Patents by Inventor Ketan Bhatt

Ketan Bhatt 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).

  • Method and apparatus for separating particles by dielectrophoresis
    Patent number: 8778160
    Abstract: Particle separation apparatus separate particles and particle populations using dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces generated by one or more pairs of electrically coupled electrodes separated by a gap. Particles suspended in a fluid are separated by DEP forces generated by the at least one electrode pair at the gap as they travel over a separation zone comprising the electrode pair. Selected particles are deflected relative to the flow of incoming particles by DEP forces that are affected by controlling applied potential, gap width, and the angle linear gaps with respect to fluid flow. The gap between an electrode pair may be a single, linear gap of constant gap, a single linear gap having variable width, or a be in the form of two or more linear gaps having constant or variable gap width having different angles with respect to one another and to the flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: CFD Research Corporation
    Inventors: Kapil Pant, Yi Wang, Ketan Bhatt, Balabhasker Prabhakarpandian
  • Method and Apparatus for Separating Particles by Dielectrophoresis
    Publication number: 20120312690
    Abstract: Particle separation apparatus separate particles and particle populations using dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces generated by one or more pairs of electrically coupled electrodes separated by a gap. Particles suspended in a fluid are separated by DEP forces generated by the at least one electrode pair at the gap as they travel over a separation zone comprising the electrode pair. Selected particles are deflected relative to the flow of incoming particles by DEP forces that are affected by controlling applied potential, gap width, and the angle linear gaps with respect to fluid flow. The gap between an electrode pair may be a single, linear gap of constant gap, a single linear gap having variable width, or a be in the form of two or more linear gaps having constant or variable gap width having different angles with respect to one another and to the flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Kapil Pant, Yi Wang, Ketan Bhatt, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian
  • Synthetic Microfluidic Blood-Brain Barrier
    Publication number: 20110104658
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assaying blood-brain barrier properties for drug and drug delivery vehicle screening comprising of a microfluidic apparatus with gaps separating lumen and tissue space enabling formation of tight junctions similar to in vivo conditions using endothelial cells and brain cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: CFD Research Corporation
    Inventors: Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Kapil Pant, Shivshankar Sundaram, Ketan Bhatt