Patents by Inventor Glenn L. Farber

Glenn L. Farber 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).

  • Automated microbiological testing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4856073
    Abstract: Apparatus for obtaining test results from microbiological test trays and strips includes an inspection station of which test trays may be inspected to determine the results of microbiological tests, a video camera disposed to form images of the test trays at the inspection station, and an image processor for receiving the images from the video camera and processing them to determine test results. Only predetermined areas of interest in the image made by the camera are electronically analyzed. Each well of a given tray is assigned a positive or negative partial result based upon the electronic analysis of the area or areas of interest within that well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company
    Inventors: Glenn L. Farber, Maria C. Navarro
  • Automated microbiological testing apparatus
    Patent number: 4817785
    Abstract: An incubation chamber for incubating a number of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays holds a number of tray carriers in a pair of stacks. An elevator is provided to move any given carrier to a position at which it can be removed from the incubation chamber and moved to an inspection station at which the trays thereon may be inspected to determine the results of the microbiological tests. The image of the test tray at the inspection station is processed to determine test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company
    Inventors: Glenn L. Farber, Maria C. Navarro, Manfred K. Hegemann, Samuel G. Cohen, Cameron O. Cox
  • Automated microbiological testing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4724215
    Abstract: Apparatus for obtaining test results from microbiological test trays and strips includes an inspection station at which test trays may be inspected to determine the results of microbiological tests, a video camera disposed to form images of the test trays at the inspection station, and an image processor for receiving the images from the video camera and processing them to determine test results. Only predetermined areas of interest in the image made by the camera are electronically analyzed. Each well of a given tray is assigned a positive or negative partial result based upon the electronic analysis of the area or areas of interest within that well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company
    Inventors: Glenn L. Farber, Maria C. Navarro
  • Automated microbiological testing apparatus
    Patent number: 4720463
    Abstract: An incubation chamber for incubating a number of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays holds a number of tray carriers in a pair of stacks. An elevator is provided to move any given carrier to a position at which it can be removed from the incubation chamber and moved to an inspection station at which the trays thereon may be inspected to determine the results of the microbiological tests. The image of the test tray at the inspection station is processed to determine test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company
    Inventors: Glenn L. Farber, Maria C. Navarro, Manfred K. Hegemann, Samuel G. Cohen, Cameron O. Cox