Patents by Inventor Colleen Hagen

Colleen Hagen 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).

  • Test strip dispenser
    Publication number: 20050169810
    Abstract: Devices for dispensing test strips and methods of using the same are provided. The subject devices are characterized by having a housing made of a cover and a base configured to retain a plurality of test strips. In certain embodiments, the height of the base is less than the height of each of the test strips, such that a portion of each of the test strips extends beyond the distal or top edge of the base. The subject devices may further be characterized as having a substantially air and moisture tight seal. In using the subject devices, a plurality of test strips stored in a subject device are provided. A single test strip is removed from the subject device by moving the test strip distal to the remaining test strips. Also provided by the subject invention are kits for use in practicing the subject methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Hagen, Lorin Olson, Robert Shartle, Colleen Hagen
  • Test strip dispenser
    Patent number: 6872358
    Abstract: Devices for dispensing test strips and methods of using the same are provided. The subject devices are characterized by having a housing made of a cover and a base configured to retain a plurality of test strips. In certain embodiments, the height of the base is less than the height of each of the test strips, such that a portion of each of the test strips extends beyond the distal or top edge of the base. The subject devices may further be characterized as having a substantially air and moisture tight seal. In using the subject devices, a plurality of test strips stored in a subject device are provided. A single test strip is removed from the subject device by moving the test strip distal to the remaining test strips. Also provided by the subject invention are kits for use in practicing the subject methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: LifeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen Hagen, Lorin P. Olson, Robert J. Shartle, Robert Hagen
  • Test strip dispenser
    Publication number: 20030133847
    Abstract: Devices for dispensing test strips and methods of using the same are provided. The subject devices are characterized by having a housing made of a cover and a base configured to retain a plurality of test strips. In certain embodiments, the height of the base is less than the height of each of the test strips, such that a portion of each of the test strips extends beyond the distal or top edge of the base. The subject devices may further be characterized as having a substantially air and moisture tight seal. In using the subject devices, a plurality of test strips stored in a subject device are provided. A single test strip is removed from the subject device by moving the test strip distal to the remaining test strips. Also provided by the subject invention are kits for use in practicing the subject methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Hagen, Lorin P. Olson, Robert J. Shartle, Colleen Hagen