Patents by Inventor James T. ALCIVAR

James T. ALCIVAR 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).

  • Apparatus for detecting fluorescent signals emitted by samples
    Patent number: 10876969
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a fluorescence reader for assessing a fluorescence intensity of one or more substance samples. The fluorescence reader may comprise a sample support structure for accepting sample wells containing corresponding samples therein, an illumination structure positioned below the sample support structure and configured to illuminate one or more samples positioned within the sample wells, and an imaging structure positioned above the sample support structure and configured to detect a fluorescence emitted by the one or more samples. The illumination structure may comprise one or more reflective perimeter walls, together with the support structure, defining an enclosed illumination cavity, and one or more light sources positioned within the enclosed illumination cavity and configured to emit light causing the one or more samples to fluoresce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: ATILA BIOSYSTEMS INCORPORATED, Synergistic Detector Designs, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur H. Rogers, James T. Alcivar
  • APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FLUORESCENT SIGNALS EMITTED BY SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20190187054
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a fluorescence reader for assessing a fluorescence intensity of one or more substance samples. The fluorescence reader may comprise a sample support structure for accepting sample wells containing corresponding samples therein, an illumination structure positioned below the sample support structure and configured to illuminate one or more samples positioned within the sample wells, and an imaging structure positioned above the sample support structure and configured to detect a fluorescence emitted by the one or more samples. The illumination structure may comprise one or more reflective perimeter walls, together with the support structure, defining an enclosed illumination cavity, and one or more light sources positioned within the enclosed illumination cavity and configured to emit light causing the one or more samples to fluoresce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Arthur H. ROGERS, James T. ALCIVAR