Patents by Inventor Shawn M. Sarkaria

Shawn M. Sarkaria 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: 20100291584
    Abstract: A microfluidic system has a pipette system comprising a plurality of pipettes, a microfluidic chip arranged proximate the pipette system, an imaging optical detection system arranged proximate the microfluidic chip, and an image processing system in communication with the imaging optical detection system. The microfluidic chip has a plurality of cell culture chambers defined by a body of the microfluidic chip, each cell culture chamber being in fluid connection with an input channel and an output channel defined by the microfluidic chip. The pipette system is constructed and arranged to at least one of inject fluid through the plurality of pipettes into the plurality of input channels or extract fluid through the plurality of pipettes from the plurality of output channels while the microfluidic system is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Hsian-Rong Tseng, Kenichiro Kamei, Jing Sun, Paul S. Mischel, Michael D. Masterman-Smith, David A. Nathanson, Tiffany Huang, Michael Van Dam, Christian Behrenbruch, Shawn M. Sarkaria