Dale Barnes

Title: Dale Barnes and Microfluidic Innovation.

Introduction

Dale Barnes is an inventor associated with Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Redbud Labs, Inc. His patent work addresses microfluidic technology for capturing targets within a compact assay chamber.

Latest Patents

The provided information identifies one patent associated with Barnes: “Microfluidic Device for and Methods of Using Surface-Attached Posts and Capture Beads in a Microfluidic Chamber.” The invention describes a chamber formed between two substrates, with actuatable surface-attached posts functionalized with capture beads. These beads can help bind a target of interest. The disclosure also covers methods for attaching capture beads to the posts and a system for spraying responsive or non-responsive beads among the posts. Barnes is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Barnes’s listed patent reflects work at the intersection of microfluidics, bead-based capture, and assay design. The device’s surface-attached posts provide a platform for positioning capture beads within a chamber, while the disclosed bead-spraying approach supports their placement.

Collaborations

Barnes is associated with Redbud Labs, Inc., a company connected to his listed microfluidic patent. The provided information does not specify additional collaborators.

Conclusion

Dale Barnes’s patent focuses on a microfluidic platform that uses capture-bead-functionalized posts to support target binding, contributing to the development of specialized assay technologies.