Patents by Inventor Yun-wook Hwang

Yun-wook Hwang 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).

  • Patent number: 7866954
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a valve and a micro fluid pump having the same. The valve is mounted in a micro fluid pump having a capillary tube, to which a gas supply unit and a fluid transfer pipe are connected, for controlling the introduction and the discharge of fluid. The valve includes a discharge pipe filled with liquid such that the discharge pipe has a predetermined resistance pressure and constructed in a structure in which one end of the discharge pipe is connected to the capillary tube such that the discharge pipe communicates with the interior of the capillary tube, and the other end of the discharge pipe is open, thereby allowing gas out of the capillary tube through the discharge pipe when a gas pressure in the capillary tube exceeds the resistance pressure of the discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Duck-jong Kim, Yun-wook Hwang, Yu-chang Kim, Sang-jin Park, Pil-woo Heo, Eui-soo Yoon, Deuk-yong Koh
  • Publication number: 20080156645
    Abstract: An erythrocyte sedimentation rate log capable of quickly and easily measuring an erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the blood by measuring the number of erythrocytes in the blood passing through a branched channel from a small amount of blood in an electrical manner without an additional driving means is disclosed. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate log includes a main body formed of an upper plate and a lower plate, a blood introduction part formed in the main body to include an inlet and an outlet formed at one side of the upper plate of the main body, a channel disposed at one side of the blood introduction part to communicate with the blood introduction part such that erythrocytes in blood pass through the channel, and a current supply part installed in the channel to supply constant current to cause an electrical resistance in erythrocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Duckjong Kim, Yu Chang Kim, Yun Wook Hwang, Sang-Jin Park, Pil Woo Heo, Eui Soo Yoon
  • Publication number: 20080075605
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a valve and a micro fluid pump having the same. The valve is mounted in a micro fluid pump having a capillary tube, to which a gas supply unit and a fluid transfer pipe are connected, for controlling the introduction and the discharge of fluid. The valve includes a discharge pipe filled with liquid such that the discharge pipe has a predetermined resistance pressure and constructed in a structure in which one end of the discharge pipe is connected to the capillary tube such that the discharge pipe communicates with the interior of the capillary tube, and the other end of the discharge pipe is open, thereby allowing gas out of the capillary tube through the discharge pipe when a gas pressure in the capillary tube exceeds the resistance pressure of the discharge pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: KOREAN INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Duck-jong Kim, Yun-wook Hwang, Yu-chang Kim, Sang-jin Park, Pil-woo Heo, Eui-soo Yoon, Deuk-yong Koh
  • Publication number: 20080047892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable micro blood separator, which has a blood separator including a main body including an upper substrate and a lower substrate; a blood introduction unit formed at one side of the main body for allowing blood to be introduced into the separator; a blood inflow unit including an inflow groove formed in the lower substrate, through which the blood introduced by the blood introduction unit flows; and a plasma extraction unit including extraction spaces extended from the blood inflow unit and having a height lower than that of the inflow groove of the blood inflow unit so that plasma can be separated from the blood flowing into the blood inflow unit, so as to separate the plasma and corpuscles from the blood and analyze ingredients in the separated plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicants: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, All Medicus Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duck-jong Kim, Yun-wook Hwang, Yu-chang Kim, Sang-jin Park, Pil-woo Heo, Eui-soo Yoon, Yon-chan Ahn, Jun-oh Ryu