Patents by Inventor Simon Andrew ASHFORTH

Simon Andrew ASHFORTH 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: 20210237078
    Abstract: The present application discloses a plurality of embodiments and associated inventions, with respect to microfluidic systems for at least one of identifying, imaging, orientating, and sorting particles, in particular, biological cells, and more particularly, X and Y sperm cells. In some embodiments, a module system with functional connectors is provided, each module being connected by a connector that can provide additional functionality aside from enabling fluid flow between modules. The present disclosure also is directed to microfluidic systems which include particle delivery tubes configured to orient particles (e.g., X and Y sperm cells), as well as microfluidic systems for generating a static, spatial patterns within the microfluidic channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Miriam Cather SIMPSON, Peter Anthony Greenwood HOSKING, Simon Andrew ASHFORTH, Claude AGUERGARAY, Michael Ronald KEOUGH