Patents by Inventor Ahti Kalevi Kansanaho

Ahti Kalevi Kansanaho 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).

  • Assay device processing instrument
    Patent number: 7270788
    Abstract: An assay device processing instrument comprises a plurality of processing modules. A transport system transports an assay device to each processing module, the transport system being adapted to transfer the assay device from the transport system to the module to enable the transport system to transport another assay device while the first is processed by the processing module. A control system controls operation of the transport system such that each assay device is transferred between the modules in a predetermined sequence, and such that a number of assay devices can be processed in different modules simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Randox Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: James Rudolph Meyer, Ahti Kalevi Kansanaho, Stephen Peter Fitzgerald, Ivan Robert McConnell, John Victor Lamont, Bailin Cao
  • Assay device processing instrument
    Publication number: 20040191890
    Abstract: An assay device processing instrument comprises a plurality of processing modules. A transport system transports an assay device to each processing module, the transport system being adapted to transfer the assay device from the transport system to the module to enable the transport system to transport another assay device while the first is processed by the processing module. A control system controls operation of the transport system such that each assay device is transferred between the modules in a predetermined sequence, and such that a number of assay devices can be processed in different modules simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD
    Inventors: James Rudolf Meyer, Ahti Kalevi Kansanaho, Stephen Peter Fitzgerald, Robert Ivan McConnell, John Victor Lamont, Bailin Cao
  • Assay device processing instrument
    Patent number: 6649128
    Abstract: An assay device processing instrument comprises a plurality of processing modules. A transport system transports an assay device to each processing module, the transport system being adapted to transfer the assay device from the transport system to the module to enable the transport system to transport another assay device while the first is processed by the processing module. A control system controls operation of the transport system such that each assay device is transferred between the modules in a predetermined sequence, and such that a number of assay devices can be processed in different modules simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Randox Laboratories LTD
    Inventors: James Rudolf Meyer, Ahti Kalevi Kansanaho, Stephen Peter Fitzgerald, Robert Ivan McConnell, John Victor Lamont, Bailin Cao