Patents by Inventor Alan Paul De La Cerda

Alan Paul De La Cerda 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).

  • System and methods for mixing within a microfluidic device
    Publication number: 20030064507
    Abstract: The present invention provides microfluidic systems comprising microfluidic chambers and mixers, and methods of use. The microfluidic chambers of the present invention comprise a flexible membrane which provides efficient mixing of the solution therein. The present invention also provides a microfluidic chamber in fluidic communication with a micro-disk and a microfluidic chamber comprising a shim such that and a contiguous gap is present between a sample fluid and the chamber membrane. The microfluidic systems find use in the decrease in time for reactions occurring therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Sean Gallagher, Roberta Druyor-Sanchez, Yuk-Tong Chan, David Dorris, Lawrence Dues, Alan Paul De La Cerda, Norb Simonson, Clifford Lynde Hunt Anderson, Phillip Franciskovich, Peter Albert Kahn