Patents by Inventor An-Bang Wang

An-Bang Wang 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: 20250147015
    Abstract: A protein analysis platform includes a platform body comprising: a gel working unit provided in a top portion of the platform body and comprising a gel accommodation area for accommodating at least one gel; at least one electrophoresis tank provided along a side of the gel accommodation area and provided with at least one electrode; and a blotting layer stack provided in a bottom portion of the gel working unit and comprising an electrode layer; wherein a removable bottom plate is provided between the gel working unit and the blotting layer stack and detachably corresponds to a bottom side of the gel accommodation area. The protein analysis platform is used for western blotting or next-generation western blotting, wherein the protein analysis platform can quickly complete steps such as gel casting, electrophoresis, and blotting in one platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: AN-BANG WANG, WEI-WEN LIU, SI-TSE JIANG, CHIA-WEI HSU, TING-CHI HUANG
  • Patent number: 11981846
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanocomposite comprising a core-shell nanoparticle and a core-shell quantum dot. The core-shell nanoparticle comprises a phosphor core, a shell layer, and a cleavable peptide. The core-shell quantum dot comprises a center core, an intermediate layer, an outer layer, a silica layer, and an arginylglycylaspartic acid (RGD) peptide. The core-shell nanoparticle and the core-shell quantum dot are linked to each other via forming a peptide bond between the cleavable peptide and the RGD peptide. Also disclosed are the uses of the nanocomposite in making a diagnosis of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Michael Hsiao, Ming-Hsien Chan, Subbiramaniyan Kubendhiran, Ming-Che Hsieh, Zhen Bao, An-Bang Wang, Ru-Shi Liu
  • Publication number: 20240125771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reaction platform, which comprises: a machine body with a bottom plate for placing non-porous substrates; and a coater module configured on the top of the machine body and capable of maintaining a preset of a predetermined height for moving along the surface of non-porous substrate, wherein the coater module has one or more slits, and a target liquid can be directly injected or sucking in from the outside of the coater module through the slit, and spreading the target liquid onto a surface of the non-porous substrate while moving along the non-porous substrate; wherein the surface of the non-porous substrate has a target to be coated. The reaction platform of the present invention can not only save time, labor and cost, but also have accurate and reproducible experimental results, showing better results than traditional methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Shih-Yu Chen, Tung-Hung Su, Chia-Chi Chu, Chia-Chien Yen, Yu-Wei Chiang
  • Patent number: 11717801
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a micro-reactor for synthesizing a molecule, for example, compound, a nanoparticle, or a quantum dot. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus comprises a processor, a storage unit, a reaction unit, a detector, and a collector, in which the storage unit and the reaction unit are independently controlled by the process. Optionally, the present micro-reactor further comprises a diagnostic device for performing a diagnostic test on a biological sample by use of the molecule. Also disclosed wherein are methods of diagnosing and treating a disease in a subject with the aid of the present micro-reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Michael Hsiao, Ming-Che Hsieh, Zhen Bao, Ming-Hsien Chan, Ru-Shi Liu, An-Bang Wang, Chia-Chih Chu
  • Publication number: 20220323925
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a micro-reactor for synthesizing a molecule, for example, compound, a nanoparticle, or a quantum dot. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus comprises a processor, a storage unit, a reaction unit, a detector, and a collector, in which the storage unit and the reaction unit are independently controlled by the process. Optionally, the present micro-reactor further comprises a diagnostic device for performing a diagnostic test on a biological sample by use of the molecule. Also disclosed wherein are methods of diagnosing and treating a disease in a subject with the aid of the present micro-reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Michael HSIAO, Ming-Che HSIEH, Zhen BAO, Ming-Hsien CHAN, Ru-Shi LIU, An-Bang WANG, Chia-Chih CHU
  • Publication number: 20220220370
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanocomposite comprising a core-shell nanoparticle and a core-shell quantum dot. The core-shell nanoparticle comprises a phosphor core, a shell layer, and a cleavable peptide. The core-shell quantum dot comprises a center core, an intermediate layer, an outer layer, a silica layer, and an arginylglycylaspartic acid (RGD) peptide. The core-shell nanoparticle and the core-shell quantum dot are linked to each other via forming a peptide bond between the cleavable peptide and the RGD peptide. Also disclosed are the uses of the nanocomposite in making a diagnosis of tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Michael HSIAO, Ming-Hsien CHAN, Subbiramaniyan KUBENDHIRAN, Ming-Che HSIEH, Zhen BAO, An-Bang WANG, Ru-Shi LIU
  • Publication number: 20210025882
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an equipment for enabling and accelerating uniform reaction between a to-be-reacted substance contained in a porous substrate and a reactant, and the equipment comprises: a machine body having a draining bottom plate on which the porous substrate can be placed; and a coating head which is provided above the machine body, can be moved horizontally along the porous substrate while maintaining a predetermined height, and has one or more slits, wherein each slit has an injection opening at one end and a liquid output opening at the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: An-Bang WANG, Chia-Chih CHU, Shih-Yi CHAO, Hung-Nien CHIU, Chun-An CHEN, Shih-Chung CHANG, Jen-Ren WANG
  • Patent number: 10775373
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancement of the uniform reaction on the porous materials. Comparing with the conventional Western blotting method, the present invention is successfully demonstrated capability on increasing the immune-detection signal intensity and only needs one order of magnitude less of the processing time by applying two orders of magnitude less dosage usage-amount compared to those operated in the conventional method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Shih-Chung Chang, Chao-Yuan Liu, Yi-Wei Jiang, Yi-Kuang Yen
  • Publication number: 20180156789
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancement of the uniform reaction on the porous materials. Comparing with the conventional Western blotting method, the present invention is successfully demonstrated capability on increasing the immune-detection signal intensity and only needs one order of magnitude less of the processing time by applying two orders of magnitude less dosage usage-amount compared to those operated in the conventional method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: An-Bang WANG, Shih-Chung CHANG, Chao-Yuan LIU, Yi-Wei JIANG, Yi-Kuang YEN
  • Patent number: 9492836
    Abstract: A coating module is suitable to coat a liquid onto a substrate and includes two plates and a diversion structure, in which there is a slot between the plates, and the slot has a slot inlet and a slot outlet, and one of the plates has an injecting port. The diversion structure makes the injecting port communicated with the slot inlet, in which the liquid is configured to enter the diversion structure via the injecting port, and flow to the slot inlet through the diversion structure, then flow into the slot via the slot inlet and then outflows from the slot via the slot outlet to be coated onto the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Yu-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ju Liu
  • Patent number: 8690550
    Abstract: A membrane micropump includes a vibration chamber, at least one flow guide, at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, at least one inlet rectifier, at least one outlet rectifier, a vibration membrane and an actuator. The vibration chamber includes at least one chamber inlet and at least one chamber outlet. The flow guide can be connected to the chamber inlet, the vibration chamber, the chamber outlet or in the vibration chamber, or it can have more pairs to enhance the effects. The inlet rectifier connects the chamber inlet to the fluid inlet. The outlet rectifier connects the chamber outlet to the fluid outlet. The vibration membrane is disposed on the vibration chamber. The actuator is connected to the vibration membrane to reciprocate the vibration membrane, enabling fluid to flow into the vibration chamber via the fluid inlet and flow out thereof via the fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Ming-Che Hsieh, I-Chun Lin, Wen-Huei Tsai
  • Publication number: 20140000511
    Abstract: A coating module is suitable to coat a liquid onto a substrate and includes two plates and a diversion structure, in which there is a slot between the plates, and the slot has a slot inlet and a slot outlet, and one of the plates has an injecting port. The diversion structure makes the injecting port communicated with the slot inlet, in which the liquid is configured to enter the diversion structure via the injecting port, and flow to the slot inlet through the diversion structure, then flow into the slot via the slot inlet and then outflows from the slot via the slot outlet to be coated onto the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Yu-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ju Liu
  • Publication number: 20120260853
    Abstract: A discontinuous capillary coating device is disclosed. At least one capillary tube is filled with a coating material. At least one flexible member is disposed in the capillary tube and is immersed in the coating material. The flexible member extends to the exterior of the capillary tube, guiding and outputting the coating material. At least one coating substrate receives a liquid coating film from the coating material via the flexible member. At least one capillary tube holder holds the capillary tube, guiding movement of the capillary tube. At least one traversing mechanism drives the capillary tube holder or coating substrate to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: NATION TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Tzu-Yao Lin, Han-Ren Liu, Ying-Chi Hsu, Tong-Chee Hsu
  • Patent number: 8257794
    Abstract: A discontinuous capillary coating device is disclosed. A discontinuous capillary coating device. At least one capillary tube is filled with a coating material. At least one coating substrate receives a liquid coating film. At least one capillary tube holder holds the capillary tube, guiding movement of the capillary tube. At least one traversing mechanism drives the capillary tube holder or coating substrate to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, I-Chun Lin, Fei-Yau Lu, Po-Ting Pan, Yi-Hung Wu
  • Publication number: 20120149002
    Abstract: An educational kit for a display device and an educational method utilizing the same is provided. The educational kit includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a display panel module and a circuit control panel. The display panel module is disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing. The circuit control panel is disposed between the display panel module and the lower housing. The method includes providing an educational kit for a display device; disassembling the display device into a plurality of components; and reassembling the components to form the display device. The educational method is accomplished by disassembling and reassembling the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Hsi-Chun Wang, Jiun-Haw Lee, Guo-Dung Su, Lin-Chi Chen, Ching-Heng Tang
  • Patent number: 8074460
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a temperature and a humidity using a wind power is provided. The device includes an inlet; an outlet connected to the inlet; a sprayer spraying a nebulized liquid into the device; and an airflow sensor electrically connected to the sprayer for activating the sprayer when an airflow passes through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Chia-Fong Lee, Wen-Chin Tsai, I-Chun Lin, Fei-Yau Lu, Chih-Chieh Chen, Liang-Jenq Leu, Chuin-Shan Chen, Wen-Pin Shih
  • Patent number: 7984751
    Abstract: A double-acting device for generating a synthetic jet is provided. The double-acting device includes a chamber having a cavity for a working fluid, a separating element for dividing the chamber into at least two sub-chambers, a control system connected to the chamber for controlling the separating element to act reciprocatingly, an input system connected to the chamber for inputting the working fluid to the chamber therethrough and an output system connected to the chamber for outputting the working fluid from the chamber therethrough. When the working fluid is pushed and pulled by a reciprocating action of the separating element, a train of vortices would be puffed and a non-zero-net-mass-flux fluid is generated through a designed structure and a defined arrangement of the input system and the output system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Zdenek Travnicek, Yi-Hua Wang, Ming-Chang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20110158832
    Abstract: A membrane micropump includes a vibration chamber, at least one flow guide, at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, at least one inlet rectifier, at least one outlet rectifier, a vibration membrane and an actuator. The vibration chamber includes at least one chamber inlet and at least one chamber outlet. The flow guide can be connected to the chamber inlet, the vibration chamber, the chamber outlet or in the vibration chamber, or it can have more pairs to enhance the effects. The inlet rectifier connects the chamber inlet to the fluid inlet. The outlet rectifier connects the chamber outlet to the fluid outlet. The vibration membrane is disposed on the vibration chamber. The actuator is connected to the vibration membrane to reciprocate the vibration membrane, enabling fluid to flow into the vibration chamber via the fluid inlet and flow out thereof via the fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Ming-Che Hsieh, I-Chun Lin, Wen-Huei Tsai
  • Patent number: 7861944
    Abstract: A jet device is provided in the present invention. The jet device includes a chamber having a nozzle and a lateral channel, wherein the lateral channel is disposed along the outer side of a first side of the chamber, the nozzle is disposed at one end of the lateral channel and the chamber is connected with the lateral channel via the nozzle which is connected with the external space, wherein the fluid is filled in the chamber, the nozzle and the later channel and an arc and a block are disposed at the connection of the nozzle and the lateral channel; and a piston disposed at a second side of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ruey-Hor Yen, Chi-Feng Lin, An-Bang Wang, Shu-Shen Hsu, I-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 7824736
    Abstract: A micro patch coating device includes a coating die with a micro channel structure. A coating fluid is supplied through a coating fluid inlet and an auxiliary fluid is supplied through an auxiliary fluid inlet. After a segment of a predetermined length of the coating fluid is formed at a two-phase fluid output section, the coating fluid flow is intercepted. In turn, a segment of predetermined length of the auxiliary fluid is formed at the two-phase fluid output section, and then the auxiliary fluid flow is intercepted. A two-phase fluid is formed and flows out of the coating die to the substrate to form micro patches thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, I-Chun Lin, Yi-Hua Wang, Chih-Kung Lee