Patents by Inventor Edgar MacBean

Edgar MacBean 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).

  • Patent number: 8932539
    Abstract: Saliva sample collection systems are configured with special attention to ease-of-use for the unskilled user and safe transport and delivery by a conventional delivery services such as Federal Express. A sealed cavity is formed by tight coupling of two primary elements: a receiving vessel element and a sealing cap element. The receiving vessel has integrated therewith: a standing means, a fill-line window, a funnel system, a knife, a threadset, and containment tube among others. A complementary cap element includes a cooperating threadset, label receiving surface, gripping surface, seal means and reservoir with piercable thin-film membrane. These two primary elements may be accommodated in an application-specific shipping container which support two shipping modes whereby the system may be shipped safely to and from a donor user each way in a different shipping mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Pathway Genomics Corporation
    Inventors: James Plante, David Becker, Edgar MacBean, Kathryn J. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20140205516
    Abstract: Saliva sample collection systems are configured with special attention to ease-of-use for the unskilled user and safe transport and delivery by a conventional delivery services such as Federal Express. A sealed cavity is formed by tight coupling of two primary elements: a receiving vessel element and a sealing cap element. The receiving vessel has integrated therewith: a standing means, a fill-line window, a funnel system, a knife, a threadset, and containment tube among others. A complementary cap element includes a cooperating threadset, label receiving surface, gripping surface, seal means and reservoir with piercable thin-film membrane. These two primary elements may be accommodated in an application-specific shipping container which support two shipping modes whereby the system may be shipped safely to and from a donor user each way in a different shipping mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: PATHWAY GENOMICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Plante, David Becker, Edgar MacBean, Kathryn J. Elliott
  • Patent number: 8617487
    Abstract: Saliva sample collection systems are configured with special attention to ease-of-use for the unskilled user and safe transport and delivery by a conventional delivery services such as Federal Express. A sealed cavity is formed by tight coupling of two primary elements: a receiving vessel element and a sealing cap element. The receiving vessel has integrated therewith: a standing means, a fill-line window, a funnel system, a knife, a threadset, and containment tube among others. A complementary cap element includes a cooperating threadset, label receiving surface, gripping surface, seal means and reservoir with piercable thin-film membrane. These two primary elements may be accommodated in an application-specific shipping container which support two shipping modes whereby the system may be shipped safely to and from a donor user each way in a different shipping mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Venture lending & Leasing VI, Inc.
    Inventors: James Plante, David Becker, Edgar MacBean, Kathryn J. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20120325721
    Abstract: Saliva sample collection systems are configured with special attention to ease-of-use for the unskilled user and safe transport and delivery by a conventional delivery services such as Federal Express. A sealed cavity is formed by tight coupling of two primary elements: a receiving vessel element and a sealing cap element. The receiving vessel has integrated therewith: a standing means, a fill-line window, a funnel system, a knife, a threadset, and containment tube among others. A complementary cap element includes a cooperating threadset, label receiving surface, gripping surface, seal means and reservoir with piercable thin-film membrane. These two primary elements may be accommodated in an application-specific shipping container which support two shipping modes whereby the system may be shipped safely to and from a donor user each way in a different shipping mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: James Plante, David Becker, Edgar MacBean, Kathryn J. Elliott
  • Patent number: D790726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Pathway Genomics Corporation
    Inventors: James Plante, David Becker, Edgar MacBean, Kathryn J. Elliot