Patents by Inventor STEVEN SCHERR

STEVEN SCHERR 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: 20240359176
    Abstract: A low cost/disposable fluidic cartridge for interferometric reflectance imaging sensor is described. Systems and methods using this cartridge are also disclosed. The cartridges and systems simplify the protocols and minimizes potential user error, for example, in biosensing experiments and assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: M. Selim ÜNLÜ, Derin SEVENLER, Jacob TRUEB, Steven SCHERR
  • Publication number: 20210187508
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to microfluidic droplets and, in particular, to multiple emulsion microfluidic droplets. Provided are methods and a device of ordering, sorting and/or focusing particles, the method comprising leading the particles through a microfluidic channel comprising a channel height (H) in the range of (1.8) D to (1.2) D and a channel width (W) in the range of (1.33) D to 1 D, wherein D is the particle diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Steven Scherr, Colin J.H. Brenan, Michael J. Brenan, Marcel Reichen
  • Publication number: 20210069706
    Abstract: A low cost/disposable fluidic cartridge for interferometric reflectance imaging sensor is described. Systems and methods using this cartridge are also disclosed. The cartridges and systems simplify the protocols and minimizes potential user error, for example, in biosensing experiments and assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: M. Selim ÜNLÜ, Derin SEVENLER, Jabob TRUEB, Steven SCHERR
  • Publication number: 20200338552
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fluidic interface for delivering a fluid into a microfluidic device, the interface comprising a chamber comprising a first accepting/delivering fluid opening and a second accepting/delivering fluid opening, each opening being positioned opposite to the other, wherein the diameter of the first accepting/delivering fluid opening is smaller than the internal diameter of the chamber and a tubing system connecting the first accepting/delivering fluid opening to a pressure source capable of generating positive or negative pressure. The interface is characterized in that the second accepting/delivering fluid opening is designed to mechanically limit its insertion into a receptacle of a microfluidic device to ensure a predetermined gap (H) between the second accepting/delivering fluid opening and a lower side of the receptacle of a microfluidic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Scherr, Colin J. H. Brenan, Michael J. Brenan, Marcel Reichen, Raphael Clement Li-Ming Doineau
  • Patent number: 10585042
    Abstract: A system for analyzing one or more liquid samples includes a microwell plate including a plurality of rows of wells configured to store liquid samples, a sensor array that is moveable relative to the microwell plate along a first axis between a first position and a second position to allow a portion of the sensor array to be disposed within a first one of the plurality of rows of wells when the sensor array is in the second position, an objective, and one or more linear translation stages configured to move the microwell plate relative to the objective (i) along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, (ii) along a third axis that is orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY, NANOVIEW BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: M. Selim Ünlü, Derin Sevenler, Jacob Trueb, Oguzhan Avci, Celalettin Yurdakul, Steven Scherr, George G. Daaboul, David S. Freedman
  • Publication number: 20190376896
    Abstract: A system for analyzing one or more liquid samples includes a microwell plate including a plurality of rows of wells configured to store liquid samples, a sensor array that is moveable relative to the microwell plate along a first axis between a first position and a second position to allow a portion of the sensor array to be disposed within a first one of the plurality of rows of wells when the sensor array is in the second position, an objective, and one or more linear translation stages configured to move the microwell plate relative to the objective (i) along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, (ii) along a third axis that is orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: M. SELIM ÜNLÜ, DERIN SEVENLER, JACOB TRUEB, OGUZHAN AVCI, CELALETTIN YURDAKUL, STEVEN SCHERR, GEORGE G. DAABOUL, DAVID S. FREEDMAN