Patents by Inventor Tayloria N.G. ADAMS

Tayloria N.G. ADAMS 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A PARTICLE USING DIELECTROPHORESIS
    Publication number: 20180292352
    Abstract: A system for identifying a particle. The system includes a microfluidic device; a microelectrode array including a plurality of electrodes, the microelectrode array disposed within the microfluidic device; a plurality of particles suspended in a solution and delivered to the micro-electrode array using the microfluidic device; a signal generator operatively coupled to the microelectrode array; a particle detector adjacent to the microelectrode array; and a controller in operative communication with the signal generator and the particle detector. The controller is configured to apply an oscillating voltage signal to the microelectrode array between a low frequency and a high frequency at a sweep rate, wherein the sweep rate is no more than a maximum sweep rate, and determine a distribution of the plurality of particles relative to the microelectrode array at a plurality of frequency levels between the low frequency and the high frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Adrienne Robyn MINERICK, Jeana L. COLLINS, Kaela M. LEONARD, Tayloria N.G. ADAMS
  • Methods and systems for identifying a particle using dielectrophoresis
    Patent number: 10012613
    Abstract: A system for identifying a particle. The system includes a microfluidic device; a microelectrode array including a plurality of electrodes, the microelectrode array disposed within the microfluidic device; a plurality of particles suspended in a solution and delivered to the microelectrode array using the microfluidic device; a signal generator operatively coupled to the microelectrode array; a particle detector adjacent to the microelectrode array; and a controller in operative communication with the signal generator and the particle detector. The controller is configured to apply an oscillating voltage signal to the microelectrode array between a low frequency and a high frequency at a sweep rate, wherein the sweep rate is no more than a maximum sweep rate, and determine a distribution of the plurality of particles relative to the microelectrode array at a plurality of frequency levels between the low frequency and the high frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Michigan Technological University
    Inventors: Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Jeana L. Collins, Kaela M. Leonard, Tayloria N.G. Adams
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A PARTICLE USING DIELECTROPHORESIS
    Publication number: 20160238558
    Abstract: A system for identifying a particle. The system includes a microfluidic device; a microelectrode array including a plurality of electrodes, the microelectrode array disposed within the microfluidic device; a plurality of particles suspended in a solution and delivered to the microelectrode array using the microfluidic device; a signal generator operatively coupled to the microelectrode array; a particle detector adjacent to the microelectrode array; and a controller in operative communication with the signal generator and the particle detector. The controller is configured to apply an oscillating voltage signal to the microelectrode array between a low frequency and a high frequency at a sweep rate, wherein the sweep rate is no more than a maximum sweep rate, and determine a distribution of the plurality of particles relative to the microelectrode array at a plurality of frequency levels between the low frequency and the high frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Adrienne Robyn MINERICK, Jeana L. COLLINS, Kaela M. LEONARD, Tayloria N.G. ADAMS