Patents by Inventor Yu-jui Fan

Yu-jui Fan 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: 20240100517
    Abstract: The present disclosure provide a detection device of microfluidic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a detection system including the same. This all-in-one device and system may be used to detect at least one biological detection chip, so that can amplify gene fragments at the front-end and detect them at the back-end immediately, decreasing the time required for the analysis, enabling real-time, low-cost, and rapid detection of various viruses, such as EBV and COVID-19, without compromising accuracy or sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: HORN-JIUNN SHEEN, PEI-KUEN WEI, YU-JUI FAN, PO-HAN JUAN, YUNG-YU HUANG
  • Patent number: 10967387
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional PDMS cell sorter having multiple passages in a PDMS layer that follow the same path in a DEP separation region and that are in fluid communication with each other within that region. The passages may differ in width transverse to the flow direction within the passages. Flat plates may sandwich the PDMS layer; each plate may have a planar electrode used to generate a DEP field within a sample fluid flowed within the passages. The DEP field may concentrate target cells or particulates within one of the passages within the DEP separation region. The passages may diverge after the DEP-separation region, leaving one passage with a high concentration of target cells or particulates. Techniques for manufacturing such structures, as well as other micro-fluidic structures, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Pei-Yu E. Chiou, Kuo-Wei Huang, Yu-Jui Fan, Yu-Chun Kung
  • Publication number: 20180029044
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional PDMS cell sorter having multiple passages in a PDMS layer that follow the same path in a DEP separation region and that are in fluid communication with each other within that region. The passages may differ in width transverse to the flow direction within the passages. Flat plates may sandwich the PDMS layer; each plate may have a planar electrode used to generate a DEP field within a sample fluid flowed within the passages. The DEP field may concentrate target cells or particulates within one of the passages within the DEP separation region. The passages may diverge after the DEP-separation region, leaving one passage with a high concentration of target cells or particulates. Techniques for manufacturing such structures, as well as other micro-fluidic structures, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Pei-Yu E. Chiou, Kuo-Wei Huang, Yu-Jui Fan, Yu-Chun Kung
  • Patent number: 9770721
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional PDMS cell sorter having multiple passages in a PDMS layer that follow the same path in a DEP separation region and that are in fluid communication with each other within that region. The passages may differ in width transverse to the flow direction within the passages. Flat plates may sandwich the PDMS layer; each plate may have a planar electrode used to generate a DEP field within a sample fluid flowed within the passages. The DEP field may concentrate target cells or particulates within one of the passages within the DEP separation region. The passages may diverge after the DEP-separation region, leaving one passage with a high concentration of target cells or particulates. Techniques for manufacturing such structures, as well as other micro-fluidic structures, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Pei-yu E. Chiou, Kuo-wei Huang, Yu-jui Fan, Yu-chun Kung
  • Publication number: 20150041325
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional PDMS cell sorter having multiple passages in a PDMS layer that follow the same path in a DEP separation region and that are in fluid communication with each other within that region. The passages may differ in width transverse to the flow direction within the passages. Flat plates may sandwich the PDMS layer; each plate may have a planar electrode used to generate a DEP field within a sample fluid flowed within the passages. The DEP field may concentrate target cells or particulates within one of the passages within the DEP separation region. The passages may diverge after the DEP-separation region, leaving one passage with a high concentration of target cells or particulates. Techniques for manufacturing such structures, as well as other micro-fluidic structures, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Pei-yu E. Chiou, Kuo-wei Huang, Yu-jui Fan, Yu-chun Kung