Patents by Inventor Calum HAYES

Calum HAYES 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).

  • Apparatus and method for sorting microfluidic particles
    Patent number: 11998913
    Abstract: A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Cellular Highways Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikhail Bashtanov, Richard Gold, Calum Hayes, Fred Hussain, Robyn Pritchard, Salman Samson Rogers, Nuno Varelas, Alexander Zhukov
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING MICROFLUIDIC PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20230211343
    Abstract: A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mikhail BASHTANOV, Richard GOLD, Calum HAYES, Fred HUSSAIN, Robyn PRITCHARD, Salman Samson ROGERS, Nuno VARELAS, Alexander ZHUKOV
  • Apparatus and method for sorting microfluidic particles
    Patent number: 11607688
    Abstract: A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TTP Plc
    Inventors: Mikhail Bashtanov, Richard Gold, Calum Hayes, Fred Hussain, Robyn Pritchard, Salman Samson Rogers, Nuno Varelas, Alexander Zhukov
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING MICROFLUIDIC PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220297124
    Abstract: A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mikhail BASHTANOV, Richard GOLD, Calum HAYES, Fred HUSSAIN, Robyn PRITCHARD, Salman Samson ROGERS, Nuno VARELAS, Alexander ZHUKOV
  • Apparatus and method for sorting microfluidic particles
    Patent number: 11376592
    Abstract: A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Cellular Highways Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikhail Bashtanov, Richard Gold, Calum Hayes, Fred Hussain, Robyn Pritchard, Salman Samson Rogers, Nuno Varelas, Alexander Zhukov
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING MICROFLUIDIC PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20200197938
    Abstract: A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Mikhail BASHTANOV, Richard GOLD, Calum HAYES, Fred HUSSAIN, Robyn PRITCHARD, Salman Samson ROGERS, Nuno VARELAS, Alexander ZHUKOV