Patents by Inventor Jason W. Soares

Jason W. Soares 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).

  • Automated system for simulating the human lower gastrointestinal tract
    Patent number: 11859214
    Abstract: An in vitro model of an in vivo gastrointestinal tract including an in vitro model of an in vivo small intestine including a plurality of fermentation vessels and an in vitro model of an in vivo large intestine including a plurality of fermentation vessels is provided. A method of simulating a biotransformation of food product through the human digestive tract using an in vitro model of an in vivo gastrointestinal tract is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Laurel A Doherty, Jason W Soares, Steven Arcidiacono, Sarah Pearce
  • Optical biosensing platform utilizing nanocrystalline zinc oxide
    Patent number: 8114679
    Abstract: An optical biosensing platform for the real-time detection of the occurrence of a binding event, the optical biosensing platform comprising a nanocrystalline zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) substrate having a surface and being capable of emitting photoluminescence and a surface modifier formed integral with at least a portion of the surface of the nano-ZnO substrate, wherein the surface modifier is capable of binding to a biomolecule and wherein when the surface modifier binds with a biomolecule, a change is induced in the emitted photoluminescent properties of the nano-ZnO substrate, thereby enabling the detection of a binding event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Diane M. Steeves, Jason W. Soares
  • Electrospun nanofibrous membrane assembly for use in capturing chemical and/or biological analytes
    Publication number: 20100240121
    Abstract: A membrane assembly adapted for use in capturing an analyte of interest, the membrane assembly comprising in one embodiment (a) an electrospun nanofibrous membrane, the electrospun nanofibrous membrane comprising a random mat of electrospun nanofibers, at least some of the electrospun nanofibers including one or more types of functional groups; and (b) at least one molecular recognition element immobilized on the random mat via a functional group, the molecular recognition element being adapted to selectively bind the analyte of interest. The membrane assembly may be incorporated into a sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Kris J. Senecal, Andre G. Senecal, Philip E. Pivarnik, Charlene M. Mello, Jason W. Soares, Heidi L. Schreuder-Gibson
  • Optical biosensing platform utilizing nanocrystalline zinc oxide
    Publication number: 20090068755
    Abstract: An optical biosensing platform for the real-time detection of the occurrence of a binding event, the optical biosensing platform comprising a nanocrystalline zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) substrate having a surface and being capable of emitting photoluminescence and a surface modifier formed integral with at least a portion of the surface of the nano-ZnO substrate, wherein the surface modifier is capable of binding to a biomolecule and wherein when the surface modifier binds with a biomolecule, a change is induced in the emitted photoluminescent properties of the nano-ZnO substrate, thereby enabling the detection of a binding event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Diane M. Steeves, Jason W. Soares