Ming Zhang

US Patent:

6960658, Nov 1, 2005

Filed:

Jul 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/617174

Inventors:

Arthur Pardee - Brookline MA, US
Ming Zhang - Pearland TX, US

Assignee:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. - Boston MA

International Classification:

C07H021/04

US Classification:

536 234, 4353201, 435325

Abstract:

Isolated nucleic acid molecules that include transcriptional regulatory sequences of the maspin gene are described. These nucleic acid molecules are useful for identifying compounds and proteins that alter expression of maspin in mammary cells and other cell types.

US Patent:

7370163, May 6, 2008

Filed:

Feb 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/054933

Inventors:

Ken Q. Yang - Saunderstown RI, US
Ming Zhang - Attleboro MA, US
Liu Yinan - Kingston RI, US

Assignee:

Gemini Storage - Providence RI

International Classification:

G06F 12/00
G11C 5/00

US Classification:

711162, 711118, 711154, 36518905

Abstract:

Featured is a data storage back-up system for replication, mirroring and/or backing-up data including one or more first and second data storage devices that embody iSCSI, FC or alike principals and that are operably coupled to each other preferably via a WAN. The first data storage device is configured and arranged so there are two writes of data, one write to a persistent storage device from which reads are done and another write to a SAPS device wherein the data is saved using log-structured file system (LSF) techniques. After saving data to the First storage device, the data logs in the SAPS device are communicated to the second data storage device whereat a de-staging process is conducted so as to de-stage the data logs and write the de-staged data to a persistent storage device in the second data storage device.

US Patent:

8275092, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Jun 3, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/793210

Inventors:

Ming Zhang - Wayland MA, US
Omar Al-Kofahi - Woburn MA, US
Wamiq Ahmed - Woburn MA, US

Assignee:

American Science and Engineering, Inc. - Billerica MA

International Classification:

G01N 23/04

US Classification:

378 57, 378 62

Abstract:

Methods for a tangible image of an inspected object. An object is illuminated with at least two sources of penetrating radiation that generate respective pencil beams and define respective viewing points and view planes. Post-interaction penetrating radiation due to the respective sources is used to generate signals based on respective views of the inspected object, and thus derive information with respect to a dimension transverse to the first view plane based on the second signal. A tangible image of the inspected object is then displayed depicting information with respect at least to the first view plane and the transverse dimension.

US Patent:

8442186, May 14, 2013

Filed:

Feb 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/368610

Inventors:

Peter Rothschild - Newton MA, US
Ming Zhang - Wayland MA, US

Assignee:

American Science and Engineering, Inc. - Billerica MA

International Classification:

G01N 23/201

US Classification:

378 86, 378 57, 378 87

Abstract:

A system and methods for characterizing regions within, or on, an inspected object, wherein a lower-Z scattering material and a higher-Z material may both lie along a common line of sight. The inspected object is scanned with penetrating radiation characterized by an energy distribution, and penetrating radiation scattered by the inspected object is detected in a manner that generates two detector signals that distinguish between materials of higher and lower effective atomic number under distinct sets of conditions with respect to the energy distribution of the penetrating radiation. An image is generated, based on a function of the two detector signals, as is a differential image, so as to allow distinction of higher-Z and lower-Z materials.

US Patent:

20080101467, May 1, 2008

Filed:

Oct 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/588263

Inventors:

Samuel J. MacMullan - Carlisle MA, US
Tandhoni S. Rao - Ashland MA, US
Jeff Winston - Sudbury MA, US
Jianhan Liu - Acton MA, US
Ming Zhang - Southborough MA, US

Assignee:

Radiospire Networks, Inc. - Concord MA

International Classification:

H04N 7/12

US Classification:

37524012, 37524026

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to methods and systems for enabling secure and efficient wireless transmission of HDCP-encrypted high definition (HD) signals. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods and systems for reducing the data rate required to convey HD content to enable direct wireless transmission of HD content. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods and systems for reducing the data rate required to convey HD content that are compatible with HDCP encryption of content. In a further aspect, the present invention provides methods and systems for reducing the data rate required to convey HD content while maintaining a high quality of content.

US Patent:

20110223617, Sep 15, 2011

Filed:

Jul 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/003332

Inventors:

Ming Zhang - Brooklyn NY, US

International Classification:

G01N 33/566

US Classification:

435 79, 436501, 435 71

Abstract:

The present invention relates to the quantitative measurement of auto-reactive antibodies in a patient sample. In particular, the present invention is directed to, inter alia, a method for predicting the degree of cardiovascular injury in a patient following an ischemic event, said method comprising: immobilizing anti-NMHC II antibody on a solid support; adding a lysate of cardiac tissue to the solid support so that antigens in the lysate are captured by the immobilized antibody; adding a biological sample from the patient to said solid support, and incubating said sample for a time sufficient for IgM autoantibodies in the biological sample to bind to antigens in the cardiac tissue lysate; contacting said solid support with an anti-IgM antibody; removing unbound labeled antibodies; and determining the level of anti NMHC II autoantibodies in the biological sample by measuring the amount of labeled anti-IgM antibody bound to the solid support, wherein elevated levels of anti-NMHC II autoantibodies compared to normal individuals at time of patient admission indicates an increased risk of injury. Such methods are useful, inter alia, in the prognosis and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases.

US Patent:

20220202356, Jun 30, 2022

Filed:

May 7, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/609226

Inventors:

- Boston MA, US
Lori Lyn Price - Winchester MA, US
Michael Lavalley - Arlington MA, US
Ming Zhang - Westford MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/107
G06T 7/00

Abstract:

Determining a composite score includes deriving, based on an image set that includes at least one three-dimensional image of the synovial joint, first and second information. The first information indicates cumulative damage to the synovial joint. The second information indicates either one or both joint pain and loss of function of the synovial joint. The resulting composite score provides an objective measure of joint damage or an extent of joint disease.

US Patent:

20180043512, Feb 15, 2018

Filed:

Oct 21, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/789986

Inventors:

Ming Liang Zhang - Brooklyn NY, US
Ming Zhu Zhang - Brooklyn NY, US

International Classification:

B25B 13/46
B25B 17/00

Abstract:

A ratchet wrench includes a first and a second drive members ′ rotatably mounted in a first and a second heads ′ extended from a first and a second ends of a handle . The first drive member includes a square inner periphery adapted to slidably retain a drive shaft including a ″ drive fitting and a ⅜″ drive fitting , and the second drive member ′ includes a ″ drive hexagonal bit holder and ″ drive fitting , for providing combined functions of ordinary ratchet wrenches for turning fasteners. A first and a second ratcheting mechanisms are mounted in the first and the second ends of the handle for turning the first and the second drive members ′, by the handle