Patents by Inventor William Alexander Reuss, Jr.

William Alexander Reuss, Jr. 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: 6033358
    Abstract: The present invention an in vitro fertilization system for the receipt and treatment of an egg comprising a housing having a receiving chamber for the receipt of an egg. The system includes a holding chamber for nesting of the egg within the receiving chamber, and an apparatus for permitting treatment of the egg while the egg is held in the holding chamber. An arrangement is disposed in the housing to permit the egg in the holding chamber to be viewed non-microscopically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Louisville Laboratories
    Inventors: William Charles Mers Kelly, William Alexander Reuss, Jr., David Young Phelps
  • Patent number: 5928935
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a biological specimen container assembly for the safe storage and periodic examination of biological specimens therein, which includes an elongated vial having a primary chamber with a first open end and a second closed end. The second closed end on the vial has a secondary chamber therein of generally rectilinear shape in cross-section. A valve having a first end and a second end, has its second end matable with the first open end of the vial, the valve having an adjustably openable and closable bore extending longitudinally therethrough. A hard cap has a cavity therein which is matable over the first end of the valve. An end cap is matable over the hard cap and the valve, the end cap being arranged to maintain sterility of the end cap, the valve and the first end of the vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventors: William Alexander Reuss, Jr., William Charles Mers Kelly, David Young Piteups
  • Patent number: 5827174
    Abstract: The present invention includes a closed sterile in-vitro fertilization system to provide incubation for an oocyte. The system comprises a pouch having a flexible front and a flexible back wall joined at their outer peripheries. The pouch is divided into a first and a second segregated chamber. An entry port is arranged in each of the chambers through the wall of the pouch. A vacuum means is arranged in the first chamber, to permit direct aspiration of an oocyte from an ovary into that chamber, and an entry conduit is arranged between the first and the second chambers, to permit an oocyte to be transferred therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventors: William Alexander Reuss, Jr., William Charles Mers Kelly, David Young Pheups