Patents by Inventor Mark Frederick Senko

Mark Frederick Senko 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: 20220341848
    Abstract: A biochemical substance analysis system (5) is used to detect biological characteristics of a sample in a flow cell (38), and includes a detection system (51), a scheduling system (53), a biochemical reaction system (55). and a control system (57). The scheduling system (53) is used to schedule the flow cell (38) at different sites, including sites in the detection system (51) and sites in the biochemical reaction system (55). The biochemical reaction system (55) is used to allow the sample to react in the flow cell (38). The detection system (51) is used to detect a signal from the reacted sample to obtain a signal representing the biological characteristics of the sample. The control system (57) is used to control the detection system (51), the scheduling system (53), and the biochemical reaction system (55) to cooperate. The disclosure improves automation degree and flux of the biochemical substance analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: HEMING JIANG, CHUTIAN XING, JOON MO YANG, XIANGKUN SUI, JIAN LIU, Razvan Chirita, ZHONGHAI WANG, Simon Robert Adams, LE WANG, Mark Frederick Senko, Craig Edward Uhrich, SICHENG WEN, Pin Kao, FENG MU
  • Publication number: 20210299667
    Abstract: A photonic thermocycling device is configured to thermocycle a biological sample. The thermocycling device comprises a light source configured to emit an illumination beam, a reaction block holding a reaction chamber, and a light-absorbing film is coupled to the reaction block and configured to absorb and convert the illumination beam into thermal energy to heat the reaction chamber. A controller generates instructions for operation of the thermocycling device. The thermocycling device may further comprise a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of the reaction chamber for calibration of the instructions. A convection cooling element may also be implemented to provide rapid cooling of the reaction chamber. A lens assembly may be implemented for directing and conditioning light generated by the light source towards the light-absorbing film. A second partial light-absorbing film may be included and coupled on an opposite side of the first light-absorbing film, to improve heating uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Weidong Cao, Trevor Sierra Foss, Brandy Michelle Baird, Jeffrey William Reed, Mark Frederick Senko, Andrea W. Chow