Patents by Inventor Matthew Daniel Solomon
Matthew Daniel Solomon 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).
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Patent number: 11536707Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for analyzing small volumes of fluidic samples, as a non-limiting example, less than twenty microliters are provided. The devices are configured to make a first sample reading, for example, measure an energy property of the fluid sample, for example, osmolality, make a second sample reading, for example, detecting the presence or concentration of one or more analytes in the fluid sample, or make both the first sample reading and the second sample reading, for example, measuring the energy property of the fluid sample as well as detecting the presence or concentration of one or more analytes in the fluid sample.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: TEARLAB RESEARCH, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Sullivan, Steve Zmina, Melissa Lee, Brandon Westerberg, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Potzner, Sebastiaan Garst, Matthew Springer, Jason Hayes, Peter Munster, Erol Craig Harvey, Michael Wilkinson, Joanna Slowinska, Derek Lee, Peter Van Ruijven
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Publication number: 20220064627Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microfluidic device for the separation of metaphase chromosomes such that individual metaphase chromosomes may be dispensed discretely from the device. The microfluidic device comprises a flow channel including a series of expanded regions and constrictions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of separating metaphase chromosomes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Matthew Daniel Solomon, Richard Walter Doumani
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Patent number: 11060127Abstract: An assembly for preparing a specimen is provided that may be configured to determine the presence of at least one microorganism specie in the specimen. The assembly may include a pipette configured to acquire a specimen from a sample and an imaging cartridge configured to be in fluid communication with the pipette. The imaging cartridge and the pipette may be configured to be irreversibly coupled such that the specimen is bio-contained within the imaging cartridge and the pipette when the imaging cartridge and pipette are coupled together. Associated methods of use are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Alexander George Lastovich, Anita Quinn, Pauline Elizabeth Bell, James Lee Schram, Rex Young Nielson, Jason Paul Hayes, Matthew James Springer, Lincoln Belcourt, Matthew Daniel Solomon
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Patent number: 10988722Abstract: The invention relates to a perfusion manifold assembly that allows for perfusion of a microfluidic device, such as an organ on a chip microfluidic device comprising cells that mimic cells in an organ in the body, that is detachably linked with an assembly so that fluid enters ports of the microfluidic device from a fluid reservoir, optionally without tubing, at a controllable flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: EMULATE, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, II, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy, Joshua Gomes, Norman Wen, Jacob Freake, Doug Sabin
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Publication number: 20210016281Abstract: A fluid device includes a base material including a flow path through which a solution flows and a first facing surface, a treatment substrate including a second facing surface which faces the first facing surface and in which a treatment unit which comes in contact with the solution and treats the solution is provided, and a sealing portion sandwiched between the first facing surface and the second facing surface, in which a treatment space surrounding the treatment unit with the sealing portion when viewed from a plate thickness direction and connected to the flow path is provided between the treatment substrate and the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Naoya ISHIZAWA, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Taro UENO, Tetsuomi TAKASAKI, Ronald Adam SEGER, Matthew Daniel SOLOMON, Alexei KOIFMAN
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Patent number: 10689608Abstract: Drop-to-drop connection schemes are described for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device, including but not limited to, putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with the perfusion manifold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: EMULATE, INC.Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, II, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy
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Publication number: 20190271023Abstract: An assembly for preparing a specimen is provided that may be configured to determine the presence of at least one microorganism specie in the specimen. The assembly may include a pipette configured to acquire a specimen from a sample and an imaging cartridge configured to be in fluid communication with the pipette. The imaging cartridge and the pipette may be configured to be irreversibly coupled such that the specimen is bio-contained within the imaging cartridge and the pipette when the imaging cartridge and pipette are coupled together. Associated methods of use are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Alexander George Lastovich, Anita Quinn, Pauline Elizabeth Bell, James Lee Schram, Rex Young Nielson, Jason Paul Hayes, Matthew James Springer, Lincoln Belcourt, Matthew Daniel Solomon
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Publication number: 20190169557Abstract: A perfusion manifold assembly is described that allows for perfusion of a microfluidic device, such as an organ on a chip microfluidic device comprising cells that mimic cells in an organ in the body, that is detachably linked with said assembly so that fluid enters ports of the microfluidic device from a fluid reservoir, optionally without tubing, at a controllable flow rate. Drop-to-drop connection schemes are described for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device, including but not limited to, putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with the perfusion manifold assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, II, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy, Joshua Gomes, Norman Wen, Jacob Freake, Doug Sabin
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Patent number: 10273523Abstract: An assembly for preparing a specimen is provided that may be configured to determine the presence of at least one microorganism specie in the specimen. The assembly may include a pipette configured to acquire a specimen from a sample and an imaging cartridge configured to be in fluid communication with the pipette. The imaging cartridge and the pipette may be configured to be irreversibly coupled such that the specimen is bio-contained within the imaging cartridge and the pipette when the imaging cartridge and pipette are coupled together. Associated methods of use are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Alexander George Lastovich, Anita Quinn, Pauline Elizabeth Bell, James Lee Schram, Rex Young Nielson, Jason Paul Hayes, Matthew James Springer, Lincoln Belcourt, Matthew Daniel Solomon
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Patent number: 10273441Abstract: The invention relates to a perfusion manifold assembly that allows for perfusion of a microfluidic device, such as an organ on a chip microfluidic device comprising cells that mimic cells in an organ in the body, that is detachably linked with an assembly so that fluid enters ports of the microfluidic device from a fluid reservoir, optionally without tubing, at a controllable flow rate. The invention further relates to a drop-to-drop connection scheme for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device, including but not limited to, putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with the perfusion manifold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: EMULATE, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, II, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy, Joshua Gomes, Norman Wen, Jacob Freake, Doug Sabin
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Publication number: 20190002811Abstract: Drop-to-drop connection schemes are described for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device, including but not limited to, putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with the perfusion manifold assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, II, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy
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Patent number: 10125342Abstract: Drop-to-drop connection schemes are described for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device, including but not limited to, putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with the perfusion manifold assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: EMULATE, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, II, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy
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Publication number: 20170248573Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for analyzing small volumes of fluidic samples, as a non-limiting example, less than twenty microliters are provided. The devices are configured to make a first sample reading, for example, measure an energy property of the fluid sample, for example, osmolality, make a second sample reading, for example, detecting the presence or concentration of one or more analytes in the fluid sample, or make both the first sample reading and the second sample reading, for example, measuring the energy property of the fluid sample as well as detecting the presence or concentration of one or more analytes in the fluid sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Benjamin SULLIVAN, Steve ZMINA, Melissa LEE, Brandon WESTERBERG, Matthew Daniel SOLOMON, Christian POTZNER, Sebastiaan GARST, Matthew SPRINGER, Jason HAYES, Peter MUNSTER, Erol Craig HARVEY, Michael WILKINSON, Joanna SLOWINSKA, Derek LEE, Peter VAN RUIJVEN
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Publication number: 20170055522Abstract: A perfusion manifold assembly is described that allows for perfusion of a microfluidic device, such as an organ on a chip microfluidic device comprising cells that mimic cells in an organ in the body, that is detachably linked with said assembly so that fluid enters ports of the microfluidic device from a fluid reservoir, optionally without tubing, at a controllable flow rate. Drop-to-drop connection schemes are described for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device, including but not limited to, putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with the perfusion manifold assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy, Joshua Gomes, Norman Wen, Jacob Freake, Doug Sabin
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Publication number: 20170058243Abstract: Drop-to-drop connection schemes are described for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device, including but not limited to, putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with the perfusion manifold assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy
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Publication number: 20170056880Abstract: Drop-to-drop connection schemes are described for putting a microfluidic device in fluidic communication with a fluid source or another microfluidic device. Methods for establishing fluid connections with guide mechanisms are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Daniel Levner, Josiah Daniel Sliz, Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, Petrus Wilhelmus Martinus van Ruijven, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Christian Alexander Potzner, Patrick Sean Tuohy, Joshua Gomes
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Publication number: 20160076072Abstract: An assembly for preparing a specimen is provided that may be configured to determine the presence of at least one microorganism specie in the specimen. The assembly may include a pipette configured to acquire a specimen from a sample and an imaging cartridge configured to be in fluid communication with the pipette. The imaging cartridge and the pipette may be configured to be irreversibly coupled such that the specimen is bio-contained within the imaging cartridge and the pipette when the imaging cartridge and pipette are coupled together. Associated methods of use are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Alexander George Lastovich, Anita Quinn, Pauline Elizabeth Bell, James Lee Schram, Rex Young Nielson, Jason Paul Hayes, Matthew James Springer, Lincoln Belcourt, Matthew Daniel Solomon
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Publication number: 20140206562Abstract: Fabrication of a microfluidic multi-temperature reaction device (MMR) and the design and fabrication of the equipment to drive various molecular biological methods on the device are provided. The device can be applicable, for example, to nucleic acid (DNA, RNA, cDNA, etc) amplification, cell lysis, reverse transcription and other enzymatic temperature sensitive and also temperature cycling reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: QUANTUMDX GROUP LIMITEDInventors: JOHN EDWARD MCCORMACK, ELAINE HARRINGTON WARBURTON, JONATHAN JAMES O'HALLORAN, MATTHEW DANIEL SOLOMON, DAVID JAMES BRIGGS, MINDY LEE ANDRE, MATTHIAS SCHUENEMANN
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Publication number: 20140179909Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to molecular biological protocols, equipment and reagents for the extraction and fractionation of DNA molecules, from whole or lysed samples, in a single flow-through device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: QUANTUMDX GROUP LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan James O'Halloran, Elaine Harrington Warburton, Matthew Daniel Solomon, John Edward McCormack, Matthias Schuenemann, David James Briggs, Mindy Lee Andre
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Publication number: 20130095508Abstract: A pipette component for use in performing an experimental procedure with a fluid sample and a pipette, the pipette component including: a pipette interface configured to engage sealingly and separably with a body of the pipette; a tip interface configured to engage sealingly and separably with a replaceable tip; and an experiment region configured to receive at least part of the fluid sample by operation of the pipette, and configured to perform at least part of the experimental procedure in the experiment region using the at least part of the fluid sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: MINIFAB (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTDInventors: Andrew Paul Campitelli, Erol Craig Harvey, John Edward McCormack, Matthew Daniel Solomon, Edward Francis Wilkinson, Michael William Wilkinson, Grit Diessner