Patents by Inventor Byron Wang Chuan

Byron Wang Chuan 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: 20200110081
    Abstract: The present invention provides microfluidic pScreen™ devices for quantifying the concentration of DNA fragments in a liquid sample by using magnetic-responsive silica micro-beads and nonmagnetic-responsive silica micro-beads. The devices of the present invention allow for rapid, simple and inexpensive quantification of DNA fragment concentration in a sample. The devices do not require complex instrumentation and can be performed in less than three minutes. Moreover, they are compatible with complex samples including, without limitation, unpurified PCR amplification products, and thus can be expected to seamlessly integrate into various common molecular biology techniques and workflows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Alberto Gandini, James F. Antaki, Byron Wang Chuan, Joie N. Marhefka, Juha-Pekka Mattila, Eliseo Salas
  • Patent number: 10495634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and microfluidic immunoassay pScreen™ device for detecting and quantifying the concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample by using antigen-specific antibody-coated magnetic-responsive micro-beads. The methods and devices of the present invention have broad applications for point-of-care diagnostics by allowing quantification of a large variety of analytes, such as proteins, protein fragments, antigens, antibodies, antibody fragments, peptides, RNA, RNA fragments, functionalized magnetic micro-beads specific to CD4+, CD8+ cells, malaria-infected red blood cells, cancer cells, cancer biomarkers such as prostate specific antigen and other cancer biomarkers, viruses, bacteria, and other pathogenic agents, with the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of bench-top laboratory-based assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Alberto Gandini, James F. Antaki, Byron Wang Chuan, Joie N. Marhefka
  • Publication number: 20170370921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and microfluidic immunoassay pScreen™ device for detecting and quantifying the concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample by using antigen-specific antibody-coated magnetic-responsive micro-beads. The methods and devices of the present invention have broad applications for point-of-care diagnostics by allowing quantification of a large variety of analytes, such as proteins, protein fragments, antigens, antibodies, antibody fragments, peptides, RNA, RNA fragments, functionalized magnetic micro-beads specific to CD4+, CD8+ cells, malaria-infected red blood cells, cancer cells, cancer biomarkers such as prostate specific antigen and other cancer biomarkers, viruses, bacteria, and other pathogenic agents, with the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of bench-top laboratory-based assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Alberto Gandini, James F. Antaki, Byron Wang Chuan, Joie N. Marhefka
  • Patent number: 9753029
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and microfluidic immunoassay pScreen™ device for detecting and quantifying the concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample by using antigen-specific antibody-coated magnetic-responsive micro-beads. The methods and devices of the present invention have broad applications for point-of-care diagnostics by allowing quantification of a large variety of analytes, such as proteins, protein fragments, antigens, antibodies, antibody fragments, peptides, RNA, RNA fragments, functionalized magnetic micro-beads specific to CD4+, CD8+ cells, malaria-infected red blood cells, cancer cells, cancer biomarkers such as prostate specific antigen and other cancer biomarkers, viruses, bacteria, and other pathogenic agents, with the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of bench-top laboratory-based assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Alberto Gandini, James F. Antaki, Byron Wang Chuan, Joie N. Marhefka
  • Publication number: 20140120633
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and microfluidic immunoassay pScreen™ device for detecting and quantifying the concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample by using antigen-specific antibody-coated magnetic-responsive micro-beads. The methods and devices of the present invention have broad applications for point-of-care diagnostics by allowing quantification of a large variety of analytes, such as proteins, protein fragments, antigens, antibodies, antibody fragments, peptides, RNA, RNA fragments, functionalized magnetic micro-beads specific to CD4+, CD8+ cells, malaria-infected red blood cells, cancer cells, cancer biomarkers such as prostate specific antigen and other cancer biomarkers, viruses, bacteria, and other pathogenic agents, with the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of bench-top laboratory-based assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alberto Gandini, James F. Antaki, Byron Wang Chuan, Joie N. Marhefka