Patents by Inventor Gina Fridley

Gina Fridley 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).

  • Reagent patterning in capillarity-based analyzers and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 9528987
    Abstract: The present technology describes various embodiments of devices for processing, analyzing, detecting, measuring, and separating fluids. The devices can be used to perform these processes on a microfluidic scale, and with control over fluid and reagent transport. In one embodiment, for example, a device for performing chemical processes can include a porous wick comprising a pathway defined by an input end, an output end, and a length between the input end and the output end. The pathway is configured to wick fluid from the input end to the output end by capillary action. The device can further include a reagent placed on the pathway. The reagent can be placed in a pattern configured to control a spatial or temporal distribution of the reagent along the pathway upon wetting of the pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Paul Yager, Barry R. Lutz, Elain S. Fu, Gina Fridley, Huy Quang Le, Peter C. Kauffman
  • REAGENT PATTERNING IN CAPILLARITY-BASED ANALYZERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140227707
    Abstract: The present technology describes various embodiments of devices for processing, analyzing, detecting, measuring, and separating fluids. The devices can be used to perform these processes on a microfluidic scale, and with control over fluid and reagent transport. In one embodiment, for example, a device for performing chemical processes can include a porous wick comprising a pathway defined by an input end, an output end, and a length between the input end and the output end. The pathway is configured to wick fluid from the input end to the output end by capillary action. The device can further include a reagent placed on the pathway. The reagent can be placed in a pattern configured to control a spatial or temporal distribution of the reagent along the pathway upon wetting of the pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: University of Washington Through itsCenter for Com
    Inventors: Paul Yager, Barry R. Lutz, Elain S. Fu, Gina Fridley, Huy Quang Le, Peter C. Kauffman