Patents by Inventor Alicia Johnson Hoover

Alicia Johnson Hoover 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).

  • Microfluidic devices and methods for fabricating microfluidic devices
    Patent number: 9903836
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to microfluidic devices and methods for fabricating the devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to microfluidic devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing and encapsulated electrodes, microfluidic devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing, encapsulated capillary loops and encapsulated electrodes, and methods of fabricating devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing, encapsulated capillary loops and encapsulated electrodes resulting in reduced dead volume interconnects between the fluidic tubing and capillary loops and associated microchannels and aligned fluidic tubing openings, capillary loop openings, electrodes and other device features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Saint Louis University
    Inventors: Robert Scott Martin, Asmira Selmovic Alagic, Alicia Johnson Hoover
  • MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150001083
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to microfluidic devices and methods for fabricating the devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to microfluidic devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing and encapsulated electrodes, microfluidic devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing, encapsulated capillary loops and encapsulated electrodes, and methods of fabricating devices having encapsulated fluidic tubing, encapsulated capillary loops and encapsulated electrodes resulting in reduced dead volume interconnects between the fluidic tubing and capillary loops and associated microchannels and aligned fluidic tubing openings, capillary loop openings, electrodes and other device features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Scott Martin, Asmira Selmovic Alagic, Alicia Johnson Hoover