Fluidic centripetal device

Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the fluidic centripetal device shown in a closed cover configuration;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the fluidic centripetal device shown in an open cover configuration.

Throughout the Figures, the broken lines illustrate unclaimed portions of the fluidic centripetal device. None of the broken lines form a part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a fluidic centripetal device, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
3970245 July 20, 1976 Aeschlimann
4456581 June 26, 1984 Edelmann et al.
4683195 July 28, 1987 Mullis et al.
4683202 July 28, 1987 Mullis
4923978 May 8, 1990 McCormick
4965188 October 23, 1990 Mullis et al.
5038852 August 13, 1991 Johnson et al.
D329902 September 29, 1992 Kim
5304348 April 19, 1994 Burd et al.
5333675 August 2, 1994 Mullis et al.
5457053 October 10, 1995 Burd et al.
5475610 December 12, 1995 Atwood et al.
5591643 January 7, 1997 Schembri
5602756 February 11, 1997 Atwood et al.
5639428 June 17, 1997 Cottingham
5656493 August 12, 1997 Mullis et al.
5871908 February 16, 1999 Henco et al.
D415840 October 26, 1999 Lamond et al.
6063589 May 16, 2000 Kellogg et al.
6100084 August 8, 2000 Miles et al.
6143248 November 7, 2000 Kellogg et al.
6174670 January 16, 2001 Wittwer et al.
6210882 April 3, 2001 Landers et al.
6245514 June 12, 2001 Wittwer
6302134 October 16, 2001 Kellogg et al.
6303305 October 16, 2001 Wittwer et al.
6391264 May 21, 2002 Hammer et al.
6431476 August 13, 2002 Taylor et al.
6440725 August 27, 2002 Pourahmadi et al.
6485690 November 26, 2002 Pfost et al.
6503720 January 7, 2003 Wittwer et al.
6527432 March 4, 2003 Kellogg et al.
6565815 May 20, 2003 Chang et al.
6569627 May 27, 2003 Wittwer et al.
6627159 September 30, 2003 Bedingham et al.
6632399 October 14, 2003 Kellogg et al.
6635492 October 21, 2003 Gunter
6691041 February 10, 2004 Sagner et al.
6703236 March 9, 2004 Atwood
6706519 March 16, 2004 Kellogg et al.
6720187 April 13, 2004 Bedingham et al.
6734401 May 11, 2004 Bedingham et al.
6776965 August 17, 2004 Wyzgol et al.
6780617 August 24, 2004 Chen
6787338 September 7, 2004 Wittwer et al.
6814934 November 9, 2004 Higuchi
6818435 November 16, 2004 Carvalho et al.
6855553 February 15, 2005 Bedingham et al.
6889468 May 10, 2005 Bedingham et al.
6964862 November 15, 2005 Chen
6987253 January 17, 2006 Bedingham et al.
7079468 July 18, 2006 Worthington et al.
7081226 July 25, 2006 Wittwer et al.
7152616 December 26, 2006 Zucchelli et al.
7164107 January 16, 2007 Bedingham et al.
7238269 July 3, 2007 Gason et al.
7238321 July 3, 2007 Wittwer et al.
7322254 January 29, 2008 Bedingham et al.
7323660 January 29, 2008 Bedingham et al.
7332126 February 19, 2008 Tooke et al.
7332326 February 19, 2008 Kellogg et al.
D564667 March 18, 2008 Bedingham et al.
D569526 May 20, 2008 Duffy et al.
7387887 June 17, 2008 Wittwer et al.
7396508 July 8, 2008 Richards et al.
7402817 July 22, 2008 Gavrilov et al.
7435933 October 14, 2008 Bedingham et al.
7476361 January 13, 2009 Kellogg et al.
7494771 February 24, 2009 Picard et al.
7507575 March 24, 2009 Bedingham et al.
7527763 May 5, 2009 Bedingham et al.
7648835 January 19, 2010 Breidford et al.
7649358 January 19, 2010 Toumazou et al.
D612276 March 23, 2010 Duffy et al.
7709249 May 4, 2010 Bedingham et al.
D617909 June 15, 2010 Taniguchi et al.
7727473 June 1, 2010 Ching et al.
7754148 July 13, 2010 Yu et al.
7763210 July 27, 2010 Bedingham et al.
7767937 August 3, 2010 Bedingham et al.
7776267 August 17, 2010 Lee et al.
7785535 August 31, 2010 Chen et al.
7790110 September 7, 2010 Cho et al.
7794799 September 14, 2010 Kim et al.
7833486 November 16, 2010 Fielden et al.
7837948 November 23, 2010 Park
7888015 February 15, 2011 Toumazou et al.
7935319 May 3, 2011 Andersson et al.
7998708 August 16, 2011 Handique et al.
8043581 October 25, 2011 Ganesan
8057758 November 15, 2011 Bedingham et al.
8088616 January 3, 2012 Handique
8105551 January 31, 2012 Park et al.
8133671 March 13, 2012 Williams et al.
D663041 July 3, 2012 Henssler et al.
8268603 September 18, 2012 Taylor et al.
8415103 April 9, 2013 Handique
8441629 May 14, 2013 Kolesnychenko et al.
8450101 May 28, 2013 Gomi et al.
D685919 July 9, 2013 Lee
8482734 July 9, 2013 Ducrée
D689193 September 3, 2013 Shinohara et al.
D705437 May 20, 2014 Chamberlin et al.
D784554 April 18, 2017 Jonsson
20050136545 June 23, 2005 Schmid et al.
20050142571 June 30, 2005 Parthasarathy et al.
20050202471 September 15, 2005 Tooke et al.
20050244837 November 3, 2005 McMillan
20060088844 April 27, 2006 Xu
20060278287 December 14, 2006 Fielden et al.
20060281192 December 14, 2006 Harding et al.
20070007270 January 11, 2007 Bedingham et al.
20070009382 January 11, 2007 Bedingham et al.
20070009391 January 11, 2007 Bedingham et al.
20070010007 January 11, 2007 Aysta et al.
20070125942 June 7, 2007 Kido
20070263049 November 15, 2007 Preckel et al.
20070280859 December 6, 2007 Kido et al.
20070292858 December 20, 2007 Chen et al.
20080035579 February 14, 2008 Lee
20080038737 February 14, 2008 Smith et al.
20080101993 May 1, 2008 Andersson et al.
20080102537 May 1, 2008 Harding
20080149840 June 26, 2008 Handique et al.
20080300148 December 4, 2008 Lee
20090035847 February 5, 2009 Cho et al.
20100044918 February 25, 2010 Lee et al.
20100105029 April 29, 2010 Ririe et al.
20100167304 July 1, 2010 Bedingham et al.
20100221728 September 2, 2010 Namkoong et al.
20100290955 November 18, 2010 Cho et al.
20110020194 January 27, 2011 Lee et al.
20110097280 April 28, 2011 Dees et al.
20110189701 August 4, 2011 Kim
20110201101 August 18, 2011 Lee et al.
20110210257 September 1, 2011 Handique et al.
20110269151 November 3, 2011 Kim
20130004964 January 3, 2013 Boehm
20130344496 December 26, 2013 Peytavi
Foreign Patent Documents
2717939 April 2011 CA
0608006 July 1994 EP
1407051 April 2006 EP
2198965 June 2010 EP
2283924 February 2011 EP
S61234360 October 1986 JP
H05149958 June 1993 JP
H05508709 December 1993 JP
10501340 February 1998 JP
3061414 April 2000 JP
2001502793 February 2001 JP
2003270252 September 2003 JP
2003533681 November 2003 JP
2005326432 November 2005 JP
2007500850 January 2007 JP
2007198949 August 2007 JP
200861649 March 2008 JP
20009500627 January 2009 JP
2009148735 July 2009 JP
201127421 February 2011 JP
9118656 December 1991 WO
9533986 December 1995 WO
9813684 April 1998 WO
0040750 July 2000 WO
0187486 November 2001 WO
2004050242 June 2004 WO
2007005854 January 2007 WO
2007005854 January 2007 WO
2008134470 November 2008 WO
2009003985 January 2009 WO
2012120463 September 2012 WO
Other references
  • Siegrist et al., “Microfluidics for IVD Analysis: Triumphs and Hurdles of Centrifugal Platforms. Part 1 : Molecular fundamentals”, IVD Technology, Jan. 2010, pp. 27-33, Available on the internet at www.ivdtechnology.com/print/1176 on Jan. 27, 2014.
  • Siegrist et al., “Microfluidics for IVD Analysis: Triumphs and Hurdles of Centrifugal Platforms. Part 2 : Centrifugal mirofluidics”, IVD Technology, Jan. 2010, pp. 41-47, Available on the internet at www.ivdtechnology.com/print/1396 on Jan. 27, 2014.
  • Siegrist et al., “Microfluidics for IVD Analysis: Triumphs and Hurdles of Centrifugal Platforms. Part 3 : Challenges and solutions”, IVD Technology, Sping 2010, pp. 22-26, IVD Technology DX Directions, USA.
  • Focke et al., “Centrifugal microfluidic system for primary amplification and secondary real-time PCR†”, Lab on a Chip, 2010, pp. 3210-3212, vol. 10, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
  • Mark et al., “Aliquoting Structure for Centrifugal Microfluidics Based on a New Pneumatic Valve”, MEMS 2008, Jan. 13-17, 2008, pp. 611-614, IEEE, Tucson, AZ.
  • Kido et al., “A novel, compact disk-like centrifugal microfluidics system for cell lysis and sample homogenization”, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Mar. 2007, pp. 44-51, vol. 58, Elsevier, USA.
  • Lutz et al., “Isothermal Polymerase Amplification in a Centrifugal Microfluidic Foil Cartbridge”, Procedia Chemistry, 2009, pp. 529-531, vol. 1, Elsevier, USA.
  • Bostick et al., “Portable Centrifugal Analyzer for the Determination of Rapid Reaction Kinetics”, Analytical Chemistry, Feb. 1980, pp. 300-306, vol. 52, No. 2, American Chemical Society, Tennessee.
  • Ducrée et al., “The centrifugal microfluidic Bio-Disk platform”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2007, pp. S103-S115, vol. 17, IOPscience, UK.
  • Abi-Samra et al., “Infrared controlled waxes for liquid handling and storage on a CDmicrofluidic Platform”, Lab on a Chip, 2011, pp. 723-726, vol. 11, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
  • Hakenberg, “Re-design and validation of a centrifugal microfluidic lysis, switching and aliquoting structure”, Diploma Thesis, Aug. 2008-Jan. 2009, 72 pages, Albert—Ludwigs—University Freiburg, Germany.
  • Glide et al., MAnufacturing obstacles in IVD product development, IVD Technology; Jan. 2010, pp. 1-8. Available on the internet at www.ivdtechnology.com/print/1395 on Nov. 19, 2012.
Patent History
Patent number: D799715
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 23, 2015
Date of Patent: Oct 10, 2017
Assignees: Gene POC, Inc. (Québec, QC), Universite Laval (Québec, QC)
Inventors: Sébastien Chapdelaine (Lévis), Régis Peytavi (Cabestany), Thomas-Éric Beliveau (Danville), François Gaucher (Beloeil), Patrick Mainville (Montréal)
Primary Examiner: Anhdao Doan
Application Number: 29/543,358
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Centrifuge (D24/219)