Patents by Inventor Barbara Grossman

Barbara Grossman 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 DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DROPLET GENERATION AND MANIPULATION
    Publication number: 20100059120
    Abstract: Methods and microfluidic devices for generating and manipulating sample droplets, wherein the devices comprise, a plurality of fluid channels, at least one of which is a sample channel for carrying a fluidic sample material, that is in fluid communication with the carrier fluid channel via an orifice; and an actuated flow interrupter adapted to force a predetermined amount of the sample fluid from the sample channel through the orifice into the carrier fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Tian, Jeffrey Bernard Fortin, Jun Xie, Barbara Grossman, Oliver Charles Boomhower, Shashi Thutupalli, Long Que