Patents by Inventor Brian Howard Kram

Brian Howard Kram 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).

  • Thin film processing apparatuses for adjustable volume accommodation
    Patent number: 8911815
    Abstract: An apparatus can be used to apply and remove fluid substances for processing biological samples. The fluid substances can be delivered between a first substrate and a second substrate. One substrate carries a specimen. A layer of the fluid substance is retained in a gap defined by the first and second substrates. One substrate is moved with respect to the second substrate to disperse the fluid substance in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Howard Kram, Kevin David Marshall, Christine Tse, Timothy James Keller, Austin Micheil Ashby
  • THIN FILM PROCESSING APPARATUSES FOR ADJUSTABLE VOLUME ACCOMMODATION
    Publication number: 20130052331
    Abstract: An apparatus can be used to apply and remove fluid substances for processing biological samples. The fluid substances can be delivered between a first substrate and a second substrate. One substrate carries a specimen. A layer of the fluid substance is retained in a gap defined by the first and second substrates. One substrate is moved with respect to the second substrate to disperse the fluid substance in the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Howard Kram, Kevin David Marshall, Christine Tse, Timothy James Keller, Austin Micheil Ashby
  • FLOATABLE OPPOSABLES FOR APPLYING FLUIDS TO PROCESS BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20110305842
    Abstract: A slide processing apparatus is used to apply substances for processing specimens. The slide processing apparatus can deliver a substance to a mounting surface of a slide carrying the specimen. The substance can be contacted with an opposable held by an opposable holder device. The opposable is pulled towards the slide by the substance. The substance can spread along the mounting surface as the opposable is flattened. If the substance is a liquid, the opposable can float on the liquid to form a thin liquid layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Howard Kram