Patents by Inventor I-Jui Chen

I-Jui Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20220283071
    Abstract: A sperm sorting apparatus and a sperm sorting method are provided. The sperm sorting apparatus includes a medium chamber, a waste chamber and a sorting channel communicated with and extending along a first direction in between. The medium chamber is configured to contain a medium solution. The waste chamber disposed aside the medium chamber is configured to contain a residual solution after sorting. The residual solution includes low motility sperms and/or dead sperms. The sorting channel is configured to be inserted with a sperm sample, such that sperms in the sperm sample are sorted in corresponding to a medium solution flow from the medium chamber. The sorting channel has first and second portions. The first portion is closer to the medium chamber than the second portion. A width of the first portion measured along a second direction is greater than a critical dimension, ranging from 200 ?m to 400 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Fan-Gang Tseng, Suei-Shen Wang, I-Jui Chen