Patents by Inventor Colin David Bain

Colin David Bain 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).

  • LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICES AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160032909
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of dispensing liquid, and a liquid dispensing device. The method and device include a controller having a multi-phase droplet ejection cycle stored thereon. The multiphase droplet ejection cycle dispenses the droplet in two stages. Advantageously, this provides highly accurate droplets of very small volumes without the formation of satellite droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Frederick Henry Fiesser, Allan James Clarke, Lisong Yang, Colin David Bain, Nikil Kapur
  • Droplet deformation
    Patent number: 8183540
    Abstract: A technique for shaping droplets is disclosed. Multiple optical traps, or at least one variable geometry trap, are used to deform a droplet. The surface tension of the droplet is lowered to be comparable with the force which can be applied using the optical traps, for example by using a surfactant such as Aerosol OT, with heptane droplets in a solution of sodium chloride. Solidification of deformed droplets can be achieved using polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: The Science and Technology Facilities Council
    Inventors: Andrew David Ward, Colin David Bain, Christopher Daniel Mellor
  • Droplet Formation
    Publication number: 20100258964
    Abstract: A technique for shaping droplets is disclosed. Multiple optical traps, or at least one variable geometry trap, are used to deform a droplet. The surface tension of the droplet is lowered to be comparable with the force which can be applied using the optical traps, for example by using a surfactant such as Aerosol OT, with heptane droplets in a solution of sodium chloride. Solidification of deformed droplets can be achieved using polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew David Ward, Colin David Bain, Christopher Daniel Mellor