Patents by Inventor Tony R. JOAQUIM

Tony R. JOAQUIM 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).

  • Microfluidic systems
    Patent number: 9267918
    Abstract: A flow cell for a microfluidic device can include a chamber, first microfluidic entry and exit channels, second microfluidic entry and exit channels, a first electrode, and a second electrode. A microfluidic device can include a microfluidic channel, a laser to excite fluorescent material, and a detector to detect fluorescence emission. Methods of merging a droplet from an emulsion in to a second stream of fluid and of detecting a content of a droplet in a stream are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Sphere Fluidics Limited, SDIX, LLC
    Inventors: Tony R. Joaquim, Lewis Joe Stafford, Ross Stewart Chambers, Xin Liu, Clive Adrian Smith, Xin Li, Graeme Whyte
  • MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140021049
    Abstract: A flow cell for a microfluidic device can include a chamber, first microfluidic entry and exit channels, second microfluidic entry and exit channels, a first electrode, and a second electrode. A microfluidic device can include a microfluidic channel, a laser to excite fluorescent material, and a detector to detect fluorescence emission. Methods of merging a droplet from an emulsion in to a second stream of fluid and of detecting a content of a droplet in a stream are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Tony R. JOAQUIM, Lewis Joe Stafford, Ross Stewart Chambers, Xin Liu, Clive Adrian Smith, Xin Li, Graeme Whyte