Steven L Gross

US Patent:

6928679, Aug 16, 2005

Filed:

Jan 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/764671

Inventors:

Steven J. Gross - West Chester PA, US

International Classification:

A47C020/02

US Classification:

5638, 5640, 5643

Abstract:

A first and second substantially crescent shaped rigid support are provided with substantially crescent shaped pads mounted thereon. A strap is mounted at each end of the supports for holding the supports together at a preselected distance. The supports may be used on a flat surface such as a floor or may be mounted on an independently positioned pair of rails for mounting between a mattress and a box spring by means of posts which are removably received in an opening in the crescent shaped supports and adjustably locked in an opening in each rail. The head support may be utilized on a flat surface such as a floor or beach, or as an extension for a bed for use in the giving of massages. The head support of the present invention may be used on a penetrable surface such as a sandy beach with use of the posts.

US Patent:

8329422, Dec 11, 2012

Filed:

Nov 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/917630

Inventors:

Galla Chandra Rao - Princeton Jct. NJ, US
Christopher Larson - Springfield PA, US
Madeline Repollet - Fort Washington PA, US
Herman Rutner - Hatboro PA, US
Leon W. M. M. Terstappen - Amsterdam, NL
Shawn Mark O'Hara - Richboro PA, US
Steven Gross - Ambler PA, US

Assignee:

Veridex LLC - Raritan NJ

International Classification:

G01N 33/574
G01N 33/553
G01N 1/18

US Classification:

435 723, 435 721, 435 724, 435 794, 4352872, 435962, 435523, 435526, 435538, 435 64, 435164, 435175, 435177, 435813, 435824, 435825, 422 73, 422430, 5303888, 5303897, 530413

Abstract:

The methods and reagents described in this invention are used to analyze circulating tumor cells, clusters, fragments, and debris. Analysis is performed with a number of platforms, including flow cytometry and the CELLSPOTTER fluorescent microscopy imaging system. Analyzing damaged cells has shown to be important. However, there are two sources of damage: in vivo and in vitro. Damage in vivo occurs by apoptosis, necrosis, or immune response. Damage in vitro occurs during sample acquisition, handling, transport, processing, or analysis. It is therefore desirable to confine, reduce, eliminate, or at least qualify in vitro damage to prevent it from interfering in analysis. Described herein are methods to diagnose, monitor, and screen disease based on circulating rare cells, including malignancy as determined by CTC, clusters, fragments, and debris. Also provided are kits for assaying biological specimens using these methods.

Author:

Steven Jay Gross

ISBN #:

0805856005

Author:

Steven E. Gross

ISBN #:

0814402992

Author:

Steven E. Gross

ISBN #:

0823705234

Author:

Steven C. Gross

ISBN #:

0826147607

Author:

Steven R. Gross

ISBN #:

0820511773

Author:

Steven J. Gross

ISBN #:

0533112079

Author:

Steven J. Gross

ISBN #:

0871202921

Author:

Steven Gross

ISBN #:

0815340389