Patents by Inventor Nicholas Michael Illsley

Nicholas Michael Illsley 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).

  • Vessels and methods for cryopreservation
    Patent number: 11008157
    Abstract: An article including either a frame having an interior cavity, and a flexible liner situated within the interior cavity; or a deformable frame having an interior cavity. Either frame can receive a sample, such as liquid having suspended live cells, and cooling freezes the sample to a solid sample. The solid sample can be readily ejected from the article having either a frame with the flexible liner, or the deformable frame, without extensive thawing. The solid sample can be rapidly displaced from the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jessica Monique Brown, Nicholas Michael Illsley, Gregory Roger Martin, Ana Marie del Pilar Pardo, Allison Jean Tanner
  • VESSELS AND METHODS FOR CRYOPRESERVATION
    Publication number: 20170135337
    Abstract: An article including, either: a frame having an interior cavity, and a flexible liner situated within the interior cavity; or a deformable frame having an interior cavity, as defined herein. Either frame can receive a sample, such as liquid having suspended live cells, and cooling freezes the sample to a solid sample. The solid sample can be readily ejected from the article having either a frame with the flexible liner, or the deformable frame, without extensive thawing. The solid sample can be rapidly displaced from the article by the methods and apparatus disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jessica Monique Brown, Nicholas Michael Illsley, Gregory Roger Martin, Ana Marie del Pilar Pardo, Allison Jean Tanner
  • VESSELS AND METHODS FOR CRYOPRESERVATION
    Publication number: 20150048085
    Abstract: An article including, either: a frame having an interior cavity, and a flexible liner situated within the interior cavity; or a deformable frame having an interior cavity, as defined herein. Either frame can receive a sample, such as liquid having suspended live cells, and cooling freezes the sample to a solid sample. The solid sample can be readily ejected from the article having either a frame with the flexible liner, or the deformable frame, without extensive thawing. The solid sample can be rapidly displaced from the article by the methods and apparatus disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jessica Monique Brown, Nicholas Michael Illsley, Gregory Roger Martin, Ana Maria del Pilar Pardo, Allison Jean Tanner