Patents by Inventor Blair Morad
Blair Morad 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).
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Publication number: 20240109064Abstract: This application relates to improvements in environments for microbial testing. Exemplary embodiments provide a uniquely configured tray containing an environment conditioning material, such as an oxygen scavenger material, for use with a cassette assembly. Furthermore, some embodiments provide a cutting mechanism that allows the tray to be reliably breached, thereby exposing the material inside to the environment. Some embodiments can cut open the material with specially-configured cutter teeth, which can easily be deployed by twisting or pushing two halves of the cassette assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Hunter BLACK, David LEFORT, Blair MORAD, Victor CHUNG, Kaitlin BEACH, Jason MARTIN, Frank Owen GRIFFIN, Ethan FRANCO, Kayla VOLIS, Toby ISAACS, Taylor PARADIS
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Publication number: 20240109065Abstract: This application relates to improvements in environments for microbial testing. Exemplary embodiments provide a uniquely configured tray containing an environment conditioning material, such as an oxygen scavenger material, for use with a cassette assembly. Furthermore, some embodiments provide a cutting mechanism that allows the tray to be reliably breached, thereby exposing the material inside to the environment. Some embodiments can cut open the material with specially-configured cutter teeth, which can easily be deployed by twisting or pushing two halves of the cassette assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Hunter BLACK, David LEFORT, Blair MORAD, Victor CHUNG, Kaitlin BEACH, Jason MARTIN, Frank Owen GRIFFIN, Ethan FRANCO, Kayla VOLIS, Toby ISAACS, Taylor PARADIS
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Publication number: 20230265385Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: INGURAN, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, JR.
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Patent number: 11591566Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Inguran, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, Jr.
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Patent number: 10662408Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Inguran, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, Jr.
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Patent number: 10544391Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Inguran, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200017826Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: INGURAN, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, JR.
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Patent number: 10481069Abstract: Particle processing systems and methods utilize a sort monitoring system to monitor an operational characteristic for a particle sorting system. The operational characteristic may be related to the performance and operation of a sorter or a group of sorters in the particle sorting system. The operational characteristic may be monitored based on monitoring particles for an output of a sorter or of a group of sorters. Operational characteristics which may be monitored include sort error, sort fraction, yield, purity and recovery percentage. The sort monitoring system may evaluate the monitored operational characteristic, for example, as related to sort performance, and take an action, for example, a corrective action or a notifying action, based on the evaluation of the operational characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: CYTONOME/ST, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Donald F. Perrault, Jr., Blair Morad
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Patent number: 10371622Abstract: This disclosure relates to a device in the form of a microfluidic chip. In particular, various features are incorporated into the microfluidic chip for aligning and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as for separating selected subpopulations of sperm.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Inguran, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Erin Koksal, Kris Buchanan, Blair Morad
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Patent number: 9950716Abstract: An autonomous device for rail track inspection includes a drive wheel system propelling the device via a drive wheel system, an automatic track loading fixture for and applying a load on rails, and sensors for taking track gauge measurement. Different automatic track loading fixtures may require stopping for load and measurement, or loading and measuring while still in motion. A switch agnostic system for operation with devices on a conventional railroad track system includes a linear slider movably mounted along a linear sliding support; multiple sensors mounted to the linear slider, the sensors operable to identify a rail of a track junction; and multiple roller bearings operable to engage the rail of the track junction and control the device across the track junction in response to movement of the linear slider along the linear sliding support.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Inventors: Brendan English, Paul Sandin, Blair Morad, Shawn Dooley, Craig Thrall
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Patent number: 9757726Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various features are incorporated into the system for aligning and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, for determining sperm orientation and measuring relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Inguran, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Kris Buchanan, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, Jr., Erin Koksal
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Publication number: 20160002865Abstract: An autonomous device for rail track inspection includes a drive wheel system propelling the device via a drive wheel system, an automatic track loading fixture for and applying a load on rails, and sensors for taking track gauge measurement. Different automatic track loading fixtures may require stopping for load and measurement, or loading and measuring while still in motion. A switch agnostic system for operation with devices on a conventional railroad track system includes a linear slider movably mounted along a linear sliding support; multiple sensors mounted to the linear slider, the sensors operable to identify a rail of a track junction; and multiple roller bearings operable to engage the rail of the track junction and control the device across the track junction in response to movement of the linear slider along the linear sliding support.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Brendan English, Paul Sandin, Blair Morad, Shawn Dooley, Craig Thrall
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Patent number: 9057676Abstract: A microfluidic multiple channel particle analysis system (1) which allows particles (2) from a plurality of particle sources (3) to be independently simultaneously entrained in a corresponding plurality of fluid streams (4) for analysis and sorting into particle subpopulations (5) based upon one or more particle characteristics (6).Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: CYTONOME/ST, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Emanuel Tito Mendes Machado, Blair Morad, Rudolf Hulspas, Donald Francis Perrault, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140273179Abstract: This disclosure relates to a device in the form of a microfluidic chip. In particular, various features are incorporated into the microfluidic chip for aligning and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as for separating selected subpopulations of sperm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: INGURAN, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Erin Koksal, Kris Buchanan, Blair Morad
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Publication number: 20140273059Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: INGURAN, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, JR.
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Publication number: 20140273192Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various features are incorporated into the system for aligning and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, for determining sperm orientation and measuring relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: INGURAN, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Nemanya Sedoglavich, Kris Buchanan, Blair Morad, Donald Francis Perrault, JR., Erin Koksal
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Publication number: 20120307244Abstract: A microfluidic multiple channel particle analysis system (1) which allows particles (2) from a plurality of particle sources (3) to be independently simultaneously entrained in a corresponding plurality of fluid streams (4) for analysis and sorting into particle subpopulations (5) based upon one or more particle characteristics (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Cytonome/ST, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Emanuel Tito Mendes Machado, Blair Morad, Rudolf Hulspas, Donald Francis Perrault, JR.
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Publication number: 20120277902Abstract: Particle processing systems and methods utilize a sort monitoring system to monitor an operational characteristic for a particle sorting system. The operational characteristic may be related to the performance and operation of a sorter or a group of sorters in the particle sorting system. The operational characteristic may be monitored based on monitoring particles for an output of a sorter or of a group of sorters. Operational characteristics which may be monitored include sort error, sort fraction, yield, purity and recovery percentage. The sort monitoring system may evaluate the monitored operational characteristic, for example, as related to sort performance, and take an action, for example, a corrective action or a notifying action, based on the evaluation of the operational characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: CYTONOME/ST, LLCInventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Donald F. Perrault, JR., Blair Morad