Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Rasco
Christopher A. Rasco 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).
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Patent number: 7383078Abstract: An improved imaging apparatus is disclosed that allows a user to perform numerous imaging operations. The imaging apparatus may include one or more improvements to imaging box design to improve illumination control within the imaging box, such as improved door seal arrangements, improved door closing mechanisms, and improved light seals. The present invention may also include one or more improvements to imaging apparatus design to facilitate image capture, such as: an automated filter select device, a moveable stage, automated focus control, f-stop adjustment and stage height, and improved internal illumination for capturing photographic images.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Xenogen CorporationInventors: Michael D. Cable, Michael B. Nelson, Christopher A. Rasco
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Publication number: 20050219373Abstract: An imaging box assembly is provided for capturing an image of a sample. The imaging box assembly includes a body having an interior cavity for receiving the sample, and having a front portion defining an opening into the cavity. A door is mounted to the body that is movable between an opened condition, enabling access to the interior cavity through the cavity opening, and a closed condition, positioning a door rear portion substantially adjacent the body front portion to prevent access through the cavity opening. The box assembly further includes a compressible light-tight seal material disposed on one of the rear portion and the front portion, and a securing device disposed between the body front portion and the door rear portion. In the closed condition, the securing device generates a securing force between the door and the body sufficient to substantially uniformly compress at least a portion of the compressible material to form a light-tight seal about the opening into the interior cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Michael Nelson, Bradley Rice, Christopher Rasco, David Sprague, David Nilson
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Publication number: 20050219407Abstract: An imaging box assembly is provided for capturing an image of a sample. The imaging box assembly includes a body having an interior cavity for receiving the sample, and having a front portion defining an opening into the cavity. The body further includes a view hole enabling viewing of the sample contained in the interior cavity. A door is mounted to the body that is movable between an opened condition, enabling access to the interior cavity through the cavity opening, and a closed condition, positioning a door rear portion substantially adjacent the body front portion to prevent access through the cavity opening. The box assembly further includes an optical filter select device to selectively position one of a plurality of optical filters between the sample and the view hole to intersect light from the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Bradley Rice, Christopher Rasco, David Nilson
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Publication number: 20050148846Abstract: An improved imaging apparatus is disclosed that allows a user to perform numerous imaging operations. The imaging apparatus may include one or more improvements to imaging box design to improve illumination control within the imaging box, such as improved door seal arrangements, improved door closing mechanisms, and improved light seals. The present invention may also include one or more improvements to imaging apparatus design to facilitate image capture, such as: an automated filter select device, a moveable stage, automated focus control, f-stop adjustment and stage height, and improved internal illumination for capturing photographic images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2004Publication date: July 7, 2005Inventors: Michael Cable, Michael Nelson, Christopher Rasco
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Patent number: 6901279Abstract: An improved imaging apparatus is disclosed that allows a user to perform numerous imaging operations. The imaging apparatus may include one or more improvements to imaging box design to improve illumination control within the imaging box, such as improved door seal arrangements, improved door closing mechanisms, and improved light seals. The present invention may also include one or more improvements to imaging apparatus design to facilitate image capture, such as: an automated filter select device, a moveable stage, automated focus control, f-stop adjustment and stage height, and improved internal illumination for capturing photographic images.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Xenogen CorporationInventors: Michael D. Cable, Michael Bo Nelson, Bradley W. Rice, Christopher A. Rasco, David N Sprague, David G. Nilson, Rick Dalgetty
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Publication number: 20050010101Abstract: An improved imaging apparatus is disclosed that allows a user to perform numerous imaging operations. The imaging apparatus may include one or more improvements to imaging box design to improve illumination control within the imaging box, such as improved door seal arrangements, improved door closing mechanisms, and improved light seals. The present invention may also include one or more improvements to imaging apparatus design to facilitate image capture, such as: an automated filter select device, a moveable stage, automated focus control, f-stop adjustment and stage height, and improved internal illumination for capturing photographic images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Michael Cable, Michael Nelson, Bradley Rice, Christopher Rasco, David Sprague, David Nilson, Rick Dalgetty
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Patent number: 6775567Abstract: An improved imaging apparatus is disclosed that allows a user to perform numerous imaging operations. The imaging apparatus may include one or more improvements to imaging box design to improve illumination control within the imaging box, such as improved door seal arrangements, improved door closing mechanisms, and improved light seals. The present invention may also include one or more improvements to imaging apparatus design to facilitate image capture, such as: an automated filter select device, a moveable stage, automated focus control, f-stop adjustment and stage height, and improved internal illumination for capturing photographic images.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2001Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Xenogen CorporationInventors: Michael D. Cable, Michael Bo Nelson, Bradley W. Rice, Christopher A. Rasco, David N Sprague, David G. Nilson, Rick Dalgetty
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Publication number: 20040127781Abstract: An improved imaging apparatus is disclosed that allows a user to perform numerous imaging operations. The imaging apparatus may include one or more improvements to imaging box design to improve illumination control within the imaging box, such as improved door seal arrangements, improved door closing mechanisms, and improved light seals. The present invention may also include one or more improvements to imaging apparatus design to facilitate image capture, such as: an automated filter select device, a moveable stage, automated focus control, f-stop adjustment and stage height, and improved internal illumination for capturing photographic images.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2001Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: Xenogen CorporationInventors: Michael D. Cable, Michael Bo Nelson, Bradley W. Rice, Christopher A. Rasco, David N. Sprague, David G. Nilson, Rick Dalgetty