Patents by Inventor Amira Al-Uzri

Amira Al-Uzri 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).

  • Publication number: 20210251539
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for dried blood spot (DBS) sample collection are disclosed. A dried blood spot sampling device is configured to deliver blood through a passage to an absorbent disk in the device and control an amount of blood saturating the absorbent disk. The sampling device may include a manually actuatable component adjustable between a first position, in which an outlet of the passage is not in physical contact with the absorbent disk, and a second position, in which the outlet of the passage is in physical contact with the absorbent disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Amira Al-Uzri, Dennis Koop, Lisa Bleyle, Andrew Chitty, Robert Beauchamp, Asa Weiss, Ethan Vella, Gerold Firl
  • Patent number: 10939861
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for dried blood spot (DBS) sample collection are disclosed. A dried blood spot sampling device is configured to deliver blood through a passage to an absorbent disk in the device and control an amount of blood saturating the absorbent disk. The sampling device may include a manually actuatable component adjustable between a first position, in which an outlet of the passage is not in physical contact with the absorbent disk, and a second position, in which the outlet of the passage is in physical contact with the absorbent disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Simplexity Product Development Inc., Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Amira Al-Uzri, Dennis Koop, Lisa Bleyle, Andrew Chitty, Robert W. Beauchamp, Asa Weiss, Ethan Vella, Gerold Firl
  • Publication number: 20160045148
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for dried blood spot (DBS) sample collection are disclosed. A dried blood spot sampling device is configured to deliver blood through a passage to an absorbent disk in the device and control an amount of blood saturating the absorbent disk. The sampling device may include a manually actuatable component adjustable between a first position, in which an outlet of the passage is not in physical contact with the absorbent disk, and a second position, in which the outlet of the passage is in physical contact with the absorbent disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Amira Al-Uzri, Dennis Koop, Lisa Bleyle, Andrew Chitty, Robert W. Beauchamp, Asa Weiss, Ethan Vella, Gerold Firl