Patents by Inventor Nikita Mukhitov

Nikita Mukhitov 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).

  • Microscope sample preparation device
    Patent number: 10788404
    Abstract: A sample preparation device for electron microscopy (EM) that is configured to eliminate user-to-user variations and environment contaminations, which are often present in the conventional method of sample preparation. The device not only provides a means for evenly and reproducibly delivering a fluid or sample to an EM grid, but also provides a means for sealing the EM grid in an air-tight chamber and delivering air-sensitive samples to the EM grid. The platform may comprise readily fabricated glass chips with features integrated to preserve the integrity of the sample grid and to facilitate its extraction. The methods may eliminate the element of user dependent variability and thus improve the throughput, reproducibility and translation of these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Roper, Nikita Mukhitov, Scott Stagg, John Spear
  • MICROSCOPE SAMPLE PREPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180209880
    Abstract: A sample preparation device for electron microscopy (EM) that is configured to eliminate user-to-user variations and environment contaminations, which are often present in the conventional method of sample preparation. The device not only provides a means for evenly and reproducibly delivering a fluid or sample to an EM grid, but also provides a means for sealing the EM grid in an air-tight chamber and delivering air-sensitive samples to the EM grid. The platform may comprise readily fabricated glass chips with features integrated to preserve the integrity of the sample grid and to facilitate its extraction. The methods may eliminate the element of user dependent variability and thus improve the throughput, reproducibility and translation of these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Michael G. Roper, Nikita Mukhitov, Scott Stagg, John Spear
  • Microscope sample preparation device
    Patent number: 9958362
    Abstract: A sample preparation device for electron microscopy (EM) that is configured to eliminate user-to-user variations and environment contaminations, which are often present in the conventional method of sample preparation. The device not only provides a means for evenly and reproducibly delivering a fluid or sample to an EM grid, but also provides a means for sealing the EM grid in an air-tight chamber and delivering air-sensitive samples to the EM grid. The platform may comprise readily fabricated glass chips with features integrated to preserve the integrity of the sample grid and to facilitate its extraction. The methods may eliminate the element of user dependent variability and thus improve the throughput, reproducibility and translation of these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Roper, Nikita Mukhitov, Scott Stagg, John Spear