Patents by Inventor Sandra L. Piepho

Sandra L. Piepho 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).

  • Patent number: 4135883
    Abstract: Medical testing apparatus including a microprocessor controlled centrifuge having a group of cuvettes therein. The apparatus also includes a microdiluter apparatus with a pair of pumps therein of differing diluting capability. The cuvettes have hollow main bodies produced from transparent material to allow analysis of the specimen within the cuvettes by a series of spectrophotometers adapted to read the cuvettes while they are rotating within the centrifuge. Bags of reagent are received within the cuvettes and are designed to burst upon reaching a given level of centrifugal force allowing the reagent to flow from the bags into a test chamber within the cuvette main body. Projections are provided on the cuvettes to control the orientation of the cuvettes when inserted into the microdiluter apparatus. A tab is provided on each cuvette in proper orientation to actuate the appropriate microdiluter pump for the test the cuvette is intended for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Assignee: Bio-Dynamics Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. McNeil, Robert H. Goldstein, Robert M. Stahl, Sandra L. Piepho