Patents by Inventor Mark Christopher Garrepy

Mark Christopher Garrepy 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).

  • Chemical analyzer
    Patent number: 9823109
    Abstract: A chemical analyzer includes a slide transport mechanism having a slide track adapted to hold a plurality of reagent test slides, a sample metering device, an incubator formed as a part of the slide transport mechanism to precisely maintain the temperature of the reagent test slides, a slide ejector mechanism to remove the slides from the slide transport mechanism, a sample preparation station, which includes a centrifuge, and associated electronics and software. The slide transport mechanism holds a plurality of trapezoidally-shaped reagent test slides about its circumference, which slides are loaded onto the transport mechanism by the slide inserter mechanism. The slide transport mechanism positions the reagent test slides under the sample metering device, which device deposits a predetermined volume of sample onto each slide. The slide transport mechanism also carries the slides above a reflectometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Garrepy, Stephan Hersey
  • CHEMICAL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20150362352
    Abstract: A chemical analyzer includes a slide transport mechanism having a slide track adapted to hold a plurality of reagent test slides, a sample metering device, an incubator formed as a part of the slide transport mechanism to precisely maintain the temperature of the reagent test slides, a slide ejector mechanism to remove the slides from the slide transport mechanism, a sample preparation station, which includes a centrifuge, and associated electronics and software. The slide transport mechanism holds a plurality of trapezoidally-shaped reagent test slides about its circumference, which slides are loaded onto the transport mechanism by the slide inserter mechanism. The slide transport mechanism positions the reagent test slides under the sample metering device, which device deposits a predetermined volume of sample onto each slide. The slide transport mechanism also carries the slides above a reflectometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Garrepy, Stephan Hersey
  • Chemical analyzer
    Patent number: 9116129
    Abstract: A chemical analyzer includes a slide transport mechanism having a slide track adapted to hold a plurality of reagent test slides, a sample metering device, an incubator formed as a part of the slide transport mechanism to precisely maintain the temperature of the reagent test slides, a slide ejector mechanism to remove the slides from the slide transport mechanism, a sample preparation station, which includes a centrifuge, and associated electronics and software. The slide transport mechanism holds a plurality of trapezoidally-shaped reagent test slides about its circumference, which slides are loaded onto the transport mechanism by the slide inserter mechanism. The slide transport mechanism positions the reagent test slides under the sample metering device, which device deposits a predetermined volume of sample onto each slide. The slide transport mechanism also carries the slides above a reflectometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Russell Rich, Garland Christian Misener, Mark R. Dumont, Justin Jay Griffin, Jonathan William Lawrence, Mark Christopher Garrepy, Stephan Hersey, Stanislaw Barski, Mark Weston Pierson, Alyssa J. Dassa
  • CHEMICAL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20100254854
    Abstract: A chemical analyzer includes a slide transport mechanism having a slide track adapted to hold a plurality of reagent test slides, a sample metering device, an incubator formed as a part of the slide transport mechanism to precisely maintain the temperature of the reagent test slides, a slide ejector mechanism to remove the slides from the slide transport mechanism, a sample preparation station, which includes a centrifuge, and associated electronics and software. The slide transport mechanism holds a plurality of trapezoidally-shaped reagent test slides about its circumference, which slides are loaded onto the transport mechanism by the slide inserter mechanism. The slide transport mechanism positions the reagent test slides under the sample metering device, which device deposits a predetermined volume of sample onto each slide. The slide transport mechanism also carries the slides above a reflectometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Russell Rich, Garland Christian Misener, Mark R. Dumont, Justin Jay Griffin, Jonathan William Lawrence, Mark Christopher Garrepy, Stephan Hersey, Stanislaw Barski, Mark Weston Pierson, Alyssa J. Dassa, Michael Thomas Bush, Mark Wayne Lemieux, Mary Kathleen Fent