Patents by Inventor Stephen HASWELL

Stephen HASWELL 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: 20190009190
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a sample processing device, such as a microfluidic device, comprising a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of channels configured to transport a fluid, and wherein the plurality of channels are substantially coated with lubricin, or a functional variant thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing such devices, methods of preventing fouling of a channel in a device using lubricin, or a functional variant thereof and methods of controlling the electrokinetic flow of an analyte through a channel that is substantially coated with lubricin, or a functional variant thereof. Also disclosed herein is chromatographic material for the electrophoretic and/or chromatographic separation of an analyte, wherein the chromatographic material is substantially coated with lubricin, or a functional variant thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: George W. Greene, Brett PAULL, Emer DUFFY, Kara SPILSTEAD, Stephen HASWELL