Patents by Inventor Vladimir L. Merkulov

Vladimir L. Merkulov 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).

  • Parallel macromolecular delivery and biochemical/electrochemical interface to cells employing nanostructures
    Patent number: 8993327
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for parallel macromolecular delivery and biochemical/electrochemical interface to whole cells employing carbon nanostructures including nanofibers and nanotubes. A method includes providing a first material on at least a first portion of a first surface of a first tip of a first elongated carbon nanostructure; providing a second material on at least a second portion of a second surface of a second tip of a second elongated carbon nanostructure, the second elongated carbon nanostructure coupled to, and substantially parallel to, the first elongated carbon nanostructure; and penetrating a boundary of a biological sample with at least one member selected from the group consisting of the first tip and the second tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy E. McKnight, Anatoli V. Melechko, Guy D. Griffin, Michael A. Guillorn, Vladimir L. Merkulov, Michael L. Simpson
  • Nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates
    Publication number: 20080182068
    Abstract: Methods, manufactures, machines and compositions are described for nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates. An apparatus, includes a substrate and a nanoreplicant structure coupled to a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Anatoli V. Melechko, Timothy E. McKnight, Michael A. Guillorn, Bojan Ilic, Vladimir L. Merkulov, Mitchel J. Doktycz, Douglas H. Lowndes, Michael L. Simpson
  • Parallel macromolecular delivery and biochemical/electrochemical interface to cells employing nanostructures
    Publication number: 20040197909
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for parallel macromolecular delivery and biochemical/electrochemical interface to whole cells employing carbon nanostructures including nanofibers and nanotubes. A method includes providing a first material on at least a first portion of a first surface of a first tip of a first elongated carbon nanostructure; providing a second material on at least a second portion of a second surface of a second tip of a second elongated carbon nanostructure, the second elongated carbon nanostructure coupled to, and substantially parallel to, the first elongated carbon nanostructure; and penetrating a boundary of a biological sample with at least one member selected from the group consisting of the first tip and the second tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Timothy E. McKnight, Anatoli V. Melechko, Guy D. Griffin, Michael A. Guillorn, Vladimir L. Merkulov, Michael L. Simpson