Patents by Inventor Richard Min

Richard Min 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).

  • Dynamic magnetic cell sorting
    Patent number: 10330580
    Abstract: A microfluidic magnetic selector comprises a microfluidic channel comprising at least one bifurcation, forming a selection portion of the selector and splitting the microfluidic channel into a main channel and at least one selection channel; at least one magnetic flux concentrator for concentrating a magnetic flux at the level of the bifurcation, and means for generating a magnetic field within the magnetic flux concentrator, and a controller for controlling magnetic pulses through the magnetic flux concentrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Richard Min, Liesbet Lagae, Chengxun Liu, Chengjun Huang
  • Dynamic Magnetic Cell Sorting
    Publication number: 20160370279
    Abstract: A microfluidic magnetic selector comprises a microfluidic channel comprising at least one bifurcation, forming a selection portion of the selector and splitting the microfluidic channel into a main channel and at least one selection channel; at least one magnetic flux concentrator for concentrating a magnetic flux at the level of the bifurcation, and means for generating a magnetic field within the magnetic flux concentrator, and a controller for controlling magnetic pulses through the magnetic flux concentrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Min, Liesbet Lagae, Chengxun Liu, Chengjun Huang