Patents by Inventor Antonio M. Lima

Antonio M. Lima 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: 9823264
    Abstract: Material transfer/interrogation devices (e.g. liquid handling workstations) have been designed in the past for transferring material from a source to a destination location or for interrogating a material at a location, where the locations remain fixed. The invention provides methods and apparatuses for transferring or interrogating materials by one or more carrier devices to one or more receiving devices, where the carrier and receiving devices move independently and simultaneously on multiple axes. In some embodiments, one or more of the carrier and receiving devices can move along an X, Z, Y, and Theta axis, which allows the source and destination locations to rotate and translate relative to each other. Due to this rotation and translation, containers can be positioned to minimize the distance traveled between a pick location from the source and a place location on the destination, greatly increasing the speed at which material transfer can occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: BioNex Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Reed J. Kelso, Benjamin N. Shamah, Antonio M. Lima, Eric J. Rollins, David K. Matsumoto, Mark R. Sibenac
  • Publication number: 20160356802
    Abstract: Material transfer/interrogation devices (e.g. liquid handling workstations) have been designed in the past for transferring material from a source to a destination location or for interrogating a material at a location, where the locations remain fixed. The invention provides methods and apparatuses for transferring or interrogating materials by one or more carrier devices to one or more receiving devices, where the carrier and receiving devices move independently and simultaneously on multiple axes. In some embodiments, one or more of the carrier and receiving devices can move along an X, Z, Y, and Theta axis, which allows the source and destination locations to rotate and translate relative to each other. Due to this rotation and translation, containers can be positioned to minimize the distance traveled between a pick location from the source and a place location on the destination, greatly increasing the speed at which material transfer can occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Reed J. Kelso, Benjamin N. Shamah, Antonio M. Lima, Eric J. Rollins, David K. Matsumoto, Mark R. Sibenac