Patents by Inventor Mahmut Aslan

Mahmut Aslan 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 Microfluidic Device for Studying Cell Deformations
    Publication number: 20250369858
    Abstract: In a method of investigating cell deformations, a sample fluid including cells suspended in a suspending medium is provided. A flow of the sample fluid through a focusing microchannel is established. The suspending medium is a non-Newtonian fluid having viscoelastic properties such that cells that enter the focusing microchannel are focused towards a center of the focusing microchannel due to the viscoelastic properties of the suspending medium, causing the cells to exit the focusing microchannel in single file. Subsequently, the sample fluid that has exited the focusing microchannel is caused to flow through a deformation microchannel arranged downstream of the focusing microchannel to cause a deformation of cells that have exited the focusing microchannel and have entered the deformation microchannel, the deformation being caused by a flow pattern created by interaction of the fluid flow with the deformation microchannel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew De Mello, Stavros Stavrakis, Xiaobao Cao, Mohammad Asghari, Mahmut Aslan, Bogdan Mateescu, Yingchao Meng
  • Method and microfluidic device for studying cell deformations
    Patent number: 12416564
    Abstract: In a method of investigating cell deformations, a sample fluid including cells suspended in a suspending medium is provided. A flow of the sample fluid through a focusing microchannel is established. The suspending medium is a non-Newtonian fluid having viscoelastic properties such that cells that enter the focusing microchannel are focused towards a center of the focusing microchannel due to the viscoelastic properties of the suspending medium, causing the cells to exit the focusing microchannel in single file. Subsequently, the sample fluid that has exited the focusing microchannel is caused to flow through a deformation microchannel arranged downstream of the focusing microchannel to cause a deformation of cells that have exited the focusing microchannel and have entered the deformation microchannel, the deformation being caused by a flow pattern created by interaction of the fluid flow with the deformation microchannel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Andrew De Mello, Stavros Stavrakis, Xiaobao Cao, Mohammad Asghari, Mahmut Aslan, Bogdan Mateescu, Yingchao Meng
  • Method and Microfluidic Device for Studying Cell Deformations
    Publication number: 20240210301
    Abstract: In a method of investigating cell deformations, a sample fluid including cells suspended in a suspending medium is provided. A flow of the sample fluid through a focusing microchannel is established. The suspending medium is a non-Newtonian fluid having viscoelastic properties such that cells that enter the focusing microchannel are focused towards a center of the focusing microchannel due to the viscoelastic properties of the suspending medium, causing the cells to exit the focusing microchannel in single file. Subsequently, the sample fluid that has exited the focusing microchannel is caused to flow through a deformation microchannel arranged downstream of the focusing microchannel to cause a deformation of cells that have exited the focusing microchannel and have entered the deformation microchannel, the deformation being caused by a flow pattern created by interaction of the fluid flow with the deformation microchannel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew De Mello, Stavros Stavrakis, Xiaobao Cao, Mohammad Asghari, Mahmut Aslan, Bogdan Mateescu, Yingchao Meng