PATENTS ISSUED
22 21Y. Gianchandani, K. Takahata, K.D. Wise, A. DeHennis, "Antenna Stent Device for Wireless, Intraluminal Monitoring," U.S. Patenet 7,452,334; issued November 18, 2008 (UM) 20Y. Gianchandani, S. McNamara, "Packaged Micromachined Device Such as a Vacuum Micropump, Device Having a Micromachined Sealed Electrical Interconnect and Device Having a Suspended Micromachined Bonding Pad," U.S. Patent 7,367,781; issued May 6, 2008 (UM) 19Y. Gianchandani, A.S. Basu, "Liquid Flow Actuation and Suspension Manipulation Using Surface Tension Gradients," U.S. Patent No. 7,358,051; issued April 15, 2008 (UM) 18S. McNamara, Y. Gianchandani, "Systems and Methods for Thin Film Thermal Diagnostics with Scanning Thermal Microstructures," U.S. Patent No. 7,262,066; issued Aug. 28, 2007 (Picocal) 17Y. Gianchandani, C. Wilson, U.S. Patent No. 7,157,718; issued Jan. 2, 2007 (UM) 16Y. Gianchandani, C. Wilson, L. Que, B. Mitra, P. Selvaganapathy, U.S. Patent No. 7,142,303; issued Nov. 28, 2006 (UM) 15Y. Gianchandani, L. Chu, K. Takahata, P. Selvaganapathy, J.L. Shohet, U.S. Patent No. 7,116,115; issued October 3, 2006 (UM) 14Y.B. Gianchandani, S.P. McNamara, J. Lee, A. Basu, U.S. Patent No. 7,073,938; issued July 11, 2006 (UM) 13Y. Gianchandani, M.-H. Li, J. Wu, “Micromachined Scanning Thermal Probe Method and Apparatus,” U.S. Patent No. 6,692,145; issued Feb. 17, 2004 (WARF) 12Y. Gianchandani, C. Wilson, “Method and Apparatus for Glow Discharges with Liquid Microelectrodes,” U.S. Patent No. 6,686,998; issued February 3, 2004 (WARF) 11Y. Gianchandani, K. Takahata, “Micro-Electro-Discharge Machining Utilizing Semiconductor Electrodes,” U.S. Patent No. 6,586,699; issued July 1, 2003 (WARF) 10Y. Gianchandani, S. McNamara, “Micromachined Shock Sensor,” U.S. Patent No. 6,619,123; issued Sept. 16, 2003 (WARF) 9J. Hetrick, Y. Gianchandani, L. Chu, “Micromechanical Electrothermal Actuation Apparatus,” (Displacement Amplifier) U.S. Patent No. 6,594,994 B1; issued July 2, 2003 (WARF) 8Y. Gianchandani, K. Takahata, “Micro-Electro Discharge Machining Method and Apparatus,” U.S. Patent No. 6,624,377 B2; issued September 23, 2003 (WARF) 7J. Booske, K. Thompson, R. Cooper, Y. Gianchandani, “Method of Bonding a Stack of Layers by Electromagnetic Induction Heating,” U.S. Patent No. 6,951,798; issued Oct. 4, 2005 (WARF) 6K. Fischer, H. Guckel, Y. Gianchandani, “Bi-Directional Micromechanical Latching Linear Actuator,” U.S. Patent No. 6,607,305; issued Aug. 19, 2003 (WARF) 5Y. Gianchandani, C. Wilson, “Micro-Plasmas for Etching and Deposition,” U.S. Patent No. 6,827,870; issued Dec. 12, 2004 (WARF) 4L. Que, G. Witjaksono, Y. Gianchandani, “Micromechanical Phase-Shifting Gate Optical Modulator,” U.S. Patent No. 6,377,718 B1; issued Apr. 23, 2002 (WARF) 3Y. Gianchandani, “Sealed Capacitive Pressure Sensors,” U.S. Patent No. 6,470,754 B1; issued Oct. 29, 2002 (WARF) 2Y. Gianchandani, “Method of Forming Micromachined Sealed Capacitive Pressure Sensors,” U.S. Patent No. 6,460,234 B1; issued Oct. 8, 2002 (WARF) 1Y. Gianchandani, “Micromachined Strain Sensor with Differential Capacitive Readout,” U.S. Patent No. 6,609,913 B1; issued Aug. 19, 2003 (WARF)
PATENTS PENDING
10S. Green, Y. Gianchandani, M. Richardson, "Wireless Biliary Stent System with Wishbone-Array Resonant Magnetoelastic Sensor and Conformal Magnetic Layer," patent pending (UM) 9S. Chiravuri, A. T. Evans, Y. Gianchandani, J. M. Park, "Dual Drug Delivery Device," patent pending (UM) 8William (Rick) F. Weitzel, Y. Gianchandani, "Methods and Systems for Determining Blood Flow Volume in a Blood or Fluid Conduit, Motion, and Mechanical Properties of Structures Within the Body," patent pending (UM) 7A. Gaitas, Y. Gianchandani, "A Hybrid Contact Mode Scanning Cantilever System," patent pending (Picocal) 6Y. Gianchandani, G. F. Nellis, S. A. Klein, J. M. Park, A. T. Evans, R. Taylor, T. Brosten, "Low-Power Piezoelectric Micro-Machined Valve," patent pending (WARF/UM) 5Y. Gianchandani, T. Li, R.Y. Gianchandani, “Micromachined Tissue-Contrast Sensor and Method for Integrating Sensors in Biopsy Tools,” patent pending (UM) 4Y. Gianchandani, R. Gharpurey, C. Eun, “Wireless Sensing and Communication Utilizing RF Transmission from Microdischarges,” patent pending (UM) 3A. Galvanauskas, Y. Gianchandani, K.-H. Liao, K. Udeshi, L. Que, “A Micromachined Device for Refractive Index Modulation in Optical Fibers and Arbitrary Shaping of Optical Waveforms,” patent pending (UM) 2Y. Gianchandani, K. Takahata, “Electromagnetic Flow Sensor Device,” patent pending (UM) 1Y. Gianchandani, K. Takahata, “Design and Fabrication of Stents Using Planar Metal Foils,” patent pending (UM)