Patents by Inventor Marc Nathan Feiglin

Marc Nathan Feiglin 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).

  • Digital microfluidics system with disposable cartridges
    Patent number: 8821705
    Abstract: A digital microfluidics system manipulates samples in liquid droplets within disposable cartridges and has disposable cartridges each with a bottom layer, a top layer and a gap therebetween. A base unit with cartridge accommodation sites and at least one electrode array with electrodes works with a cover plate at the sites and a control unit for controlling selection of the electrodes and for providing them with voltage pulses for manipulating liquid droplets within the cartridges by electrowetting. The cover plate has an electrically conductive material that extends parallel to the array. A selection of disposable cartridges and a method for manipulating samples in liquid droplets that adhere to a hydrophobic surface can be used with the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tecan Trading AG
    Inventors: Torleif Ove Bjornson, Marc Nathan Feiglin, Michael Benjamin Franklin, Anne R. Kopf-Sill, Travis Lee, Kailiang Wang
  • DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEM WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGES
    Publication number: 20130134039
    Abstract: A digital microfluidics system manipulates samples in liquid droplets within disposable cartridges and has disposable cartridges each with a bottom layer, a top layer and a gap therebetween. A base unit with cartridge accommodation sites and at least one electrode array with electrodes works with a cover plate at the sites and a control unit for controlling selection of the electrodes and for providing them with voltage pulses for manipulating liquid droplets within the cartridges by electrowetting. The cover plate has an electrically conductive material that extends parallel to the array. A selection of disposable cartridges and a method for manipulating samples in liquid droplets that adhere to a hydrophobic surface can be used with the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Torleif Ove Bjornson, Marc Nathan Feiglin, Michael Benjamin Franklin, Anne R. Kopf-Sill, Travis Lee, Kailiang Wang