Nam Tran

US Patent:

20220214292, Jul 7, 2022

Filed:

Apr 6, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/600901

Inventors:

- Oakland CA, US
John MADSEN - Oakland CA, US
Johnny PHAN - Oakland CA, US
Joseph POURTABIB - Oakland CA, US
Sophia Noelle FRICKE - Oakland CA, US
Shahab CHIZARI - Oakland CA, US
Nam K. TRAN - Oakland CA, US

International Classification:

G01N 24/08
G01N 33/49
G01R 33/44

Abstract:

Methods and instrumentation for determining the water content of a body fluid such as blood plasma by portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry are provided.

US Patent:

20190127687, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Jul 2, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/395704

Inventors:

NAM TRAN - San Francisco CA, US
JAMES SMITH - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

C12N 5/076
A61K 35/52
A61P 15/08

Abstract:

The invention comprises methods of identifying and isolating spermatagonial stem cells in testicular tissue samples by the use of markers unique to spermatagonial stem cells. The invention defines and characterizes a unique testicular cellular niche wherein spermatagonial stem cells reside. The invention also comprises methods of identifying and isolating multipotent testicular stromal cells, on which spermatagonial stem cells can be cultured. Cultured spermatagonial stem cells, derived from prepubertal males or cancer patients can be utilized to generate viable spermatozoon or may be subsequently transplanted back into the donor to restore fertility.

US Patent:

20190114576, Apr 18, 2019

Filed:

Oct 16, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/162265

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Omar Al-Jadda - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tara Loy Bass - San Mateo CA, US
Ryan Mackenzie Glassett - San Francisco CA, US
Evan Travis Anderson - San Francisco CA, US
Philippe Miguel Huibonhoa - Santa Clara CA, US
Ana Cheng Z Liu - Incline Village NV, US
Lucas Emmanuel Ramadan - San Francisco CA, US
Judith Diana Pachciarz Wacker - Mountain View CA, US
Nam Quoc Tran - Union City CA, US
Thomas Kent Suiter - Woodside CA, US
Sean Patrick Foy - San Martin CA, US
Sandhya Jagannath - Palo Alto CA, US
Anil Gandham - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Michael Gregory Pearce - San Francisco CA, US
Laila Atassi - San Carlos CA, US
Michael Shane Rogers - Belmont CA, US
Nina Revko - Newark CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06Q 10/08
G06Q 30/06

Abstract:

Described are platforms, systems, media, and methods for maintaining a database of items associated with one or more skill requirements and a visit duration; maintaining a database of experts associated with one or more skill proficiencies, a location, and a schedule; receiving a request from a consumer for delivery by an expert of one or more items in the database to a consumer address; identifying experts in the database having skill proficiencies matching the skill requirements of the one or more items and available in a timeslot for the visit duration of the one or more items; presenting timeslots for which one or more experts are identified to the consumer and allowing the consumer to select a timeslot; and selecting an expert from among the identified experts in the selected timeslot based on shortest travel time; provided that utilization of the selected expert exceeds a predetermined utilization threshold.