Patents by Inventor Joshua A. Darland

Joshua A. Darland 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).

  • REAGENT MIXING SYSTEM AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210018527
    Abstract: A method includes, under control of control circuitry implementing a mixing protocol, aspirating reagents from multiple different reagent reservoirs into a cache channel. Designated amounts of the reagents are automatically aspirated from the corresponding reagent reservoirs by corresponding sippers based on the mixing protocol implemented by the control circuitry. The method also includes discharging the reagents from the cache channel into a mixing reservoir, and mixing the reagents within the mixing reservoir to form a reagent mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Johanna L. Whitacre, Steven S. Phelps, Bradley Kent Drews, Debra Sue Bryan, II, Michael A. Niziolek, Joshua A. Darland, Umberto Ulmanella, Michael Dai Wang, Michelle L. Alvarez, Stephen Wayne Clark
  • Reagent mixing system and methods
    Patent number: 10830784
    Abstract: A method includes, under control of control circuitry implementing a mixing protocol, aspirating reagents from multiple different reagent reservoirs into a cache channel. Designated amounts of the reagents are automatically aspirated from the corresponding reagent reservoirs by corresponding sippers based on the mixing protocol implemented by the control circuitry. The method also includes discharging the reagents from the cache channel into a mixing reservoir, and mixing the reagents within the mixing reservoir to form a reagent mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Johanna L. Whitacre, Steven S. Phelps, Bradley Kent Drews, Debra Sue Bryan, II, Michael A. Niziolek, Joshua A. Darland, Umberto Ulmanella, Michael Dai Wang, Michelle L. Alvarez, Stephen Wayne Clark
  • REAGENT MIXING SYSTEM AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180188279
    Abstract: A method includes, under control of control circuitry implementing a mixing protocol, aspirating reagents from multiple different reagent reservoirs into a cache channel. Designated amounts of the reagents are automatically aspirated from the corresponding reagent reservoirs by corresponding sippers based on the mixing protocol implemented by the control circuitry. The method also includes discharging the reagents from the cache channel into a mixing reservoir, and mixing the reagents within the mixing reservoir to form a reagent mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Johanna L. Whitacre, Steven S. Phelps, Bradley Kent Drews, Debra Sue Bryan, II, Michael A. Niziolek, Joshua A. Darland, Umberto Ulmanella, Michael Dai Wang, Michelle L. Alvarez, Stephen Wayne Clark