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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Chih-Ping Mao, Baltimore, MD (US);
Shih-Chin Wang, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jie Xiao, Baltimore, MD (US);
Tzyy Choou Wu, Stevenson, MD (US);
Chien-Fu Hung, Timmonium, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01); G01N 33/6854 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document relates to methods and materials for assessing and/or treating mammals (e.g., humans) having, or suspected of having, cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying a mammal as having cancer are provided. For example, microfluidic devices that can be used to detect one or more target polypeptides (e.g., cancer-specific polypeptides) in a fluid sample obtained from a mammal (e.g., a mammal suspected of having cancer) are provided.