Patents by Inventor DuWayne Dennis Snyder

DuWayne Dennis Snyder 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).

  • Automated processing systems and methods of thermally processing microscope slides
    Patent number: 11567091
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that enable drying and curing a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides. Slide carriers are positioned at a first position while the slide carrier holds the microscope slides. Each of the specimens can be carried by one of the microscope slides. The slide carrier can be robotically moved to move the slide carrier into a circulation loop defined by a heater apparatus. The specimens and/or microscope slides can be convectively heated while the slide carrier is located in the circulation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Michael Barnett, Delroy Eccleston Clarke, Joseph Leporini, Benjamin David Randall, William Eric Raves, Robert Bennett Singer, Duwayne Dennis Snyder, Michael James Thompson, Matthew Annin Thurman
  • AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THERMALLY PROCESSING MICROSCOPE SLIDES
    Publication number: 20200348321
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that enable drying and curing a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides. Slide carriers are positioned at a first position while the slide carrier holds the microscope slides. Each of the specimens can be carried by one of the microscope slides. The slide carrier can be robotically moved to move the slide carrier into a circulation loop defined by a heater apparatus. The specimens and/or microscope slides can be convectively heated while the slide carrier is located in the circulation loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Donald Michael Barnett, Delroy Eccleston Clarke, Joseph Leporini, Benjamin David Randall, William Eric Raves, Robert Bennett Singer, DuWayne Dennis Snyder, Michael James Thompson, Matthew Annin Thurman
  • Automated processing systems and methods of thermally processing microscope slides
    Patent number: 10656168
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that enable drying and curing a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides. Slide carriers are positioned at a first position while the slide carrier holds the microscope slides. Each of the specimens can be carried by one of the microscope slides. The slide carrier can be robotically moved to move the slide carrier into a circulation loop defined by a heater apparatus. The specimens and/or microscope slides can be convectively heated while the slide carrier is located in the circulation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Michael Barnett, Delroy Eccleston Clarke, Joseph Leporini, Benjamin David Randall, William Eric Raves, Robert Bennett Singer, DuWayne Dennis Snyder, Michael James Thompson, Matthew Annin Thurman
  • AUTOMATED COVERSLIPPER AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20190258045
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for selecting and dispensing coverglasses over specimens on slides for the purpose of viewing specimens through a microscope. The selecting device contains suctioning mechanisms for picking up a coverglass from a stack of coverglasses. It also contains the ability to shape the coverglass to assist in separating and laying down of the coverglasses with a reduction in the creation of bubbles in the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Ewoniuk, Charles Nathan Hassen, Michael Mensah, Logan Rivas, DuWayne Dennis Snyder, Kenneth Eugene Stumpe, Michael Thompson
  • Automated coverslipper and methods of use
    Patent number: 10317661
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for selecting and dispensing coverglasses over specimens on slides for the purpose of viewing specimens through a microscope. The selecting device contains suctioning mechanisms for picking up a coverglass from a stack of coverglasses. It also contains the ability to shape the coverglass to assist in separating and laying down of the coverglasses with a reduction in the creation of bubbles in the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Ewoniuk, Charles Nathan Hassen, Michael Mensah, Logan Rivas, DuWayne Dennis Snyder, Kenneth Eugene Stumpe, Michael Thompson
  • AUTOMATED COVERSLIPPER AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20170115476
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for selecting and dispensing coverglasses over specimens on slides for the purpose of viewing specimens through a microscope. The selecting device contains suctioning mechanisms for picking up a coverglass from a stack of coverglasses. It also contains the ability to shape the coverglass to assist in separating and laying down of the coverglasses with a reduction in the creation of bubbles in the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Ewoniuk, Charles Nathan Hassen, Michael Mensah, Logan Rivas, DuWayne Dennis Snyder, Kenneth Eugene Stumpe, Michael Thompson
  • AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THERMALLY PROCESSING MICROSCOPE SLIDES
    Publication number: 20160282375
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that enable drying and curing a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides. Slide carriers are positioned at a first position while the slide carrier holds the microscope slides. Each of the specimens can be carried by one of the microscope slides. The slide carrier can be robotically moved to move the slide carrier into a circulation loop defined by a heater apparatus. The specimens and/or microscope slides can be convectively heated while the slide carrier is located in the circulation loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Donald Michael Barnett, Delroy Eccleston Clarke, Joseph Leporini, Benjamin David Randall, William Eric Raves, Robert Bennett Singer, DuWayne Dennis Snyder, Michael James Thompson, Matthew Annin Thurman