Patents by Inventor Edwin Carlen

Edwin Carlen 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).

  • Accessible stress-based electrostatic monitoring of chemical reactions and binding
    Patent number: 8181531
    Abstract: A sensor may include a substrate that has a cavity formed in a surface thereof. A diaphragm, having a conductive portion, may be suspended over the cavity, a selective coating may be present on a face of the diaphragm outside of the cavity, and a counterelectrode may be spaced from and in opposition to the diaphragm. The diaphragm may deform upon interaction of the selective coating with an analyte and thereby alter a capacitance of the sensor in a manner indicative of a degree of interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventors: Edwin Carlen, Marc S. Weinberg, Angela Z. Uhland, Jonathan Bernstein, John Aceti, Malinda M. Tupper
  • ACCESSIBLE STRESS-BASED ELECTROSTATIC MONITORING OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND BINDING
    Publication number: 20090320606
    Abstract: A sensor may include a substrate that has a cavity formed in a surface thereof. A diaphragm, having a conductive portion, may be suspended over the cavity, a selective coating may be present on a face of the diaphragm outside of the cavity, and a counterelectrode may be spaced from and in opposition to the diaphragm. The diaphragm may deform upon interaction of the selective coating with an analyte and thereby alter a capacitance of the sensor in a manner indicative of a degree of interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Edwin Carlen, Marc S. Weinberg, Angela Z. Uhland, Jonathan Bernstein, John Aceti, Malinda M. Tupper
  • Stress-based electrostatic monitoring of chemical reactions and binding
    Patent number: 7402425
    Abstract: Electrostatic capacitance measurements are used to detect chemical or biological analytes, or chemical interactions, with great sensitivity. A diaphragm is coated with a material capable of selectively interacting with an analyte of interest, and interaction of the analyte with the coating exerts stresses tangential to the diaphragm's surface. These stresses cause diaphragm displacements that are sensed as varying capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc S. Weinberg, Jeffrey Borenstein, Christopher E. Dubé, Ralph Hopkins, Edwin Carlen
  • Stress-based electrostatic monitoring of chemical reactions and binding
    Publication number: 20050196877
    Abstract: Electrostatic capacitance measurements are used to detect chemical or biological analytes, or chemical interactions, with great sensitivity. A diaphragm is coated with a material capable of selectively interacting with an analyte of interest, and interaction of the analyte with the coating exerts stresses tangential to the diaphragm's surface. These stresses cause diaphragm displacements that are sensed as varying capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Weinberg, Jeffrey Borenstein, Christopher Dube, Ralph Hopkins, Edwin Carlen