Patents by Inventor Olga I. Shimelis

Olga I. Shimelis 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).

  • Publication number: 20200360918
    Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously extracting one or more analytes from a plurality of samples, the apparatus comprising a housing having an upper platform having a plurality of pins, each pin suitable for BioSPME, and a lower platform having a plurality of wells for sample solutions, such when the upper platform is fitted over the lower platform, the pins of the upper platform fit into the wells of the lower platform such that the pins are immersed into the samples, allowing for simultaneous extraction of analytes in each sample. The apparatus can be coupled with other instruments to enable measurement of total and free analytes in each sample. Also provided are methods of simultaneous extraction of analytes in a plurality of samples using the apparatus described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Chen, Olga I. Shimelis, Dave Bell, Katherine K. Stenerson, Craig Aurund, Emily Barrey, Xiaoning Lu, Kurt Greenizen
  • Patent number: 10434492
    Abstract: A composition, method and device for the preparation of biological samples for subsequent instrumental analyses, such as GC, GC-MS, LC and LC-MS analysis, using a solid phase extraction (SPE) process is described. Through SPE process alone or an integrated combination of protein precipitation, filtration, and SPE using a hydrophobic zirconia-coated chromatographic media, interfering compounds, such as proteins, glycerides and phosphate-containing compounds, are eliminated from the biological, food, environmental and biotechnology samples, affording an enhanced analyte response during the instrumental analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoning Lu, Olga I. Shimelis, Maochun M. Ye
  • Publication number: 20100291688
    Abstract: A composition, method and device for the preparation of biological samples for subsequent instrumental analyses, such as GC, GC-MS, LC and LC-MS analysis, using a solid phase extraction (SPE) process is described. Through SPE process alone or an integrated combination of protein precipitation, filtration, and SPE using a hydrophobic zirconia-coated chromatographic media, interfering compounds, such as proteins, glycerides and phosphate-containing compounds, are eliminated from the biological, food, environmental and biotechnology samples, affording an enhanced analyte response during the instrumental analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SIGMA-ALDRICH CO.
    Inventors: Xiaoning Lu, Olga I. Shimelis, Maochun M. Ye