Patents by Inventor Bryan Kluttz

Bryan Kluttz 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).

  • Nucleic acid applification reaction station for disposable test devices
    Publication number: 20060263871
    Abstract: An instrument for conducting nucleic acid amplification reactions in a disposable test device. The test device includes a first reaction chamber containing a first nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., primers and nucleotides) and a second reaction chamber either containing, or in fluid communication, with a second nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., an amplification enzyme such as RT). The instrument includes a support structure receiving the test device. A temperature control system maintains the first reaction chamber at a first elevated temperature but simultaneously maintains the second nucleic acid amplification reagent at a second temperature lower than the first temperature so as to preserve the second nucleic acid amplification reagent. An actuator operates on a fluid conduit in the test device to place the first and second reaction chambers in fluid communication with each other after a reaction has occurred in the first reaction chamber at the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Bryan Kluttz, Geoff McKinley, Fabio Gennari, Michel Guy, Christopher Cotter, Luigi Catanzariti, Louis Graziano, Bruno Colin, Cecile Paris, Jacques Dachuad
  • Nucleic acid amplification reaction station for disposable test devices
    Publication number: 20050244887
    Abstract: An instrument for conducting nucleic acid amplification reactions in a disposable test device. The test device includes a first reaction chamber containing a first nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., primers and nucleotides) and a second reaction chamber either containing, or in fluid communication, with a second nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., an amplification enzyme such as RT). The instrument includes a support structure receiving the test device. A temperature control system maintains the first reaction chamber at a first elevated temperature but simultaneously maintains the second nucleic acid amplification reagent at a second temperature lower than the first temperature so as to preserve the second nucleic acid amplification reagent. An actuator operates on a fluid conduit in the test device to place the first and second reaction chambers in fluid communication with each other after a reaction has occurred in the first reaction chamber at the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Kluttz, Geoff McKinley, Fabio Gennari, Michel Guy, Christopher Cotter, Luigi Catanzariti, Louis Graziano, Bruno Colin, Cecile Jaravel, Jacques Dachaud
  • Disposable test devices for performing nucleic acid amplification reactions
    Patent number: 6410275
    Abstract: A unit dose test device for a nucleic acid amplification reaction has the form of a elongate disposable test strip. The test strip includes a dual-chamber reaction vessel pre-loaded with nucleic acid amplification reaction reagents, and a plurality of wells for processing a reaction occurring in the reaction vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Kluttz, Lawrence Burg, Garry Tegeler, Louis Graziano, Christopher Cotter, Michel Guy, James Greer, Geoff McKinley, Luigi Catanzariti, Robert Glassfold, James Clement Bishop, Bruno Colin, Cécile Paris, Thomas Wang, Michael Morin