Patents by Inventor Carlos R. Gonzalez

Carlos R. Gonzalez 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).

  • Apparatus for aspirating and dispensing liquids in an automated analyzer
    Patent number: 7661326
    Abstract: Apparatus for aspirating and dispensing liquid samples in an analytical instrument, e.g., a hematology instrument, includes a liquid-sampling valve that, while operating to segment and position for dispensing one or more precise volumes of a liquid sample that has been aspirated into the valve by a pump, simultaneously enables the apparatus to be operated in an aspirate/dispense (suck-and-spit) mode in which a liquid sample can be selectively driven through the valve in opposite directions by a pump, e.g., a syringe pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Li, William J. Casey, Craig R. Veiner, Carlos R. Gonzalez, Jose M. Cano, Roberto Del Valle, Santiago Galvez
  • Apparatus for Aspirating and Dispensing Liquids in an Automated Analyzer
    Publication number: 20080098828
    Abstract: Apparatus for aspirating and dispensing liquid samples in an analytical instrument, e.g., a hematology instrument, includes a liquid-sampling valve that, while operating to segment and position for dispensing one or more precise volumes of a liquid sample that has been aspirated into the valve by a pump, simultaneously enables the apparatus to be operated in an aspirate/dispense (suck-and-spit) mode in which a liquid sample can be selectively driven through the valve in opposite directions by a pump, e.g., a syringe pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
    Inventors: William W. Li, William J. Casey, Craig R. Veiner, Carlos R. Gonzalez, Jose M. Cano, Roberto Del Valle, Santiago Galvez