Patents by Inventor Jun O. Lu

Jun O. Lu 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).

  • Flow cytometer apparatus for three dimensional difraction imaging and related methods
    Patent number: 9013692
    Abstract: A flow cytometer assembly includes a fluid controller configured to form a hydrodynamically focused flow stream including an outer sheath fluid and an inner core fluid. A coherent light source is configured to illuminate a particle in the inner core fluid. A detector is configured to detect a spatially coherent distribution of elastically scattered light from the particle excited by the coherent light source. An analyzing module configured to extract a three-dimensional morphology parameter of the particle from a spatially coherent distribution of the elastically scattered light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: East Carolina University
    Inventors: Xin-Hua Hu, Kenneth M. Jacobs, Jun O. Lu
  • FLOW CYTOMETER APPARATUS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL DIFRACTION IMAGING AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20110090500
    Abstract: A flow cytometer assembly includes a fluid controller configured to form a hydrodynamically focused flow stream including an outer sheath fluid and an inner core fluid. A coherent light source is configured to illuminate a particle in the inner core fluid. A detector is configured to detect a spatially coherent distribution of elastically scattered light from the particle excited by the coherent light source. An analyzing module configured to extract a three-dimensional morphology parameter of the particle from a spatially coherent distribution of the elastically scattered light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Xin-Hua Hu, Kenneth M. Jacobs, Jun O. Lu