Patents by Inventor Zhongliang Tang

Zhongliang Tang 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: 20240151234
    Abstract: A micro flow device for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts. The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties, are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules while the remainder of the liquid sample exits horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Biocept, Inc.
    Inventors: ZHONGLIANG TANG, RAM BHATT, PAVEL TSINBERG
  • Patent number: 11895567
    Abstract: A device and method for lending a local processing capability between connected terminals, the method including displaying, by a first electronic device, a first screen, where the first screen is a camera screen of the first electronic device, detecting a first operation of a user on the first screen, obtaining a first image file through photographing in response to the first operation, wherein the image file is a picture or a video, automatically sending the first image file to a second electronic device, automatically receiving processing data sent by the second electronic device, where the processing data is obtained by the second electronic device by processing the first image file, and where the processing data is associated with a second image file, detecting a second operation of the user on the first screen, and displaying the second image file in response to the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZhongLiang Tang, Yi Liu, Bihai Wang, Xiaohui Wu
  • Patent number: 11386140
    Abstract: A story album display method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, so that a thematic story album can be generated. The method includes: aggregating, by a terminal, N images in a gallery based on a first dimension, where the first dimension includes a photographing time and/or a photographing location, and N>1; and removing, by the terminal, an invalid image from the N images, to obtain the story album comprising the M images, wherein the invalid image comprises an image with an invalid label, or one or more images with an image similarity greater than a threshold; and displaying, by the terminal, an album cover of a story album, where the story album includes M images in the N images, the M images are associated with a theme of the story album, and M<N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZhongLiang Tang, Hua Jiang, Tangsuo Li, Shaojun Chen, Mingliang Du
  • Publication number: 20210076185
    Abstract: A device and method for lending a local processing capability between connected terminals, the method including displaying, by a first electronic device, a first screen, where the first screen is a camera screen of the first electronic device, detecting a first operation of a user on the first screen, obtaining a first image file through photographing in response to the first operation, wherein the image file is a picture or a video, automatically sending the first image file to a second electronic device, automatically receiving processing data sent by the second electronic device, where the processing data is obtained by the second electronic device by processing the first image file, and where the processing data is associated with a second image file, detecting a second operation of the user on the first screen, and displaying the second image file in response to the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: ZhongLiang Tang, Yi Liu, Bihai Wang, Xiaohui Wu
  • Publication number: 20210011940
    Abstract: A story album display method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, so that a thematic story album can be generated. The method includes: aggregating, by a terminal, N images in a gallery based on a first dimension, where the first dimension includes a photographing time and/or a photographing location, and N>1; and removing, by the terminal, an invalid image from the N images, to obtain the story album comprising the M images, wherein the invalid image comprises an image with an invalid label, or one or more images with an image similarity greater than a threshold; and displaying, by the terminal, an album cover of a story album, where the story album includes M images in the N images, the M images are associated with a theme of the story album, and M<N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: ZhongLiang Tang, Hua Jiang, Tangsuo Li, Shaojun Chen, Mingliang Du
  • Publication number: 20200265081
    Abstract: A method and a device for creating an album title, which relate to the field of computer technologies, so that the created album title can better match content of a picture in an album. The method includes: generating an album label of a first album based on content of a picture in the first album; determining a first language model library based on the album label of the first album, where the first language model library corresponds to the label of the first album, and includes a plurality of primitive word segments; and searching the first language model library for a primitive word segment that matches the album label of the first album; and creating an album title of the first album based on the matched primitive word segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZhongLiang TANG, KUANG TING CHUANG
  • Publication number: 20190344271
    Abstract: A micro flow device for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts. The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties, are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules while the remainder of the liquid sample exits horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Zhongliang TANG, Ram BHATT, Pavel TSINBERG
  • Patent number: 10369568
    Abstract: A micro flow device (11, 71) for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts (23, 81). The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region (17, 75) in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties, are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules while the remainder of the liquid sample exits horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BIOCEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongliang Tang, Ram Bhatt, Pavel Tsinberg
  • Publication number: 20170144156
    Abstract: A micro flow device (11, 71) for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts (23, 81). The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region (17, 75) in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties, are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules while the remainder of the liquid sample exits horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Zhongliang TANG, Ram BHATT, Pavel TSINBERG
  • Publication number: 20160320272
    Abstract: A micro flow device (11, 71) for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts (23, 81). The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region (17, 75) in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties, are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules while the remainder of the liquid sample exits horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Zhongliang TANG, Ram BHATT, Pavel TSINBERG
  • Patent number: 9212977
    Abstract: A micro flow device (11, 71) for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts (23, 81). The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region (17, 75) in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties, are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules while the remainder of the liquid sample exits horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BIOCEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongliang Tang, Pavel Tsinberg, Ram S. Bhatt
  • Patent number: 8491516
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for removing undesirable materials from a sample fluid by contact with a second fluid. The sample fluid flows as a thin layer adjacent to, or between, concurrently flowing layers of the second fluid, without an intervening membrane. In various embodiments, a secondary separator is used to restrict the removal of desirable substances and effect the removal of undesirable substances from blood. The embodiments may be used for the removal of components from a sample fluid that vary in size. When blood is the sample fluid, for example, this may include the removal of small molecules, middle molecules, macromolecules, macromolecular aggregates, and cells, from the blood sample to the extractor fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Edward F. Leonard, Alan C. West, Nina C. Shapley, Zhongliang Tang
  • Publication number: 20130121895
    Abstract: A micro flow device (11, 71) for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts (23, 81). The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region (17, 75) in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties, are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules while the remainder of the liquid sample exits horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: BIOCEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongliang TANG, Pavel TSINBERG, Ram S. BHATT
  • Publication number: 20120258475
    Abstract: A microflow apparatus for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts. The posts are spaced across the width of a collection region in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, have arcuate cross-sections, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, are attached to all surfaces in the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties or a PEG or polyglycine of substantial length, and are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules as a result of such streamlined flow disruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: BIOCEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongliang TANG, Ram S. BHATT, Pavel TSINBERG
  • Patent number: 8158410
    Abstract: A microflow apparatus for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts. The posts are spaced across the width of a collection region in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, have arcuate cross-sections, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, are attached to all surfaces in the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties or a PEG or polyglycine of substantial length, and are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules as a result of such streamlined flow disruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Biocept, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongliang Tang, Ram S. Bhatt, Pavel Tsinberg
  • Publication number: 20120061304
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for removing undesirable materials from a sample fluid by contact with a second fluid. The sample fluid flows as a thin layer adjacent to, or between, concurrently flowing layers of the second fluid, without an intervening membrane. In various embodiments, a secondary separator is used to restrict the removal of desirable substances and effect the removal of undesirable substances from blood. The embodiments may be used for the removal of components from a sample fluid that vary in size. When blood is the sample fluid, for example, this may include the removal of small molecules, middle molecules, macromolecules, macromolecular aggregates, and cells, from the blood sample to the extractor fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Edward F. Leonard, Alan C. West, Nina C. Shapley, Zhongliang Tang
  • Patent number: 8083706
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices, systems and methods for removing undesirable materials from a sample fluid by contact with a second fluid. The sample fluid flows as a thin layer adjacent to, or between, concurrently flowing layers of the second fluid, without an intervening membrane. In various embodiments, a secondary separator is used to restrict the removal of desirable substances and effect the removal of undesirable substances from blood. The invention is useful in a variety of situations where a sample fluid is to be purified via a diffusion mechanism against an extractor fluid. Moreover, the invention may be used for the removal of components from a sample fluid that vary in size. When blood is the sample fluid, for example, this may include the removal of ‘small’ molecules, ‘middle’ molecules, macromolecules, macromolecular aggregates, and cells, from the blood sample to the extractor fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Edward F. Leonard, Alan C. West, Nina C. Shapley, Zhongliang Tang
  • Patent number: 8076127
    Abstract: A microflow apparatus for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts. The posts are spaced across the width of a collection region in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, have arcuate cross-sections, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, are attached to all surfaces in the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a hydrogel containing isocyanate moieties or a PEG or polyglycine of substantial length, and are highly effective in capturing cells or other targeted biomolecules as a result of such streamlined flow disruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Biocept, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongliang Tang, Ram S. Bhatt, Pavel Tsinberg
  • Patent number: 8021318
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices, systems and methods for removing undesirable materials from a sample fluid by contact with a second fluid. The sample fluid flows as a thin layer adjacent to, or between, concurrently flowing layers of the second fluid, without an intervening membrane. In various embodiments, a secondary separator is used to restrict the removal of desirable substances and effect the removal of undesirable substances from blood. The invention is useful in a variety of situations where a sample fluid is to be purified via a diffusion mechanism against an extractor fluid. Moreover, the invention may be used for the removal of components from a sample fluid that vary in size. When blood is the sample fluid, for example, this may include the removal of ‘small’ molecules, ‘middle’ molecules, macromolecules, macromolecular aggregates, and cells, from the blood sample to the extractor fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Edward F. Leonard, Alan C. West, Nina C. Shapley, Zhongliang Tang
  • Publication number: 20110056884
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices, systems and methods for removing undesirable materials from a sample fluid by contact with a second fluid. The sample fluid flows as a thin layer adjacent to, or between, concurrently flowing layers of the second fluid, without an intervening membrane. In various embodiments, a secondary separator is used to restrict the removal of desirable substances and effect the removal of undesirable substances from blood. The invention is useful in a variety of situations where a sample fluid is to be purified via a diffusion mechanism against an extractor fluid. Moreover, the invention may be used for the removal of components from a sample fluid that vary in size. When blood is the sample fluid, for example, this may include the removal of ‘small’ molecules, ‘middle’ molecules, macromolecules, macromolecular aggregates, and cells, from the blood sample to the extractor fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Edward F. LEONARD, Alan C. WEST, Nina C. SHAPLEY, Zhongliang TANG