Patents by Inventor Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar

Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar 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).

  • Variable volume mixing and automatic fluid management for programmable microfluids
    Patent number: 9211539
    Abstract: A microfluidic arrangement including a fluid channel configured to receive a first fluid from a first inlet and a second fluid from a second inlet, and a mixer connected to the fluid channel, the mixer including a mixer channel configured to receive a volume of the first fluid and a volume of the second fluid from the fluid channel, the mixer channel defining a mixer capacity, wherein the mixer is (i) configured to mix the volume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluid is less than the mixer capacity, and (ii) further configured to mix the volume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluid is equal to the mixer capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ahmed Mohamed Eid Amin, Han-Sheng Chuang, Steven T. Wereley, Mithuna Shamabhat Thottethodi, Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar, Stephen C. Jacobson
  • Programmable microfluidic systems and related methods
    Patent number: 9165097
    Abstract: A microfluidic device is programmable so that a single microarchitecture design can run many assays. Specifically, the programmable microfluidic device includes an execution method to facilitate translating from a programming language to a set of requests that are specified for the device. In addition, the microfluidic device includes a contamination mitigation method that includes a conflict list to mitigate contamination effects within the microfluidic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ahmed Mohamed Eid Amin, Mithuna Shamabhat Thottethodi, Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar
  • PROGRAMMABLE MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130239082
    Abstract: A microfluidic device is programmable so that a single microarchitecture design can run many assays. Specifically, the programmable microfluidic device includes an execution method to facilitate translating from a programming language to a set of requests that are specified for the device. In addition, the microfluidic device includes a contamination mitigation method that includes a conflict list to mitigate contamination effects within the microfluidic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Ahmed Mohamed Eid Amin, Mithuna Shamabhat Thottethodi, Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar
  • Variable Volume Mixing and Automatic Fluid Management for Programmable Microfluids
    Publication number: 20120136492
    Abstract: A microfluidic arrangement including a fluid channel configured to receive a first fluid from a first inlet and a second fluid from a second inlet, and a mixer connected to the fluid channel, the mixer including a mixer channel configured to receive a volume of the first fluid and a volume of the second fluid from the fluid channel, the mixer channel defining a mixer capacity, wherein the mixer is (i) configured to mix the volume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluid is less than the mixer capacity, and (ii) further configured to mix the volume of the first fluid and the volume of the second fluid in order to provide a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid when the combined volume of the first fluid and the second fluid is equal to the mixer capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Ahmed Mohamed Eid Amin, Han-Sheng Chuang, Steven T. Wereley, Mithuna Shamabhat Thottethodi, Terani Nadadoor Vijaykumar, Stephen C. Jacobson