Patents by Inventor Kyu-youn Hwang

Kyu-youn Hwang 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).

  • Publication number: 20230341388
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a test strip for multiplex immunoassay analysis and the test strip manufactured using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kyu Youn HWANG, Jong Myeon PARK
  • Publication number: 20230213509
    Abstract: Provided is a lateral flow assay device capable of detecting a traumatic brain injury marker including a sample pad into which a blood sample containing a traumatic brain injury marker is injected, an adsorption pad including a probe which is mixed to the marker when the traumatic brain injury marker moves from the sample pad to form a traumatic brain injury marker complex, and a porous film which fluid-communicates with the adsorption pad and capillary-migrates the traumatic brain injury marker complex from the adsorption pad to a detection line, in which the probe includes a capture antibody consisting of an antibody labeled with a specific binding material specifically binding to the traumatic brain injury marker and a detector antibody consisting of an antibody labeled with a fluorescent material having a relatively long emission lifetime of 1 microsecond or more, and a mixture of at least two different kinds-origin antibodies is used as the antibody labeled with the specific binding material or the fluor
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jongeun KANG, Kyu-Youn HWANG, Jong-Myeon PARK, Hanshin KIM
  • Patent number: 11331661
    Abstract: A fluid analysis cartridge having an improved structure in order to increase test reliability, and a fluid analysis apparatus including the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Youn Hwang, Young Seop Seong, Jong Myeon Park, Jeo Young Shim, Do Gyoon Kim, Jae Sung Lee, Hae Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20190204314
    Abstract: A sample analysis cartridge and a sample analysis apparatus having the sample analysis cartridge are provided. The sample analysis cartridge includes a housing having a sample injecting hole and a strip coupled with the housing such that a sample that is passed through the sample injecting hole is directed into the strip, and the strip is configured to detect a target material from the sample through an antigen-antibody reaction. The strip includes a membrane including a test line and a transparent cover disposed outside the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun KIM, Kyu Youn HWANG
  • Publication number: 20190195842
    Abstract: A testing apparatus and control method thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun KIM, Kyu Youn HWANG
  • Publication number: 20180345273
    Abstract: A fluid analysis cartridge having an improved structure in order to increase test reliability, and a fluid analysis apparatus including the same are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Youn HWANG, Young Seop SEONG, Jong Myeon PARK, Jeo Young SHIM, Do Gyoon KIM, Jae Sung LEE, Hae Seok LEE
  • Patent number: 10118172
    Abstract: A fluid analysis cartridge includes a reference well including a macromolecular coloring reagent having an optical characteristic that varies according to a thickness of the reference well, and a test well including a test reagent having an optical characteristic that varies according to a concentration of a component of a fluid sample that reacts with the test reagent and a thickness of the test well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeo Young Shim, Jong Myeon Park, Jae Sung Lee, Do Gyoon Kim, Young Seop Seong, Yeong Bae Yeo, Hae Seok Lee, Kyu Youn Hwang
  • Patent number: 10096227
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an ultraviolet avoidance information providing method are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display; a biometric information acquisition module that acquires biometric information of a user; a location information acquisition module that acquires location information of a particular location; an ultraviolet intensity information acquisition module that acquires ultraviolet intensity information corresponding to the acquired location information; and a processor that controls the display to display ultraviolet avoidance information for avoiding ultraviolet light at the particular location based on the acquired biometric information and the acquired ultraviolet intensity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyu-Youn Hwang, Sook-Jin Kim, Joon-Ho Kim, Jin-Gil Yang, Tae-Han Jeon, Yoon-Ju Cho
  • Publication number: 20180095069
    Abstract: A specimen analysis apparatus and measurement method thereof are provided. The specimen analysis apparatus includes: a cartridge including at least two containers, at least one of the at least two containers containing an internal standard material including a target material; and a controller configured to determine a correction value for a concentration of the target material by comparing an extent of a change in optical signal values of the target material measured in the at least two containers with a predetermined extent of change in the optical signal values of the target material..
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Youn HWANG, Sung Chul SHIN, Jong Myeon PARK, Sang Hyun LEE, Hae Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20170189905
    Abstract: A fluid analysis cartridge includes a reference well including a macromolecular coloring reagent having an optical characteristic that varies according to a thickness of the reference well, and a test well including a test reagent having an optical characteristic that varies according to a concentration of a component of a fluid sample that reacts with the test reagent and a thickness of the test well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeo Young SHIM, Jong Myeon PARK, Jae Sung LEE, Do Gyoon KIM, Young Seop SEONG, Yeong Bae YEO, Hae Seok LEE, Kyu Youn HWANG
  • Patent number: 9598726
    Abstract: A method for amplifying a nucleic acid amplification in the presence of an ionic liquid that suppresses an inhibitor of nucleic acid amplification, particularly when in a biological material, and a composition useful for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-hong Kwon, Sung-min Chi, Kyu-youn Hwang, Joon-ho Kim, Sun-ok Jung, Sung-ouk Jung, Won-jong Jung
  • Publication number: 20170075415
    Abstract: An electronic device and method that detects an event related to the user's skin and performs a function corresponding to the event by using information on the skin color type of the user, and further provides a control method thereof. The occurrence of an event is detected that is related to at least a part of a user's body. Information regarding a light is obtained a sensor module that is functionally connected with the electronic device according to the detection result. A function is performed that corresponds to the detected event by using information corresponding to the obtained information on a light from among type information stored in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sook-Jin KIM, Jong-Jin KIM, Joon-Ho KIM, Jin-Gil YANG, Gih-Sung CHUNG, Kyu-Youn HWANG, Hong-Sig KIM, In-Ji JIN
  • Patent number: 9518290
    Abstract: A method of detecting a target nucleic acid, and a polynucleotide and a composition for detecting a target nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ko-bong Choi, Sea-hee Kim, Joon-ho Kim, Joo-won Rhee, Sunok Jung, Kyu-youn Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160300471
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an ultraviolet avoidance information providing method are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display; a biometric information acquisition module that acquires biometric information of a user; a location information acquisition module that acquires location information of a particular location; an ultraviolet intensity information acquisition module that acquires ultraviolet intensity information corresponding to the acquired location information; and a processor that controls the display to display ultraviolet avoidance information for avoiding ultraviolet light at the particular location based on the acquired biometric information and the acquired ultraviolet intensity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Kyu-Youn HWANG, Sook-Jin KIM, Joon-Ho KIM, Jin-Gil YANG, Tae-Han JEON, Yoon-Ju CHO
  • Patent number: 9428798
    Abstract: A polynucleotide comprising a first region the 5? end of which is complementary to a portion of a target nucleic acid, a cleavable second region, a third region having a stem-loop structure, and a fourth region complementary to the 3? end of the first region, and use of the polynucleotide, as well as a composition comprising two such polynucleotides each of which hybridize different strands of a double-stranded target nucleic acid, and methods and kits using the same for amplifying targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sea-hee Kim, Joon-ho Kim, Joo-won Rhee, Sun-ok Jung, Ko-bong Choi, Kyu-youn Hwang
  • Patent number: 9200315
    Abstract: Provided is a reagent container that can maintain stability of a reagent for a long period of time, a method of preparing the reagent container, a method of storing the reagent, and microfluidic systems for conducting cell binding, lysis, nucleic acid extraction, and amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-ouk Jung, Sung-min Chi, Soo-kwan Lee, Sung-hong Kwon, Joon-ho Kim, Kak Namkoong, Chin-sung Park, Kyu-youn Hwang
  • Patent number: 9176095
    Abstract: An efficient method of processing a target material in a sample using a microfluidic device including an elastic membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu-youn Hwang, Sung-hong Kwon, Joon-ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9133526
    Abstract: A composition and kit for detecting Clostridium difficile including a primer set for detecting a strain of Clostridium difficile, and a method of detecting Clostridium difficile by using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-ok Jung, Joon-ho Kim, Soo-kwan Lee, Kyu-youn Hwang, Tae-hee Um
  • Patent number: 9044755
    Abstract: A gene analysis apparatus includes a sample preparation chip in which a polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) sample is prepared, a PCR chip in which a PCR is performed on the PCR sample, and a package layer on which the sample preparation chip and the PCR chip are mounted. The package layer includes a channel through which a material flows from the sample preparation chip to the PCR chip. The sample preparation chip and the PCR chip are on a same side or on opposing sides of the package layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-sung Park, Won-jong Jung, Joon-ho Kim, Kak Namkoong, Kyu-youn Hwang, Won-seok Chung, Hee-kyun Lim, Sung-hong Kwon, Sun-ok Jung
  • Patent number: 8986986
    Abstract: A method of lysing at least one of a cell and a virus, the method including: contacting a sample, which includes at least one of a cell and a virus, with a plurality of beads which are disposed in a first chamber to obtain a combination of the sample and the beads; and agitating the combination of the sample and the beads to lyse the at least one of the cell and the virus, wherein in the first chamber a liquid volume fraction is 0.6 or less, and wherein the liquid volume fraction is a value obtained by dividing a liquid volume of the first chamber by a pure void volume equivalent to a sum of the liquid volume of the first chamber and a void volume of the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-youn Hwang, Joon-ho Kim, Sung-hong Kwon, Chin-sung Park, Hee-kyun Lim, Sun-ok Jung, Won-jong Jung