Patents by Inventor Hans Fuernkranz
Hans Fuernkranz 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).
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Patent number: 10181010Abstract: A genetic surveillance system comprises a communications network and at least one reader-analyzer instrument. The reader-analyzer instrument has a communication interface to communicate over the network. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to perform genetic assay analysis of a sample obtained from a member of a population and to generate detection-related data based upon the analysis. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to associate qualifying information with the detection-related data and to communicate the associated qualifying information and detection-related data over the network.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Chirag Patel, Hans Fuernkranz, Michael Greenstein
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Publication number: 20150213192Abstract: A genetic surveillance system comprises a communications network and at least one reader-analyzer instrument. The reader-analyzer instrument has a communication interface to communicate over the network. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to perform genetic assay analysis of a sample obtained from a member of a population and to generate detection-related data based upon the analysis. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to associate qualifying information with the detection-related data and to communicate the associated qualifying information and detection-related data over the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Chirag Patel, Hans Fuernkranz, Michael Greenstein
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Patent number: 8834698Abstract: A method for sorting cells in a biological sample comprising a first type of cells and a second type of cells may comprise introducing the biological sample into a chamber comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is associated with a transparent electrode and the second surface is associated with a photoconductive portion of an electrode. The method may further comprise moving incident light and the photoconductive portion relative to one another so as to illuminate regions of the photoconductive portion and modulate an electric field in the chamber in proximity to the illuminated regions. The method may further comprise separating the first type of cells from the second type of cells in the chamber via dielectrophoretic movement of the first type of cells and the second type of cells caused by the modulated electric field, wherein a dielectrophoretic characteristic of at least one of the first type of cells and the second type of cells has been modified.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Aldrich Lau, Joon Yang, Huan Phan, Steven Sherwood, Hans Fuernkranz
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Publication number: 20110070587Abstract: A genetic surveillance system comprises a communications network and at least one reader-analyzer instrument. The reader-analyzer instrument has a communication interface to communicate over the network. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to perform genetic assay analysis of a sample obtained from a member of a population and to generate detection-related data based upon the analysis. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to associate qualifying information with the detection-related data and to communicate the associated qualifying information and detection-related data over the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Hans FUERNKRANZ, Chirag J. Patel, Michael Greenstein
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Publication number: 20100206731Abstract: A method for sorting cells in a biological sample comprising a first type of cells and a second type of cells may comprise introducing the biological sample into a chamber comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is associated with a transparent electrode and the second surface is associated with a photoconductive portion of an electrode. The method may further comprise moving incident light and the photoconductive portion relative to one another so as to illuminate regions of the photoconductive portion and modulate an electric field in the chamber in proximity to the illuminated regions. The method may further comprise separating the first type of cells from the second type of cells in the chamber via dielectrophoretic movement of the first type of cells and the second type of cells caused by the modulated electric field, wherein a dielectrophoretic characteristic of at least one of the first type of cells and the second type of cells has been modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Aldrich N.K. Lau, Joon Mo Yang, Huan L. Phan, Steven W. Sherwood, Hans A. Fuernkranz
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Publication number: 20070095669Abstract: A method for sorting cells in a biological sample comprising a first type of cells and a second type of cells may comprise introducing the biological sample into a chamber comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is associated with a transparent electrode and the second surface is associated with a photoconductive portion of an electrode. The method may further comprise moving incident light and the photoconductive portion relative to one another so as to illuminate regions of the photoconductive portion and modulate an electric field in the chamber in proximity to the illuminated regions. The method may further comprise separating the first type of cells from the second type of cells in the chamber via dielectrophoretic movement of the first type of cells and the second type of cells caused by the modulated electric field, wherein a dielectrophoretic characteristic of at least one of the first type of cells and the second type of cells has been modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: Applera CorporationInventors: Aldrich Lau, Joon Mo Yang, Huan Phan, Steven Sherwood, Hans Fuernkranz
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Publication number: 20070026426Abstract: A genetic surveillance system comprises a communications network and at least one reader-analyzer instrument. The reader-analyzer instrument has a communication interface to communicate over the network. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to perform genetic assay analysis of a sample obtained from a member of a population and to generate detection-related data based upon the analysis. The reader-analyzer instrument is adapted to associate qualifying information with the detection-related data and to communicate the associated qualifying information and detection-related data over the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2006Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: Applera CorporationInventors: Hans Fuernkranz, Chirag Patel
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Publication number: 20060003339Abstract: Methods of detecting targets in a sample are provided. Methods of quantitating targets in a sample are provided. Methods of determining the specificity of a first molecule for a second molecule are provided. Methods of detecting inhibitors or enhancers of an interaction between a first molecule and a second molecule are provided. Methods of measuring the affinity of two different molecules for a different third molecule are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2004Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Hans Fuernkranz, Roy Tan
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Patent number: 6159705Abstract: The present invention makes available a rapid, effective assay for screening and identifying pharmaceutically effective compounds that specifically interact with and modulate the activity of a cellular protein, e.g., a receptor or ion channel. The subject assay enables rapid screening of large numbers of compounds to identify those which act as an agonist or antagonist to the bioactivity of the cellular protein. The subject assay is particularly amenable for identifying surrogate ligands for receptors especially from small molecule or peptide libraries or from peptides produced by an autocrine system.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1997Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Cadus Pharmaceutical CorporationInventors: Joshua Trueheart, Jeremy I. Paul, Hans A. Fuernkranz, Debra Nathan, Scott Holmes