Patents by Inventor Mina Behfar

Mina Behfar 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: 10773240
    Abstract: A method for solid-phase extraction is disclosed. The method includes fabricating a solid-phase extraction medium by incorporating a plurality of modified mesoporous silica particles within pores of a cotton fabric matrix, putting the solid-phase extraction medium in contact with a fluid containing metal ions including one of immersing the solid-phase extraction medium in the fluid containing metal ions or passing the fluid containing metal ions through the solid-phase extraction medium by continuously circulating the fluid through the solid-phase extraction medium, and extracting the metal ions from the fluid by adsorbing the metal ions onto the solid-phase extraction medium responsive to a contact between the solid-phase extraction medium and the fluid containing metal ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Ali Reza Ghiasvand, Mina Behfar, Fatemeh Yazdankhah
  • Patent number: 10345201
    Abstract: A vacuum-assisted coated fiber located in a capillary tube system for sampling and delivering materials to an analytical device and a method for sampling analytes is disclosed. A sorbent comprising polypyrrole/graphene oxide is coated on a fiber inserted within an interior space of the capillary tube to entrap an analyte within a sample. The vacuum-assisted coated fiber located in a capillary tube device also includes a vacuum device configured to vacuum the extraction vial. This may improve the extraction of the analytes vapors from the sample, matrix to the sorbent bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventors: Alireza Ghiasvand, Mina Behfar, Fatemeh Yazdankhah
  • Publication number: 20190091658
    Abstract: A method for solid-phase extraction is disclosed. The method includes fabricating a solid-phase extraction medium by incorporating a plurality of modified mesoporous silica particles within pores of a cotton fabric matrix, putting the solid-phase extraction medium in contact with a fluid containing metal ions including one of immersing the solid-phase extraction medium in the fluid containing metal ions or passing the fluid containing metal ions through the solid-phase extraction medium by continuously circulating the fluid through the solid-phase extraction medium, and extracting the metal ions from the fluid by adsorbing the metal ions onto the solid-phase extraction medium responsive to a contact between the solid-phase extraction medium and the fluid containing metal ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ali Reza Ghiasvand, Mina Behfar, Fatemeh Yazdankhah
  • Publication number: 20180038777
    Abstract: A vacuum-assisted coated fiber located in a capillary tube system for sampling and delivering materials to an analytical device and a method for sampling analytes is disclosed. A sorbent comprising polypyrrole/graphene oxide is coated on a fiber inserted within an interior space of the capillary tube to entrap an analyte within a sample. The vacuum-assisted coated fiber located in a capillary tube device also includes a vacuum device configured to vacuum the extraction vial. This may improve the extraction of the analytes vapors from the sample, matrix to the sorbent bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Alireza Ghiasvand, Mina Behfar, Fatemeh Yazdankhah