Patents by Inventor Robert Gorkin

Robert Gorkin 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: 11650109
    Abstract: A textile with an electrically conductive first side and an electrically conductive second side where the two sides are separated by an electrically insulating part of the textile and where the electrically conductivity is provided by a graphene coating on the respective sides and where a capacitance can be formed between the respective conductive sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: IMAGINE INTELLIGENT MATERIALS LTD
    Inventors: Phillip Aitchison, Vito Giorgio, Robert Gorkin
  • Publication number: 20220226547
    Abstract: The technology relates to a method of producing a moulded polyurethane hydrogel, for example a condom. The method involves forming a solution of at least one polyurethane having a molecular weight of between about 40000 to about 500000 in a water:organic polar solvent comprising less than about 40% (v/v) water; applying a layer of the solution to a mould; drying the layer of the first solution to form a polyurethane film on the mould; and contacting the polyurethane film with a swelling agent under conditions such that the film forms a polyurethane hydrogel with a swelling agent content of between about 1% to about 95%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Eudaemon Technologies Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Gorkin, III, Simon Cook, David Shepherd
  • Patent number: 9295990
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices and in particular microfluidic devices incorporating a valve for selectively controlling the flow of a fluid within the microfluidic device are described. Specific examples of a microfluidic device are described, comprising a sacrificial valve, desirably one that is dissolvable on contact with a fluid or that is configured to disintegrate or dissolve on experiencing a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jens Ducrée, Robert Gorkin, Charles Nwankire
  • Publication number: 20140224349
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices and in particular microfluidic devices incorporating a valve for selectively controlling the flow of a fluid within the microfluidic device are described. Specific examples of a microfluidic device are described, comprising a sacrificial valve, desirably one that is dissolvable on contact with a fluid or that is configured to disintegrate or dissolve on experiencing a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Dublin City University
    Inventors: Jens Ducrée, Robert Gorkin, Charles Nwankire
  • Patent number: 8303911
    Abstract: A microfluidic system for processing a sample includes a microfluidic CD in the form a rotatable disc, the disc containing a plurality of separate lysis chambers therein. A magnetic lysis blade and lysis beads are disposed in each of the lysis chambers and a plurality of stationary magnets are disposed adjacent to and separate from the microfluidic CD. The stationary magnets are configured to magnetically interact with each of the magnetic lysis blades upon rotation of the microfluidic CD. Each lysis chamber may have its own separate sample inlet port or, alternatively, the lysis chambers may be connected to one another with a single inlet port coupled to one of the lysis chambers. Downstream processing may include nucleic acid amplification using thermoelectric heating as well as detection using a nucleic acid microarray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegrist, Robert A. Gorkin, III, Regis Peytavi, Marc Madou, Horacio Kido, Mary Amasia, Emmanuel Roy, Teodor Veres
  • Publication number: 20110111987
    Abstract: A microfluidic system for processing a sample includes a microfluidic CD in the form a rotatable disc, the disc containing a plurality of separate lysis chambers therein. A magnetic lysis blade and lysis beads are disposed in each of the lysis chambers and a plurality of stationary magnets are disposed adjacent to and separate from the microfluidic CD. The stationary magnets are configured to magnetically interact with each of the magnetic lysis blades upon rotation of the microfluidic CD. Each lysis chamber may have its own separate sample inlet port or, alternatively, the lysis chambers may be connected to one another with a single inlet port coupled to one of the lysis chambers. Downstream processing may include nucleic acid amplification using thermoelectric heating as well as detection using a nucleic acid microarray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Jonathan Siegrist, Robert A. Gorkin, III, Regis Peytavi, Marc Madou, Horacio Kido, Mary Amasia, Emmanuel Roy, Teodor Veres