Patents by Inventor Helen Louise BRIDLE

Helen Louise BRIDLE 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
    Patent number: 10688490
    Abstract: There is presented a microfluidic device comprising a plurality of layers and a common manifold, wherein a fluid comprising a target population of particles having a specified range of diameters may be processed by the device by flowing from the common manifold through the channels of each layer within the plurality of layers, and fluid collected from a first outlet of each layer within the plurality of layers comprises the target population of particles, and fluid collected from a second outlet of each layer within the plurality of layers is substantially devoid of the target population of particles. A method of use of said device and systems comprising at least one said device are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Helen Louise Bridle, Brian Maxdell Miller
  • MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180185845
    Abstract: There is presented a microfluidic device comprising a plurality of layers and a common manifold, wherein a fluid comprising a target population of particles having a specified range of diameters may be processed by the device by flowing from the common manifold through the channels of each layer within the plurality of layers, and fluid collected from a first outlet of each layer within the plurality of layers comprises the target population of particles, and fluid collected from a second outlet of each layer within the plurality of layers is substantially devoid of the target population of particles. A method of use of said device and systems comprising at least one said device are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Helen Louise BRIDLE, Brian Maxdell MILLER