Patents Examined by Christoper Keller
  • Method for manufacture of macrobeads
    Patent number: 9090866
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for making agarose coated, agarose beads which contain cells. The method which is preferably automated, involves placing manufactured beads in a sample of mineral oil at a temperature gradient, such that the temperature drops as the bead moves through the oil. Preferably, a “trumpet tool” and a “straw tool” are employed in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: THE ROGOSIN INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Lawrence Gazda, Melissa Laramore, Timothy Hamilton, Barry Smith