Patents Assigned to Space Hardware Optimization Technology, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7261860
    Abstract: A device for centrifugation and robotic manipulation of specimen samples, including incubating eggs, and uses thereof are provided. The device may advantageously be used for the incubation of avian, reptilian or any type of vertebrate eggs. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for holding samples individually, rotating them individually, rotating them on a centrifuge collectively, injecting them individually with a fixative or other chemical reagent, and maintaining them at controlled temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric composition. The device is applicable to experiments involving entities other than eggs, such as invertebrate specimens, plants, microorganisms and molecular systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Space Hardware Optimization Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Vellinger, Rachel A. Ormsby, David J. Kennedy, Nathan A. Thomas, Leo A. Shulthise, Michael A. Kurk, George W. Metz
  • Patent number: 6699669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved techniques for separating cells, particles and molecules important to medical science and biotechnology because separation is frequently the limiting factor for many biological processes. The apparatus and method of use provides an innovative method for quantitatively separating cells, proteins, or other particles, using multistage, magnetically, electromagnetically assisted separation technology, (“MAGSEP”). The MAGSEP technology provides a separation technology applicable to medical, chemical, cell biology, and biotechnology processes. Moreover, the instant invention relates to a method for separating and isolating mixtures of combinatorial synthesized molecules such that a variety of products are prepared, in groups, possessing diversity in size, length, (molecular weight), and structural elements. These are then analyzed for the ability to bind specifically to an antibody, receptor, or other ligate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Space Hardware Optimization Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Vellinger, Paul W. Todd, Kenneth W. Barton, Scott Dunn, Mark S. Deuser