Patents by Inventor Macarena PARRA

Macarena PARRA 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).

  • Rapid nucleic isolation method and fluid handling devices
    Patent number: 10975425
    Abstract: A novel assay and a suite of devices may isolate nucleic acids from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and prepare samples for real-time (quantitative) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. The assay may employ an aqueous-based non-alcohol approach that yields robust RNA quality. The suite of ready-to-use devices may provide pre-loaded reagents in liquid and lyophilized formats to enable rapid manual operation in a laboratory or remote field environments. The assay and devices may be particularly suitable to analysis in microgravity or deep space environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Travis David Boone, Jimmy Kar Chuen Jung, Macarena Parra, Mark Brown
  • RAPID NUCLEIC ISOLATION METHOD AND FLUID HANDLING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190062802
    Abstract: A novel assay and a suite of devices may isolate nucleic acids from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and prepare samples for real-time (quantitative) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. The assay may employ an aqueous-based non-alcohol approach that yields robust RNA quality. The suite of ready-to-use devices may provide pre-loaded reagents in liquid and lyophilized formats to enable rapid manual operation in a laboratory or remote field environments. The assay and devices may be particularly suitable to analysis in microgravity or deep space environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Travis David BOONE, Jimmy Kar Chuen JUNG, Macarena PARRA, Mark Brown