Patents by Inventor Winton Gibbons

Winton Gibbons 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).

  • Methods for optimizing detection of immunoassay reactions conducted within a microfluidic microplate
    Patent number: 10569269
    Abstract: A method for reading a microfluidic microplate having a plurality of cells is provided. The method includes determining target locations on the microfluidic microplate, each of the target locations being deviated from a center of each of the cells, and directing a beam centered at each of the target locations perpendicular to the microfluidic microplate, the beam having a predetermined diameter. Each of the plurality of cells includes a well structure including a side wall for a loading well, a through hole at a center of a base of the well structure, and a microfluidic channel formed in a spiral pattern configured to start from a first end of the microfluidic channel and end with a second end of the microfluidic channel at the base of the well structure, wherein the first end of the microfluidic channel is connected to the through hole, and the second end of the microfluidic channel includes an outlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SILOAM BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Aniruddha Puntambekar, Se Hwan Lee, Jungyoup Han, Chong H. Ahn, Winton Gibbons
  • METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING DETECTION OF IMMUNOASSAY REACTIONS CONDUCTED WITHIN A MICROFLUIDIC MICROPLATE
    Publication number: 20180141046
    Abstract: A method for reading a microfluidic microplate having a plurality of cells is provided. The method includes determining target locations on the microfluidic microplate, each of the target locations being deviated from a center of each of the cells, and directing a beam centered at each of the target locations perpendicular to the microfluidic microplate, the beam having a predetermined diameter. Each of the plurality of cells includes a well structure including a side wall for a loading well, a through hole at a center of a base of the well structure, and a microfluidic channel formed in a spiral pattern configured to start from a first end of the microfluidic channel and end with a second end of the microfluidic channel at the base of the well structure, wherein the first end of the microfluidic channel is connected to the through hole, and the second end of the microfluidic channel includes an outlet hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SILOAM BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Aniruddha Puntambekar, Se Hwan Lee, Jungyoup Han, Chong H. Ahn, Winton Gibbons
  • ASSAYS FOR CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
    Publication number: 20110014632
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of detecting autoantibodies present in the serum of subjects suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The methods use capture probes and detection probes that can bind to the antifilaggrin autoantibodies or other epitope related autoantibodies. The presence, absence, and/or amount of the autoantibody complex may be detected, wherein the presence of the complex may indicate a positive diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: NANOSPHERE, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Holzman, Winton Gibbons, Claude Lerner