Patents by Inventor Jorge Alberto GARCES

Jorge Alberto GARCES 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).

  • Devices and methods for monitoring and controlling temperature in a microfluidic environment
    Patent number: 11156508
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods that allow accurate monitoring and/or control of temperature changes in a microfluidic environment. An advantage of the present invention is that the temperature can be monitored and/or controlled at any location within a microfluidic device, especially where a preparation step, an amplification step and/or a detection step is performed. The invention further provides improved microfluidic devices for practicing the methods disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Shadpour, Sean Ford, Jorge Alberto Garces, Darren S. Gray
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE IN A MICROFLUIDIC ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180245993
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods that allow accurate monitoring and/or control of temperature changes in a microfluidic environment. An advantage of the present invention is that the temperature can be monitored and/or controlled at any location within a microfluidic device, especially where a preparation step, an amplification step and/or a detection step is performed. The invention further provides improved microfluidic devices for practicing the methods disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Shadpour, Sean Ford, Jorge Alberto Garces, Darren S. Gray
  • Devices and methods for monitoring and controlling temperature in a microfluidic environment
    Patent number: 9945738
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods that allow accurate monitoring and/or control of temperature changes in a microfluidic environment. An advantage of the present invention is that the temperature can be monitored and/or controlled at any location within a microfluidic device, especially where a preparation step, an amplification step and/or a detection step is performed. The invention further provides improved microfluidic devices for practicing the methods disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Shadpour, Sean Ford, Jorge Alberto Garces, Darren S. Gray
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE IN A MICROFLUIDIC ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140339318
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods that allow accurate monitoring and/or control of temperature changes in a microfluidic environment. An advantage of the present invention is that the temperature can be monitored and/or controlled at any location within a microfluidic device, especially where a preparation step, an amplification step and/or a detection step is performed. The invention further provides improved microfluidic devices for practicing the methods disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed SHADPOUR, Sean FORD, Jorge Alberto GARCES, Darren S. GRAY