Patents by Inventor Ellen Foot Perkowski

Ellen Foot Perkowski 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).

  • Analysis systems with microfluidic devices, microfluidic devices and related methods
    Patent number: 12103003
    Abstract: Analysis systems with a housing having a chamber sized and configured to receive at least one microfluidic device. The systems also include an optic system coupled to the housing in optical communication with the at least one microfluidic device, a controller coupled to the optic system, a heat source coupled to the optic system and thermally coupled to the at least one microfluidic device held in the housing, and a sub-array selection module in communication with the controller. The sub-array selection module is configured to select a sub-set of sets of microwells of at least one fluid channel of the microfluidic device for imaging by the optic system after a reaction step (e.g., one thermocycle) during an assay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: William Hampton Henley, Adam D. Pfefferle, John Michael Ramsey, Ellen Foot Perkowski
  • ANALYSIS SYSTEMS WITH MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES, MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210154673
    Abstract: Analysis systems with a housing having a chamber sized and configured to receive at least one microfluidic device. The systems also include an optic system coupled to the housing in optical communication with the at least one microfluidic device, a controller coupled to the optic system, a heat source coupled to the optic system and thermally coupled to the at least one microfluidic device held in the housing, and a sub-array selection module in communication with the controller. The sub-array selection module is configured to select a sub-set of sets of microwells of at least one fluid channel of the microfluidic device for imaging by the optic system after a reaction step (e.g., one thermocycle) during an assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: William Hampton Henley, Adam D. Pfefferle, John Michael Ramsey, Ellen Foot Perkowski