Patents by Inventor Cornato R Vella

Cornato R Vella 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).

  • Device for taking multiple samples while avoiding cross-contamination
    Patent number: 10969306
    Abstract: A device for collecting multiple samples for use by a single user while avoiding cross-contamination under adverse conditions is disclosed. A multiple sampling device comprising a single handle actuator with a trigger, connected to a shaft assembly further connected to a claw assembly for actuating a self-sealing sampling sphere in the process of collecting a desired sample, is disclosed. The sampling sphere comprises two halves that separate when the trigger and claw assembly are actuated, and close together when the trigger is released using springs on the claw assembly and sampling sphere. Additional sampling spheres are stored on the shaft assembly. In operation, once a sample is collected by one sampling sphere, the sampling sphere is exchanged with an empty sampling sphere stored on the shaft assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Seamus Lombardo, Ifechukwu Ononye, Cornato R Vella, Paul Stathis, Michael Esswein, Alexander Hathaway, Asad Esa
  • DEVICE FOR TAKING MULTIPLE SAMPLES WHILE AVOIDING CROSS-CONTAMINATION
    Publication number: 20170336297
    Abstract: A device for collecting multiple samples for use by a single user while avoiding cross-contamination under adverse conditions is disclosed. A multiple sampling device comprising a single handle actuator with a trigger, connected to a shaft assembly further connected to a claw assembly for actuating a self-sealing sampling sphere in the process of collecting a desired sample, is disclosed. The sampling sphere comprises two halves that separate when the trigger and claw assembly are actuated, and close together when the trigger is released using springs on the claw assembly and sampling sphere. Additional sampling spheres are stored on the shaft assembly. In operation, once a sample is collected by one sampling sphere, the sampling sphere is exchanged with an empty sampling sphere stored on the shaft assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Seamus Lombardo, Ifechukwu Ononye, Cornato R Vella, Paul Stathis, Michael Esswein, Alexander Hathaway, Asad Esa