Patents by Inventor Claude Ricks

Claude Ricks 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).

  • Method and device to optimize analyte and antibody substrate binding by least energy adsorption
    Patent number: 11422129
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making an assay device for conducting an assay to detect a concentration of an analyte in a sample fluid. The assay devices would typically have a substantially planar surface having a series of site specific immobilized calibration spot arrays containing pre-determined quantities of the analyte printed thereon. In addition, a series of site specific immobilized test spot arrays, including capture antibody for binding the analyte protein is printed on the assay device. The method involves first modifying the planar surface to provide hydrophobic binding sites, hydrophilic linking and covalent bonding sites. Then the method requires printing the series of site specific immobilized test spot arrays and the series of site specific immobilized calibration spot arrays on the substantially planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SQI DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Peter Lea, Thomas G. Ewart, Stuart X. Carmichael, Claude Ricks
  • Method and Device to Optimize Analyte and Antibody Substrate Binding by Least Energy Adsorption
    Publication number: 20080269075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making an assay device for conducting an assay to detect a concentration of an analyte in a sample fluid. The assay devices would typically have a substantially planar surface having a series of site specific immobilized calibration spot arrays containing pre-determined quantities of the analyte printed thereon. In addition, a series of site specific immobilized test spot arrays, including capture antibody for binding the analyte protein is printed on the assay device. The method involves first modifying the planar surface to provide hydrophobic binding sites, hydrophilic linking and covalent bonding sites. Then the method requires printing the series of site specific immobilized test spot arrays and the series of site specific immobilized calibration spot arrays on the substantially planar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: UMEDIK INC.
    Inventors: Peter Lea, Thomas G. Ewart, Stuart X. Carmichael, Claude Ricks