Patents by Inventor Diego Rafael Uñates

Diego Rafael Uñates 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).

  • Patent number: 8993310
    Abstract: A device for diagnosis of physiologic status and/or selection of best spermatozoa of a semen sample based on chemotaxis, and the procedure of thereof, enabling by a simple and inexpensive device the diagnosis and selection of the best spermatozoa in only one step. Only needed are: the present device, a regular light microscope, and personnel with elementary knowledge of laboratory management. The device is of the type having two communicated compartments (1a, 1b), and where said compartments (1a, 1b) communication occurs through a duct or bridge (2) located in the lower part, and above the lower level of mentioned compartments (1a, 1b); in the entrances of said compartments (1a, 1b) appropriate closing means (3, 4) and appropriate air output ducts (5) are placed communicating the top end of compartments (1a, 1b) with the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Technicas (CONICET), Inis Biotech LLC
    Inventors: Laura Cecilia Giojalas, Héctor Alejandro Guidobaldi, Laura Virginia Gatica, Maria Eugenia Teves, Maria del Mar Montesinos, Diego Rafael Uñates
  • Publication number: 20120094322
    Abstract: A device for diagnosis of physiologic status and/or selection of best spermatozoa of a semen sample based on chemotaxis, and the procedure of thereof, enabling by a simple and inexpensive device the diagnosis and selection of the best spermatozoa in only one step. Only needed are: the present device, a regular light microscope, and personnel with elementary knowledge of laboratory management. The device is of the type having two communicated compartments (1a, 1b), and where said compartments (1a, 1b) communication occurs through a duct or bridge (2) located in the lower part, and above the lower level of mentioned compartments (1a, 1b); in the entrances of said compartments (1a, 1b) appropriate closing means (3, 4) and appropriate air output ducts (5) are placed communicating the top end of compartments (1a, 1b) with the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: INIS BIOTECH LLC
    Inventors: Laura Cecilia Giojalas, Hector Alejandro Guidobaldi, Laura Virginia Gatica, Maria Eugenia Teves, Maria del Mar Montesinos, Diego Rafael Uñates