Patents by Inventor Ciara GALLAGHER

Ciara GALLAGHER 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).

  • METHODS FOR DYNAMIC EVOLUTION, ADAPTATION, AND MONITORING OF CHARACTERISTICS IN LIVING CELLS USING A MICROFLUIDIC-ENABLED MULTI-WELL CELL CULTURE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20260035650
    Abstract: A method for dynamic evolution and/or adaptation and monitoring of characteristics in living cells is provided, wherein the method may be performed at a microfluidic-enabled cell-culture device comprising pneumatic layer for directing flow of fluid to a plurality of individually addressable wells, and one or more sensors configured to detect data regarding environments inside one or more of the plurality of wells. The method may involve culturing a population of cells in a first well of the plurality of wells, perturbing one or more characteristics of an environment in the first well following the culturing of the population of cells, monitoring one or more characteristics of the population of cells in the first well, and removing all or part of the evolved/adapted population of cells from the first well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Mary J. C. LUDLAM, David WARTMANN, Ciara GALLAGHER
  • Methods for dynamic evolution and monitoring of characteristics in living cells using a microfluidic-enabled multi-well cell culture devices and systems
    Patent number: 12258551
    Abstract: A method for dynamic evolution and/or adaptation and monitoring of characteristics in living cells is provided, wherein the method may be performed at a microfluidic-enabled cell-culture device comprising pneumatic layer for directing flow of fluid to a plurality of individually addressable wells, and one or more sensors configured to detect data regarding environments inside one or more of the plurality of wells. The method may involve culturing a population of cells in a first well of the plurality of wells, perturbing one or more characteristics of an environment in the first well following the culturing of the population of cells, monitoring one or more characteristics of the population of cells in the first well, and removing all or part of the evolved/adapted population of cells from the first well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cairn Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary J. C. Ludlam, David Wartmann, Ciara Gallagher
  • METHODS FOR DYNAMIC EVOLUTION AND MONITORING OF CHARACTERISTICS IN LIVING CELLS USING A MICROFLUIDIC-ENABLED MULTI-WELL CELL CULTURE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210403853
    Abstract: A method for dynamic evolution and/or adaptation and monitoring of characteristics in living cells is provided, wherein the method may be performed at a microfluidic-enabled cell-culture device comprising pneumatic layer for directing flow of fluid to a plurality of individually addressable wells, and one or more sensors configured to detect data regarding environments inside one or more of the plurality of wells. The method may involve culturing a population of cells in a first well of the plurality of wells, perturbing one or more characteristics of an environment in the first well following the culturing of the population of cells, monitoring one or more characteristics of the population of cells in the first well, and removing all or part of the evolved/adapted population of cells from the first well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Mary J. C. LUDLAM, David WARTMANN, Ciara GALLAGHER