Patents by Inventor Peng-Chun Chen

Peng-Chun Chen 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: 10450545
    Abstract: This invention relates to microfluidic chips for and their applications in acquiring sperms with high velocity and/or motility. The microfluidic chip comprises an inlet region, a first flow channel, a divergent channel, an optional block structure with rounded corners and one or more outlet region(s). The invention mimics sperm activation process in body and designs a microfluidic chip mimicking the activation process so that higher amount of populations and/or subpopulations of sperms with high motility can be acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY, TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Richard Li-Chern Pan, Fan-Gang Tseng, Jen-Kuei Wu, Peng-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 9023613
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sperm selecting system and the method thereof. The brief concept of the present invention is to generate a flow field by hydraulic pressure difference then utilize the property that the sperm swims against the flow field so as to difference the sperms by vitality thereof. One of the main features of the present invention is that the sperms be selected are initially set at the entrance of the flow field instead of the exit of the system. Furthermore, an activating design can be selectively added to the present invention so as to activate the sperm be affected by the process of freeze storing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventors: Fan-Gang Tseng, Jen-Kuei Wu, Peng-Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20140051112
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sperm selecting system and the method thereof. The brief concept of the present invention is to generate a flow field by hydraulic pressure difference then utilize the property that the sperm swims against the flow field so as to difference the sperms by vitality thereof. One of the main features of the present invention is that the sperms be selected are initially set at the entrance of the flow field instead of the exit of the system. Furthermore, an activating design can be selectively added to the present invention so as to activate the sperm be affected by the process of freeze storing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Fan-Gang TSENG, Jen-Kuei WU, Peng-Chun Chen