Patents by Inventor Leroy Sina Lavi

Leroy Sina Lavi 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).

  • System and method for sorting specimen
    Patent number: 8459462
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for efficient sorting of specimen include specimen containers, such as vials, positioned in container carriers, such as pucks. The specimen containers contain a specimen that is to be processed through, for example, one or more tests. The specimen containers contain an identifier for the specimen and the container carriers include an identifier, such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The identifier of the specimen is associated with the identifier of the container carrier. The container carriers with the specimen containers are then sorted based on the identifier of the container carrier according to the desired processing of the specimen containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments Incorporated
    Inventors: Leroy Sina Lavi, Erwin Nicolaas Marinus Petrus Ruijs
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SORTING SPECIMEN
    Publication number: 20100089803
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for efficient sorting of specimen include specimen containers, such as vials, positioned in container carriers, such as pucks. The specimen containers contain a specimen that is to be processed through, for example, one or more tests. The specimen containers contain an identifier for the specimen and the container carriers include an identifier, such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The identifier of the specimen is associated with the identifier of the container carrier. The container carriers with the specimen containers are then sorted based on the identifier of the container carrier according to the desired processing of the specimen containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Leroy Sina Lavi, Erwin Nicolaas Marinus Petrus Ruijs