Patents by Inventor Marta Lòpez Fontanals

Marta Lòpez Fontanals 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).

  • Fluidically integrated magnetic bead beater
    Patent number: 9333471
    Abstract: A system for at least one of homogenization and lysis of a sample includes one or more walls forming an enclosed chamber, a permanent magnet within the enclosed chamber, a magnet guide, and one or more magnets located outside the chamber. The enclosed chamber has an inlet and one or more fluidic connections configured to introduce at least the sample into the chamber. The permanent magnet has a positive pole and a negative pole. The magnet guide is configured to laterally guide the permanent magnet between a first position and a second position and maintain a substantially constant orientation of the permanent magnet during the movement. Movement of the magnets outside the chamber changes a magnetic field between the one or more magnets and the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet moves between the first and second positions in response to the changing magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: STAT—Diagnostica & Innovation, S.L.
    Inventors: Jordi Carrera Fabra, Anna Comengés Casas, Rafael Bru Gibert, Marta López Fontanals, Gemma Pueyo Castells, Rupert Maxwell Gaut
  • Fluidically Integrated Magnetic Bead Beater
    Publication number: 20130272087
    Abstract: A system for at least one of homogenization and lysis of a sample includes one or more walls forming an enclosed chamber, a permanent magnet within the enclosed chamber, a magnet guide, and one or more magnets located outside the chamber. The enclosed chamber has an inlet and one or more fluidic connections configured to introduce at least the sample into the chamber. The permanent magnet has a positive pole and a negative pole. The magnet guide is configured to laterally guide the permanent magnet between a first position and a second position and maintain a substantially constant orientation of the permanent magnet during the movement. Movement of the magnets outside the chamber changes a magnetic field between the one or more magnets and the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet moves between the first and second positions in response to the changing magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: STAT-DIAGNOSTICA & INNOVATION, S.L.
    Inventors: Jordi CARRERA FABRA, Anna Comenges Casas, Rafael Bru Bibert, Marta Lòpez Fontanals, Gemma Pueyo Castells, Rupert Mexwell Gaut