Patents by Inventor Michael Krouse

Michael Krouse 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).

  • Patent number: 11098301
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, devices and methods for nucleic acid or protein purification and imaging. A system is provided including a cartridge comprising a sample input area configured to hold a sample, comprising a plurality of hybridized complexes comprising a plurality of target molecules each hybridized with probes and a plurality of non-hybridized probes. The cartridge may also include a first binding chamber configured with first magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a first elution channel configured to receive the first magnetic beads and elute the sample from the first magnetic beads, a second binding chamber configured with second magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a second elution channel configured to receive the second magnetic beads and elute the sample from the second magnetic beads, and a binding area configured to receive the eluted sample and hold molecules for imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NanoString Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne Dunaway, Rustem Khafizov, Qian Mei, Lucas Dennis, Michael Krouse, Joseph M. Beechem, Isaac Sprague
  • Publication number: 20190316115
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, devices and methods for nucleic acid or protein purification and imaging. A system is provided including a cartridge comprising a sample input area configured to hold a sample, comprising a plurality of hybridized complexes comprising a plurality of target molecules each hybridized with probes and a plurality of non-hybridized probes. The cartridge may also include a first binding chamber configured with first magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a first elution channel configured to receive the first magnetic beads and elute the sample from the first magnetic beads, a second binding chamber configured with second magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a second elution channel configured to receive the second magnetic beads and elute the sample from the second magnetic beads, and a binding area configured to receive the eluted sample and hold molecules for imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Dwayne Dunaway, Rustem Khafizov, Qian Mei, Lucas Dennis, Michael Krouse, Joseph M. Beechem, Isaac Sprague
  • Patent number: 10246700
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, devices and methods for nucleic acid or protein purification and imaging. A system is provided including a cartridge comprising a sample input area configured to hold a sample, comprising a plurality of hybridized complexes comprising a plurality of target molecules each hybridized with probes and a plurality of non-hybridized probes. The cartridge may also include a first binding chamber configured with first magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a first elution channel configured to receive the first magnetic beads and elute the sample from the first magnetic beads, a second binding chamber configured with second magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a second elution channel configured to receive the second magnetic beads and elute the sample from the second magnetic beads, and a binding area configured to receive the eluted sample and hold molecules for imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: NanoString Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne Dunaway, Rustem Khafizov, Qian Mei, Lucas Dennis, Michael Krouse, Joseph M. Beechem, Isaac Sprague
  • Publication number: 20160145602
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, devices and methods for nucleic acid or protein purification and imaging. A system is provided including a cartridge comprising a sample input area configured to hold a sample, comprising a plurality of hybridized complexes comprising a plurality of target molecules each hybridized with probes and a plurality of non-hybridized probes. The cartridge may also include a first binding chamber configured with first magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a first elution channel configured to receive the first magnetic beads and elute the sample from the first magnetic beads, a second binding chamber configured with second magnetic beads to receive and bind the sample, a second elution channel configured to receive the second magnetic beads and elute the sample from the second magnetic beads, and a binding area configured to receive the eluted sample and hold molecules for imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Dwayne DUNAWAY, Rustem KHAFIZOV, Qian MEI, Lucas DENNIS, Michael KROUSE, Joseph M. BEECHEM, Isaac SPRAGUE
  • Patent number: 8623599
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to composition and methods for the providing of DNA for methylation analysis that is in particular suitable to be applied in reference laboratories. Further 5 aspects of the invention relate to composition and methods for the highly specific and sensitive methylation analysis of the Septin 9 gene also in particular suitable to be applied in reference laboratories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Epigenomics AG
    Inventors: Theo Devos, Cathy Lofton-Day, Andrew Sledziewski, Fabian Model, Michael Krouse, Jesse Ho, Matthias Schuster, Juergen Distler, Reimo Tetzner
  • Publication number: 20110009277
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to composition and methods for the providing of DNA for methylation analysis that is in particular suitable to be applied in reference laboratories. Further 5 aspects of the invention relate to composition and methods for the highly specific and sensitive methylation analysis of the Septin 9 gene also in particular suitable to be applied in reference laboratories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Theo Devos, Cathy Lofton-Day, Andrew Sledziewski, Fabian Model, Michael Krouse, Jesse Ho, Matthias Schuster, Juergen Distler, Reimo Tetzner