Patents Assigned to SYFR, Inc.
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Patent number: 10247646Abstract: A self-contained biological sample processing cartridge includes top and bottom portions that close together to form a sealed chamber therein. The chamber is configured to enable one of one or more biological sample staining procedures appropriate for a biological sample. The top portion includes a chamber top section and valve control elements. The bottom portion includes a chamber bottom section and fluidic valves. One of the fluid valves evacuates the contents of the chamber. One of the valve control elements couples to a respective fluidic valve to control fluid flow for the chamber. The cartridge includes a preloaded reagent component to supply the chamber with the reagent component appropriate for a particular biological sample staining procedure. A user desiring to conduct a particular biological sample staining procedure may select a particular cartridge that is preloaded with the preloaded reagent fluidic valves component appropriate for the particular biological sample staining procedure.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: SYFR, INC.Inventors: Shazi S Iqbal, Steven M Montgomery, Ronald Chang, Gregory E Mote, Douglas B Dority, Jeffrey S Ross
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Patent number: 9878329Abstract: A self-contained sample processing cartridge, is disclosed. The sample processing cartridge includes a first member that includes a receiver to receive a sample specimen slide. The cartridge may also include a second member that closes on the first member to form a chamber inside the cartridge. The sample specimen slide forms a surface of the chamber. Placing the slide in the cartridge effectively completes the chamber of the cartridge. In one embodiment, the receiver of the first member includes an open region adjacent which the specimen slide is received. The second member includes a plurality of fluid inputs and at least one fluid output. The plurality of fluid inputs couples to the chamber by a plurality of channels respectively therebetween. In one embodiment, at least one of the plurality of channels may include a reagent reservoir and at least one of the plurality of channels includes a dissolvable blocking reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: SYFR, Inc.Inventors: Shazi S Iqbal, Michael Mayo, Paul Parks, Alexander Greis
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Publication number: 20160178489Abstract: Provided is a system and method for staining of one or more samples, including providing one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles, each of the one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles configured to be inserted into an auto-staining instrument; and enabling one of one or more staining procedures appropriate for the one or more samples as a function of a choice of self-contained sample processing receptacle, each of the one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles configured to process each inserted sample of the one or more samples within the self-contained sample processing receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: SYFR, INC.Inventors: Shazi S. Iqbal, Steven M Montgomery, Ronald Chang, Gregory E. Mote, Douglas B. Dority, Jeffrey S. Ross
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Patent number: 8975039Abstract: Provided is a system and method for staining of one or more samples, including providing one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles, each of the one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles configured to be inserted into an auto-staining instrument; and enabling one of one or more staining procedures appropriate for the one or more samples as a function of a choice of self-contained sample processing receptacle, each of the one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles configured to process each inserted sample of the one or more samples within the self-contained sample processing receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: SYFR, Inc.Inventors: Shazi Iqbal, Steven M. Montgomery, Ronald Chang, Gregory Mote, Douglas B Dority, Jeffrey S. Ross
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Patent number: 8765453Abstract: Provided is a system and method for staining of one or more samples, including providing one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles, each of the one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles configured to be inserted into an auto-staining instrument; and enabling one of one or more staining procedures appropriate for the one or more samples as a function of a choice of self-contained sample processing receptacle, each of the one or more self-contained sample processing receptacles configured to process each inserted sample of the one or more samples within the self-contained sample processing receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: SYFR, Inc.Inventors: Shazi S Iqbal, Steven M Montgomery, Ronald Chang, Gregory E Mote, Douglas B Dority, Jeffrey S Ross
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Patent number: D702364Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: SYFR, Inc.Inventors: Shazi S. Iqbal, Michael Mayo, Alex Greis, Paul Parks, Michael Kevin McAleer