Patents by Inventor Alex M. Zorn

Alex M. Zorn 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).

  • Publication number: 20210069697
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for integrating an array of electronic sensors capable of performing trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER) measurements into a microfluidic device that includes a well plate. In some implementations, the sensors can include electrodes that are submerged into fluidically connected wells of the microfluidic device, which can contain an electrically conductive fluid such as the cell culture media or a buffered salt solution. An array of such electrodes can be integrated into a lid of the system that includes the microfluidic device. These electrodes can be routed using a printed circuit board through a number of multiplex switches that can allow addressing of a desired unit of the device through a microprocessor in communication with a computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hesham Azizgolshani, Jonathan Robert Coppeta, Joseph L. Charest, Alex M. Zorn, Keith B. Baldwin