Patents by Inventor Salvador PANÉ I VIDAL

Salvador PANÉ I VIDAL 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).

  • Atomic force microscope integrated with a multiple degrees-of-freedom magnetic actuator
    Patent number: 9645144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomolecular measurement system (1), which enables to measure the intermolecular forces arising from the interaction between two biomolecules or the intramolecular forces within a single biomolecule by using an atomic force microscope (AFM). In the present invention, the cantilever (2) is moved only when the actuator (4) moves the magnetic nanowire (3) and thus moves the molecule attached to the end of the magnetic nanowire (3). Since the cantilever (2) is not moved, fluctuation and disturbance is not created in the liquid containing the biomolecules. Thus, the measurements are made more accurately and with higher resolution. Additionally, by means of the actuator (4), the biomolecules are enabled to be moved upon exertion of magnetic force at any coordinate on x, y and z axes on the nanowire (3), or exertion of torque on two axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: BOGAZICI ÜNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Hamdi Torun, Olgac Ergeneman, Salvador Pané I Vidal, Bradley J. Nelson
  • ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE INTEGRATED WITH A MULTIPLE DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM MAGNETIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20160266107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomolecular measurement system (1), which enables to measure the intermolecular forces arising from the interaction between two biomolecules or the intramolecular forces within a single biomolecule by using an atomic force microscope (AFM). In the present invention, the cantilever (2) is moved only when the actuator (4) moves the magnetic nanowire (3) and thus moves the molecule attached to the end of the magnetic nanowire (3). Since the cantilever (2) is not moved, fluctuation and disturbance is not created in the liquid containing the biomolecules. Thus, the measurements are made more accurately and with higher resolution. Additionally, by means of the actuator (4), the biomolecules are enabled to be moved upon exertion of magnetic force at any coordinate on x, y and z axes on the nanowire (3), or exertion of torque on two axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BOGAZICI ÜNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Hamdi TORUN, Olgac ERGENEMAN, Salvador PANÉ I VIDAL, Bradley J. NELSON