, Andrew Macginitie, Antti Seppo, Ilia Ichetovkin, Michael Kilpatrick, Petros Tsipouras, Triantafyllos P. Tafas
  • Methods for detecting fluorescent signals in a biological sample
    Patent number: 7829868
    Abstract: A method for automated microscopic analysis wherein the test protocol is obtained from interrogatable data affixed to each microscope slide. The method further comprises the algorithms that implement the test protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ikonisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Min Kim, Yanning Zhu, Yash Agarwal, Xiuzhong Wang, Aaron Armstrong, Robert Borgerding, Andrew MacGinitie, Antti Seppo, Ilia Ichetovkin, Michael Kilpatrick, Petros Tsipouras, Triantafyllos Tafas
  • Methods for Detecting Fluorescent Signals in a Biological Sample
    Publication number: 20090250629
    Abstract: Operational means for automatic microscopic detection and analysis of fluorescent signals from a treated biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Ikonisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Min Kim, Yanning Zhu, Yash Agarwal, Xiuzhong Wang, Aaron Armstrong, Robert Borgerding, Andrew MacGinitie, Antti Seppo, Ilia Ichetovkin, Michael Kilpatrick, Petros Tsipouras, Triantafyllos Tafas
  • DETECTION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD WITH AN AUTOMATED SCANNING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20090123054
    Abstract: An automated, highly sensitive, specific and potentially quantitative detection method using an automated microscope for identifying and enumerating rare cancer cells in blood and other fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: IKONISYS, INC.
    Inventors: Sir Walter Bodmer, Triantafyllos Tafas, Michael Kilpatrick, Petros Tsipouras, Xiuzhong Wang, Youngmin Kim, Michael Thomas, Antti Seppo, Triantafyllia Ntouroupi, Changhua Yu, Charles Climer
  • Automated Cancer Diagnostic Methods Using FISH
    Publication number: 20090111101
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods for automated screening for gene amplification in biological tissue samples using an automated fluorescence microscope to analyze fluorescence in situ hybridized samples are provided. Various additional embodiments provide methods of high throughput screening for gene amplification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: IKONISYS, INC.
    Inventors: Triantafyllos P. Tafas, Michael Kilpatrick, Xiuzhong Wang, Youngmin Kim, Michael Thomas, Petros Tsipouras
  • Image Processing Method for a Microscope System
    Publication number: 20080212172
    Abstract: An embodiment is disclosed for performing the image processing for analyzing the results of a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) microscopic automated sample analysis to determine specific chromosomal characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Ikonisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanning Zhu, Triantafyllos Tafas, Youngmin Kim, Xiuzhong Wang
  • Image Processing Method for a Microscope System
    Publication number: 20080212865
    Abstract: An embodiment is disclosed for performing the image processing for analyzing the results of a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) microscopic automated sample analysis to determine specific chromosomal characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Ikonisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanning Zhu, Triantafyllos Tafas, Youngmin Kim, Xiuzhong Wang
  • AUTOMATED CANCER DIAGNOSTIC METHODS USING FISH
    Publication number: 20080206774
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods for automated screening for gene amplification in biological tissue samples using an automated fluorescence microscope to analyze fluorescence in situ hybridized samples are provided. Various additional embodiments provide methods of high throughput screening for gene amplification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: IKONISYS, INC.
    Inventors: Triantafyllos P. Tafas, Michael Kilpatrick, Xiuzhong Wang, Youngmin Kim, Michael Thomas, Petros Tsipouras