Patents by Inventor Robert Granier

Robert Granier 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: 20260126371
    Abstract: A modular, point-of-care diagnostic system for analyzing blood is provided comprising a blood sample preparation module and one or more analytical modules including a hematology analysis module and a chemistry analysis module disposed within a housing. The system comprises common biological fluid handling hardware disposed in the housing and configured to convey blood samples or portions thereof between the blood sample preparation module, the one or more analytical modules, and a consumable reagent cartridge comprising one or more reagents for a first set of tests or controls. The system comprises common wash fluid handling hardware for preparing the common fluid handling hardware and fluid-contacting surfaces of the one or more analytical modules for interaction with a second consumable reagent cartridge containing reagents for a second set of tests or controls by the one or more analytical modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Daniel Morris Hartmann, Jesse Newton Jones, IV, Anthony Lawrence Maida
  • Publication number: 20260126372
    Abstract: A module includes one or more focusing optics, a flowcell configured to receive one or more particles, a collimated laser configured to shine a beam of light through the one or more focusing optics onto the flowcell, wherein the one or more focusing optics is configured to provide a beam of light from the collimated laser that overfills a width of the flowcell a side scatter optical train which includes one or more optics and one or more side scatter detectors, wherein the one or more side scatter detectors are configured to receive light scattered by the one or more particles, a forward scatter optical train which includes a forward scatter mask, one or more optics, and one or more forward scatter detectors, wherein the one or more forward scatter detectors are configured to receive the scattered light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth Thomas Kotz, Michael David Sánchez, Daniel Morris Hartmann, Jesse Newton Jones, IV, Steven M. Scherr
  • Publication number: 20260126459
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe an analytical module for performing automated assays on fluids. The present disclosure provides an analytical module comprising a cylindrical housing attached to a rigid base supporting a motor. The housing includes magnets and a sensor. The module comprises a shuttle attached to the rotating motor shaft, nested within and free to rotate in the housing, configured to hold reaction vessels, and comprising a flag that interacts with the sensor to define position. The module includes a detector connected to the housing and a shroud shielding the detector from ambient light. The disclosure provides an immunoassay module with a system to perform magnetic bead-based immunoassays configured to shake reaction vessels for mixing and bead resuspension. Methods for performing immunoassays using the analytical module are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Anthony Lawrence Maida, Jesse Newton Jones, IV, Daniel Morris Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20250025873
    Abstract: A modular analytic system includes a base, at least one fluid sample processing module configured to be removably attached to the base, at least one fluid sample analysis module configured to be removably attached to the base, a fluid actuation module positioned on the base, a fluidic network comprising multiple fluidic channels, in which the fluid actuation module is arranged to control transport of a fluid sample between the at least one sample processing module and the at least one sample analysis module through the fluidic network, and an electronic processor, in which the electronic processor is configured to control operation of the fluid actuation module and receive measurement data from the at least one fluid sample analysis module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Ramin Haghgooie, Ken Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky, Ronald G. Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20250001415
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a device for storing a liquid sample, in which the device has a sample acceptance well, one or more storage chambers, and one or more fluidic channels fluidly coupling the sample acceptance well to the one or more storage chambers. The apparatus also includes a well plate having a plate and multiple wells formed in the plate, in which the device and the well plate are configured to be attached to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Robert Granier, Kenneth T. Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky
  • Patent number: 12083513
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a device for storing a liquid sample, in which the device has a sample acceptance well, one or more storage chambers, and one or more fluidic channels fluidly coupling the sample acceptance well to the one or more storage chambers. The apparatus also includes a well plate having a plate and multiple wells formed in the plate, in which the device and the well plate are configured to be attached to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Robert Granier, Kenneth T. Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky
  • Patent number: 12078588
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfluidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Patent number: 12053774
    Abstract: A modular analytic system includes a base, at least one fluid sample processing module configured to be removably attached to the base, at least one fluid sample analysis module configured to be removably attached to the base, a fluid actuation module positioned on the base, a fluidic network comprising multiple fluidic channels, in which the fluid actuation module is arranged to control transport of a fluid sample between the at least one sample processing module and the at least one sample analysis module through the fluidic network, and an electronic processor, in which the electronic processor is configured to control operation of the fluid actuation module and receive measurement data from the at least one fluid sample analysis module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Ramin Haghgooie, Ken Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky, Ronald G. Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20230251182
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfluidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Patent number: 11644409
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfliuidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Publication number: 20220373451
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfliuidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Patent number: 11275018
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfluidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Publication number: 20210362150
    Abstract: A modular analytic system includes a base, at least one fluid sample processing module configured to be removably attached to the base, at least one fluid sample analysis module configured to be removably attached to the base, a fluid actuation module positioned on the base, a fluidic network comprising multiple fluidic channels, in which the fluid actuation module is arranged to control transport of a fluid sample between the at least one sample processing module and the at least one sample analysis module through the fluidic network, and an electronic processor, in which the electronic processor is configured to control operation of the fluid actuation module and receive measurement data from the at least one fluid sample analysis module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Ramin Haghgooie, Ken Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky, Ronald G. Tompkins
  • Patent number: 10946377
    Abstract: A modular analytic system includes a base, at least one fluid sample processing module configured to be removably attached to the base, at least one fluid sample analysis module configured to be removably attached to the base, a fluid actuation module positioned on the base, a fluidic network comprising multiple fluidic channels, in which the fluid actuation module is arranged to control transport of a fluid sample between the at least one sample processing module and the at least one sample analysis module through the fluidic network, and an electronic processor, in which the electronic processor is configured to control operation of the fluid actuation module and receive measurement data from the at least one fluid sample analysis module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Ramin Haghgooie, Ken Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky, Ronald G. Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20200333240
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfluidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Patent number: 10739250
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfliuidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Publication number: 20200122141
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a device for storing a liquid sample, in which the device has a sample acceptance well, one or more storage chambers, and one or more fluidic channels fluidly coupling the sample acceptance well to the one or more storage chambers. The apparatus also includes a well plate having a plate and multiple wells formed in the plate, in which the device and the well plate are configured to be attached to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Robert Granier, Kenneth T. Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky
  • Publication number: 20200003676
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfliuidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Patent number: 10436704
    Abstract: Reusable network of spatially-multiplexed microfluidic channels each including an inlet, an outlet, and a cuvette in-between. Individual channels may operationally share a main or common output channel defining the network output and optionally leading to a disposable storage volume. Alternatively, multiple channels are structured to individually lead to the storage volume. An individual cuvette is dimensioned to substantially prevent the formation of air-bubbles during the fluid sample flow through the cuvette and, therefore, to be fully filled and fully emptied. The overall channel network is configured to spatially lock the fluidic sample by pressing such sample with a second fluid against a closed to substantially immobilize it to prevent drifting due to the change in ambient conditions during the measurement. Thereafter, the fluidic sample is flushed through the now-opened valve with continually-applied pressure of the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Ramin Haghgooie, Kenneth T. Kotz, Robert Granier, Anne Celia Petrofsky
  • Publication number: 20190262828
    Abstract: A modular analytic system includes a base, at least one fluid sample processing module configured to be removably attached to the base, at least one fluid sample analysis module configured to be removably attached to the base, a fluid actuation module positioned on the base, a fluidic network comprising multiple fluidic channels, in which the fluid actuation module is arranged to control transport of a fluid sample between the at least one sample processing module and the at least one sample analysis module through the fluidic network, and an electronic processor, in which the electronic processor is configured to control operation of the fluid actuation module and receive measurement data from the at least one fluid sample analysis module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Granier, Ramin Haghgooie, Ken Kotz, Anne C. Petrofsky, Ronald G. Tompkins