Patents by Inventor Benjamin W. Thomas

Benjamin W. Thomas 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).

  • Integrated microfluidic device and methods
    Patent number: 9132398
    Abstract: A microfluidic device for analyzing a sample of interest is provided. The microfluidic device can comprise a microfluidic device body, wherein the microfluidic device body comprises a sample preparation area, a nucleic acid amplification area, a nucleic acid analysis area, and a network of fluid channels. Each of the sample preparation area, the nucleic acid amplification area and the nucleic acid analysis area are fluidly interconnected to at least one of the other two areas by at least one of the fluid channels. Using the microfluidic device, sample preparation can be combined with amplification of a biologically active molecule, and a suitable biological sample can be provided for analysis and/or detection of a molecule of interest. The small-scale apparatus and methods provided are easier, faster, less expensive, and equally efficacious compared to larger scale equipment for the preparation and analysis of a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: RHEONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young, Todd Roswech, Gwendolyn Spizz, Zongyuan Chen, Benjamin W. Thomas, Travis Lee
  • Integrated Microfluidic Device and Methods
    Publication number: 20120115738
    Abstract: A microfluidic device for analyzing a sample of interest is provided. The microfluidic device can comprise a microfluidic device body, wherein the microfluidic device body comprises a sample preparation area, a nucleic acid amplification area, a nucleic acid analysis area, and a network of fluid channels. Each of the sample preparation area, the nucleic acid amplification area and the nucleic acid analysis area are fluidly interconnected to at least one of the other two areas by at least one of the fluid channels. Using the microfluidic device, sample preparation can be combined with amplification of a biologically active molecule, and a suitable biological sample can be provided for analysis and/or detection of a molecule of interest. The small-scale apparatus and methods provided are easier, faster, less expensive, and equally efficacious compared to larger scale equipment for the preparation and analysis of a biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young, Todd Roswech, Gwendolyn Spizz, Zongyuan Chen, Benjamin W. Thomas, Travis Lee