Patents by Inventor John Edward Estes

John Edward Estes 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).

  • HYDRODYNAMIC AND GRAVITY METHOD OF FORMING AND SHAPING TAPERED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20230373149
    Abstract: A method for forming extruded microtube devices and products having a hollow portion utilizing a hydrodynamic nozzle, a curable fluid, and a core fluid to form flexible polymer based microtubes having an inner diameter ranging from 500 nanometers to 500 micrometers and also continuous microtubes having a varying inner diameter ranging from about 500 nanometers to 500 micrometers. The outer diameter can be variable and have a cross-sectional shape that is circular, rectangular, square, triangular, elliptical, star, irregular, curved, or formed within a solid block of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Eleanor Augusta Derbyshire, Candace Eileen Gillette, John Edward Estes