Patents by Inventor Pete Crawford

Pete Crawford 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: 11666875
    Abstract: A dispensing device, comprising a plurality of microfluidic pumps, microfluidic valves, and a microfluidic mixer chip, for receiving and mixing microfluidic amounts of a plurality of fluids having differing viscosities, is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of pathways for moving fluids from associated reservoirs to the microfluidic mixer chip. A mix controller controls the microfluidic pumps and valves so that the fluids, having different viscosities, can be accurately mixed at specified microfluidic amounts or volumes according to a specified microfluidic recipe, and the microfluidic mixture dispensed from the device. The device can be in communication with a software application implemented on a mobile compute device, such as a smartphone, and receive instructions for implementing the specified microfluidic recipe from the software application such that the operation of device components is at the direction of the software application executed on the mobile compute device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ALTOPA, INC.
    Inventors: Matt Wilson, Jon Whalen, Todd Wilson, Pete Crawford, Scott Eric Liddle, Keith Gausmann, Jaysun Giesler, Nathan Thomas Luck, Nicole Kaylor Wicker, Jon Collette
  • Publication number: 20200406205
    Abstract: A dispensing device, comprising a plurality of microfluidic pumps, microfluidic valves, and a microfluidic mixer chip, for receiving and mixing microfluidic amounts of a plurality of fluids having differing viscosities, is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of pathways for moving fluids from associated reservoirs to the microfluidic mixer chip. A mix controller controls the microfluidic pumps and valves so that the fluids, having different viscosities, can be accurately mixed at specified microfluidic amounts or volumes according to a specified microfluidic recipe, and the microfluidic mixture dispensed from the device. The device can be in communication with a software application implemented on a mobile compute device, such as a smartphone, and receive instructions for implementing the specified microfluidic recipe from the software application such that the operation of device components is at the direction of the software application executed on the mobile compute device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: ALTOPA, INC.
    Inventors: Matt WILSON, Jon WHALEN, Todd WILSON, Pete CRAWFORD, Scott Eric LIDDLE, Keith GAUSMANN, Jaysun GIESLER, Nathan Thomas LUCK, Nicole Kaylor WICKER, Jon COLLETTE
  • Publication number: 20200254407
    Abstract: A portable microfluidic mixer system includes a blend application to issue blend instructions, and a microfluidic mixer device. The microfluidic mixer device includes a housing, microfluidic pumps and valves within the device housing, a microfluidic dispenser, a microfluidic mixer chip, and a mix controller. The microfluidic mixer chip receives and meters microfluidic amounts of one or more fluids. The mix controller electronically communicates with the blend application to receives blend application blend instructions. The microfluidic mixer device includes fluid pathways for fluid communication between one or more fluid canisters and the microfluidic mixer chip, and between the microfluidic mixer chip and the microfluidic dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: ALTOPA, INC.
    Inventors: Matt WILSON, Scott Eric LIDDLE, Keith GAUSMANN, Jaysun GIESLER, Nathan Thomas LUCK, Lonnie Brent POOLE, Jon WHALEN, Todd WILSON, Pete CRAWFORD, Nicole Kaylor WICKER, Jon COLLETTE
  • Patent number: 10632432
    Abstract: A dispensing device, comprising a plurality of microfluidic pumps, microfluidic valves, and a microfluidic mixer chip, for receiving and mixing microfluidic amounts of a plurality of fluids having differing viscosities, is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of pathways for moving fluids from associated reservoirs to the microfluidic mixer chip. A mix controller controls the microfluidic pumps and valves so that the fluids, having different viscosities, can be accurately mixed at specified microfluidic amounts or volumes according to a specified microfluidic recipe, and the microfluidic mixture dispensed from the device. The device can be in communication with a software application implemented on a mobile compute device, such as a smartphone, and receive instructions for implementing the specified microfluidic recipe from the software application such that the operation of device components is at the direction of the software application executed on the mobile compute device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Altopa, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Wilson, Jon Whalen, Todd Wilson, Pete Crawford, Scott Eric Liddle, Keith Gausmann, Jaysun Giesler, Nathan Thomas Luck, Nicole Kaylor Wicker, Jon Collette
  • Publication number: 20190105619
    Abstract: A dispensing device, comprising a plurality of microfluidic pumps, microfluidic valves, and a microfluidic mixer chip, for receiving and mixing microfluidic amounts of a plurality of fluids having differing viscosities, is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of pathways for moving fluids from associated reservoirs to the microfluidic mixer chip. A mix controller controls the microfluidic pumps and valves so that the fluids, having different viscosities, can be accurately mixed at specified microfluidic amounts or volumes according to a specified microfluidic recipe, and the microfluidic mixture dispensed from the device. The device can be in communication with a software application implemented on a mobile compute device, such as a smartphone, and receive instructions for implementing the specified microfluidic recipe from the software application such that the operation of device components is at the direction of the software application executed on the mobile compute device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: ALTOPA, INC.
    Inventors: Matt WILSON, Jon WHALEN, Todd WILSON, Pete CRAWFORD, Scott Eric LIDDLE, Keith GAUSMANN, Jaysun GIESLER, Nathan Thomas LUCK, Nicole Kaylor WICKER, Jon COLLETTE
  • Patent number: D802992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Altopa, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Wilson, Nicole Kaylor Wicker, Todd Wilson, Scott Eric Liddle, Pete Crawford, Keith Gausmann, Jaysun Giesler
  • Patent number: D873068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Altopa, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Wilson, Nicole Kaylor Wicker, Todd Wilson, Scott Eric Liddle, Pete Crawford, Keith Gausmann, Jaysun Giesler