Patents by Inventor Roger Martin

Roger Martin 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).

  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATION AND CULTURE OF 3D CELL AGGREGATES
    Publication number: 20170342363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatuses, systems and methods for culturing cells. In particular, devices and methods are provided for generation and culture of 3d cell aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ye Fang, Ann MeeJin Ferrie, Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral, Gregory Roger Martin, Kaitlyn Mary Matias, Michael Kurt Schaefer, Allison Jean Tanner
  • System for compressed gas energy storage
    Patent number: 9803803
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods for taking power from an electric power grid and converting it into higher-pressure natural gas for temporary storage. After temporary storage, the higher-pressure natural gas may be expanded through an expansion engine to drive a generator that converts energy from the expanding natural gas into electrical power, which may then be returned to the electric power grid. In this way, the disclosed systems and methods may provide ways to temporarily store, and then return stored power from the electric power grid. Preferably, the components of the system are co-located at the same natural gas storage facility. This allows natural gas storage, electrical energy storage, and electrical energy generation to take place at the same facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Northwest Natural Gas Company
    Inventors: Sarah Sue Adams, Seyfettin Can Gulen, Roger Martin Haley, David Alan Weber, J. Keith White
  • PERFUSION BIOREACTOR PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20170306281
    Abstract: A cell culture apparatus includes one or more plates having a first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The first major surface comprises a structured surface defining a plurality of wells. Each well has an interior surface defining an upper aperture and a nadir, wherein the upper aperture of each well has a diametric dimension in a range from 100 micrometers to 2000 micrometers. The apparatus also includes a plurality of spacers extending from the first major surface along a length of the bottom surface. A plurality of flow channels are defined between adjacent rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
  • Spheroid cell culture well article and methods thereof
    Patent number: 9790465
    Abstract: A spheroid cell culture article including: a frame having a chamber including: an opaque side wall surface; a top aperture; a gas-permeable, transparent bottom; and optionally a chamber annex surface and second bottom, and at least a portion of the transparent bottom includes at least one concave arcuate surface, is disclosed. Methods of making and using the article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Matthew Bennett, Brian Robb Douglass, Paul Ernest Gagnon, Jr., Gregory Roger Martin, Paul Michael Szlosek, Allison Jean Tanner
  • CELL CULTURE MEDIA EXTENDING MATERIALS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170267959
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a cell culture media extending material capable of releasing nutrients into the cell culture environment slowly over time. In embodiments, this material is a part of a cell culture vessel. In embodiments, the material is a coating or a film on a surface of a cell culture material. In additional embodiments, the material is a surface upon which cells are cultured, such as a cell culture vessel or a microcarrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner, Alexander Meyer Wilks
  • CELL CULTURE INSERT
    Publication number: 20170218321
    Abstract: A cell culture insert for use in culturing cells to promote the formation of spheroids and methods of using these spheroid-promoting cell culture inserts. The cell culture insert includes a porous membrane and one or more sidewalls that are non-adherent to cells and cause the cells in the insert to associate with each other and form spheroids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: GREGORY ROGER MARTIN, Allison Jean Tanner
  • REINFORCED MICROPLATE
    Publication number: 20170151561
    Abstract: A microplate is fitted with a reinforcing member that enhances the rigidity of the microplate and decreases the magnitude of thermally-induced deformation. An example reinforced microplate includes a deck including a plurality of wells formed therein, and a reinforcing member attached to an underside of the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: William Joseph Lacey, Gregory Roger Martin, Wai Kin Poon, Ramana Tadepalli, Joseph Christopher Wall, Hongming Wang
  • VESSELS AND METHODS FOR CRYOPRESERVATION
    Publication number: 20170135337
    Abstract: An article including, either: a frame having an interior cavity, and a flexible liner situated within the interior cavity; or a deformable frame having an interior cavity, as defined herein. Either frame can receive a sample, such as liquid having suspended live cells, and cooling freezes the sample to a solid sample. The solid sample can be readily ejected from the article having either a frame with the flexible liner, or the deformable frame, without extensive thawing. The solid sample can be rapidly displaced from the article by the methods and apparatus disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jessica Monique Brown, Nicholas Michael Illsley, Gregory Roger Martin, Ana Marie del Pilar Pardo, Allison Jean Tanner
  • SKULL MOUNT FOR USE IN SKULL MOUNTING
    Publication number: 20170087925
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a skull mount for skull mounting or European mounting to display an animal skull with antlers. The skull mount comprises two pieces, a base and a skull plate cover. A skull plate with antlers affixed thereto may be positioned on the base. This way, since the antlers are still attached to the skull plate, it provides natural positioning of the antlers for that animal. The skull plate cover then registers on the base and covers a portion of the skull plate of the animal. As such, the skull mount covers the skull plate and provides a skull mount with naturally positioned antlers within an anatomically correct skull cover patterning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Roger A. Martin
  • MULTILAYERED CELL CULTURE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170058242
    Abstract: A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between the cell culture chambers and the external environment. The flask body also includes an aperture that will allow access to the cell growth chambers by means of a needle or cannula. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck and cap section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus ideal for high throughput applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Roger MARTIN, Allison Jean TANNER
  • SWELLABLE SEALS AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20160289510
    Abstract: The invention is directed to swellable seals and their use. In accordance with the invention there is provided an elastomeric seal for sealing bore holes and the like comprising a fluid-swellable elastomer composition, which comprises an elastomer matrix, at least one fluid-soluble compound and at least one type of fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Roger Martin Seyger
  • CELL CULTURE APPARATUS FOR CO-CULTURE OF CELLS
    Publication number: 20160186113
    Abstract: A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the co-culturing of at least two cell types is disclosed. The cell co-culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between some cell culture chambers and the external environment. In addition, some cell culture chambers may have limited access to air creating relatively lower oxygen content cell culture chambers. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus amenable to high throughput applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Allison Jean Tanner, Gregory Roger Martin
  • Multilayered cell culture apparatus
    Patent number: 9290730
    Abstract: A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between the cell culture chambers and the external environment. The flask body also includes an aperture that will allow access to the cell growth chambers by means of a needle or cannula. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck and cap section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus ideal for high throughput applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
  • ULTRASONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELL RELEASE
    Publication number: 20150361388
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) for cell release from a cell culture article (101), including: an ultrasonic source (105); a stage comprising a base (112) and a raised portion (114) that defines a cell culture article confinement area; and a mechanism for relative scan motion between the ultrasonic source and the cell culture article confined to the stage. Also disclosed is a method for cell release and harvesting from a cell culture article (101), including: securing a cell culture article in the disclosed cell release apparatus; and accomplishing relative motion scanning between the energized ultrasonic source and the cell culture article for a time, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
  • MULTILAYERED CELL CULTURE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150337252
    Abstract: A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between the cell culture chambers and the external environment. The flask body also includes an aperture that will allow access to the cell growth chambers by means of a needle or cannula. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck and cap section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus ideal for high throughput applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Roger MARTIN, Allison Jean TANNER
  • MULTILAYERED CELL CULTURE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150329813
    Abstract: A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between the cell culture chambers and the external environment. The flask body also includes an aperture that will allow access to the cell growth chambers by means of a needle or cannula. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck and cap section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus ideal for high throughput applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Roger MARTIN, Allison Jean TANNER
  • COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CELL CULTURE SUSTAINED RELEASE
    Publication number: 20150275167
    Abstract: An ex vivo cell culture sustained release composition, including: a mixture comprising: a sustenant; and a non-biodegradable binder; and a non-biodegradable and water insoluble encapsulant coat that encapsulates the mixture, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for sustainably providing a sustenant to a cell culture in aqueous media, including contacting a cell culture with the sustained release composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Allen Faris, Ann MeeJin Ferrie, Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral, Gregory Roger Martin, Jin Liu
  • MULTILAYERED CELL CULTURE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150232796
    Abstract: A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between the cell culture chambers and the external environment. The flask body also includes an aperture that will allow access to the cell growth chambers by means of a needle or cannula. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck and cap section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus ideal for high throughput applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
  • Taxidermy head form and method
    Patent number: 9064429
    Abstract: A taxidermy form recreates the head of an animal, the taxidermy head form comprising a head member including first and second laterally spaced protrusions molded therein for receiving and supporting artificial eyes, the eyes being movable relative to the protrusions for a desired alignment. A face member has first and second eye openings formed therethrough. The head member and the face member are dimensionally adapted to receive the other to form the assembled taxidermy head form for receiving the animal head skin. The face member is affixed in at least partially covering relation to the head member such that the at least one eye extends at least partially through the first or second eye openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: McKenzie Sports Products, LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Martin, Brian E. Hendricks
  • Multilayered cell culture apparatus
    Patent number: 9045721
    Abstract: A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between the cell culture chambers and the external environment. The flask body also includes an aperture that will allow access to the cell growth chambers by means of a needle or cannula. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck and cap section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus ideal for high throughput applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner