Patents by Inventor Edward Francis Farina

Edward Francis Farina 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).

  • INDENTIFICATION TEST DEVICE IN A RANDOM ACCESS MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20020155591
    Abstract: A circular shaped rotor to facilitate automated identification testing of microorganisms in a microbiology analyzer having two circular arrays of microwells downwardly projecting from the top of the rotor connected to a recessed central region by a plurality of microchannels formed in the upper surface and connecting the recessed central portion to the second plurality of microwells; the rotor is further adapted to be rotated by a source of rotational energy and moved throughout the analyzer using troughs formed near its outer diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Francis Farina, Bruce McLean Gemmell, John Charles Mazza, Michael Taylor McVey, Edward Stephen Kaminski, Antoine Elias Haddad, Peter Louis Gebrian
  • Liquid flow and control in a biological test array
    Publication number: 20020119561
    Abstract: A microbiological test array with a generally flat base having a plurality of upwardly projecting microwells connected by a microchannel to an open reservoir formed in a top surface generally parallel to the base of the test array. The reservoir has an opening to permit an inoculum-broth liquid solution to flow from the reservoir through the microchannel, to a sacrificial evaporation well having an air vent port adapted to control a vacuum filling process, and subsequently to be distributed into each of the plurality of microwells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Edward Francis Farina, Samuel Garfield Ferguson, Peter Louis Gebrian, Frank Stephen Krufka, John Charles Mazza, Nicholas Michael Shmel