Patents by Inventor Jonathan P. Siegrist

Jonathan P. Siegrist 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).

  • Patent number: 8303911
    Abstract: A microfluidic system for processing a sample includes a microfluidic CD in the form a rotatable disc, the disc containing a plurality of separate lysis chambers therein. A magnetic lysis blade and lysis beads are disposed in each of the lysis chambers and a plurality of stationary magnets are disposed adjacent to and separate from the microfluidic CD. The stationary magnets are configured to magnetically interact with each of the magnetic lysis blades upon rotation of the microfluidic CD. Each lysis chamber may have its own separate sample inlet port or, alternatively, the lysis chambers may be connected to one another with a single inlet port coupled to one of the lysis chambers. Downstream processing may include nucleic acid amplification using thermoelectric heating as well as detection using a nucleic acid microarray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegrist, Robert A. Gorkin, III, Regis Peytavi, Marc Madou, Horacio Kido, Mary Amasia, Emmanuel Roy, Teodor Veres