Patents by Inventor Lukas Frese

Lukas Frese 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).

  • Microfluidic sorting device
    Patent number: 10569272
    Abstract: A sorting device (10) is disclosed comprising a channel (40) adapted to allow passage of a plurality of samples in a fluid to a first side of a sorting junction (50) and a plurality of Braille valves (105) connected by a plurality of connectors to the sorting junction (50). An analysis device (80), such as a camera, is used for analysing ones of the plurality of the samples and adapted to control ones of the plurality of Braille valves depending on properties of the analysed ones of the plurality of the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
    Inventors: Christoph Merten, Qingzong Tseng, Ramesh Utharala, Lukas Frese
  • Microfluidic Sorting Device
    Publication number: 20180104691
    Abstract: A sorting device (10) is disclosed comprising a channel (40) adapted to allow passage of a plurality of samples in a fluid to a first side of a sorting junction (50) and a plurality of Braille valves (105) connected by a plurality of connectors to the sorting junction (50). An analysis device (80), such as a camera, is used for analysing ones of the plurality of the samples and adapted to control ones of the plurality of Braille valves depending on properties of the analysed ones of the plurality of the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Merten, Qingzong Tseng, Ramesh Utharala, Lukas Frese