Patents by Inventor Steven James Gallagher

Steven James Gallagher 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).

  • External material accession systems and methods
    Patent number: 6447661
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are provided for introducing large numbers of different materials into a microfluidic analytical device rapidly, efficiently and reproducibly. In particular, improved integrated pipettor chip configurations, e.g. sippers or electropipettors, are described which are capable of sampling extremely small amounts of material for which analysis is desired, transporting material into a microfluidic analytical channel network, and performing the desired analysis on the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Caliper Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Andrea W. Chow, Robert S. Dubrow, J. Wallace Parce, Steven A. Sundberg, Jeffrey A. Wolk, Ring-Ling Chien, Steven James Gallagher, Michael R. Knapp, Anne R. Kopf-Sill, Tammy Burd Mehta