Patents by Inventor Cristina G. M. Mercandetti

Cristina G. M. Mercandetti 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 with array of chambers for encoding detectable information
    Patent number: 11198128
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a microfluidic device. The device comprises a flow path structure that includes an inlet microchannel and chambers. The flow path structure is configured as an arborescence extending from the inlet microchannel to the chambers. Thus, liquid introduced in said inlet microchannel can potentially enter the chambers via respective flow paths to remain essentially confined in the chambers, in operation. The device further comprises substances in selected ones of the chambers. That is, a subset of the chambers is loaded with substances adapted for interacting with liquid to yield a detectable change in a property of the liquid and/or the substance in each of the chambers of said subset, in operation. The invention is further directed to related devices, and methods of operation and conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Onur Gökçe, Cristina G. M. Mercandetti, Emmanuel Delamarche
  • MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH ARRAY OF CHAMBERS FOR ENCODING DETECTABLE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20200070170
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a microfluidic device. The device comprises a flow path structure that includes an inlet microchannel and chambers. The flow path structure is configured as an arborescence extending from the inlet microchannel to the chambers. Thus, liquid introduced in said inlet microchannel can potentially enter the chambers via respective flow paths to remain essentially confined in the chambers, in operation. The device further comprises substances in selected ones of the chambers. That is, a subset of the chambers is loaded with substances adapted for interacting with liquid to yield a detectable change in a property of the liquid and/or the substance in each of the chambers of said subset, in operation. The invention is further directed to related devices, and methods of operation and conditioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Onur Gökçe, Cristina G. M. Mercandetti, Emmanuel Delamarche