Patents by Inventor Jennifer Gaughran

Jennifer Gaughran 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
    Publication number: 20160121329
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices and in particular microfluidic devices incorporating a cascading valve arrangement for selectively controlling the flow of a fluid within the microfluidic device are described. Specific examples of a microfluidic device comprising a sacrificial valve (210) whose opening is triggered by the opening of a second valve (220), causing a retraction of a fluid spacer (213) thus bringing liquid (214) into contact with the dissolvable valve membrane (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: David Kinahan, Jens Ducree, Nikolay Dimov, Sinead Kearney, Elizaveta Vereshchagina, Jennifer Gaughran, Robert Burger, Louise Barrett