Patents by Inventor Heloise Cockenpot

Heloise Cockenpot 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).

  • Cell sorting apparatus, cell sorting chip and cell sorting method
    Patent number: 9757737
    Abstract: A cell sorting apparatus includes a flow channel through which fluid including cells flows, an electric-field application section capable of applying an electric field having a gradient in a direction different from the flowing direction of the fluid at a first position on the flow channel in accordance with a cell sorting signal requesting an operation to sort the cells, and a flow splitting section configured to split the cells changing their flowing directions due to a dielectrophoretic force caused by application of the electric field at a second position on the downstream side of the first position on the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Katsumoto, Kazumasa Sato, Heloise Cockenpot
  • CELL SORTING APPARATUS, CELL SORTING CHIP AND CELL SORTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160030950
    Abstract: A cell sorting apparatus includes a flow channel through which fluid including cells flows, an electric-field application section capable of applying an electric field having a gradient in a direction different from the flowing direction of the fluid at a first position on the flow channel in accordance with a cell sorting signal requesting an operation to sort the cells, and a flow splitting section configured to split the cells changing their flowing directions due to a dielectrophoretic force caused by application of the electric field at a second position on the downstream side of the first position on the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yoichi Katsumoto, Kazumasa Sato, Heloise Cockenpot
  • Cell sorting apparatus, cell sorting chip and cell sorting method
    Patent number: 9164023
    Abstract: A cell sorting apparatus includes a flow channel through which fluid including cells flows, an electric-field application section capable of applying an electric field having a gradient in a direction different from the flowing direction of the fluid at a first position on the flow channel in accordance with a cell sorting signal requesting an operation to sort the cells, and a flow splitting section configured to split the cells changing their flowing directions due to a dielectrophoretic force caused by application of the electric field at a second position on the downstream side of the first position on the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Katsumoto, Kazumasa Sato, Héloïse Cockenpot
  • CELL SORTING APPARATUS, CELL SORTING CHIP AND CELL SORTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120273357
    Abstract: A cell sorting apparatus includes a flow channel through which fluid including cells flows, an electric-field application section capable of applying an electric field having a gradient in a direction different from the flowing direction of the fluid at a first position on the flow channel in accordance with a cell sorting signal requesting an operation to sort the cells, and a flow splitting section configured to split the cells changing their flowing directions due to a dielectrophoretic force caused by application of the electric field at a second position on the downstream side of the first position on the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Katsumoto, Kazumasa Sato, Héloïse Cockenpot