Patents by Inventor Albert T. Barnes

Albert T. Barnes 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: 7938776
    Abstract: The present invention describes examination devices, such as examination gloves, for detecting the presence of blood, and in particular hidden blood, in biological samples. Examination devices according to the present invention include, in certain embodiments, developer and indicator reagents in a single encapsulation, which offers numerous clinical and other benefits. Kits including devices according to the present invention in sterile packaging, and methods of making and using devices according to the present invention, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Mederistic Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert T. Barnes, Sr., Albert T. Barnes, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100111763
    Abstract: The present invention describes examination devices, such as examination gloves, for detecting the presence of blood, and in particular hidden blood, in biological samples. Examination devices according to the present invention include, in certain embodiments, developer and indicator reagents in a single encapsulation and in microencapsulations, which offers numerous clinical and other benefits. Kits including devices according to the present invention in sterile packaging, and methods of making and using devices according to the present invention, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Laurence H. Kahn, Albert T. Barnes, SR., Albert T. Barnes, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090240130
    Abstract: The present invention describes examination devices, such as examination gloves, for detecting the presence of blood, and in particular hidden blood, in biological samples. Examination devices according to the present invention include, in certain embodiments, developer and indicator reagents in a single encapsulation, which offers numerous clinical and other benefits. Kits including devices according to the present invention in sterile packaging, and methods of making and using devices according to the present invention, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Albert T. Barnes, SR., Albert T. Barnes, JR.
  • Patent number: 5058403
    Abstract: A washboard attachment for pre-laundering a garment is adapted for use with a top loading automatic laundry machine with an upwardly directed rotor and a basin. The attachment has means which fit over the rotor and a ribbed portion which spans the basin to support legs which stand on the basin's rim. The support legs are of a length so as to cause the washboard attachment to be downwardly directed toward the basin. The attachment has curved sides to contain incidental washwater and direct it to the basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Inventor: Albert T. Barnes