Patents by Inventor Edward Medri

Edward Medri 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).

  • Vision-guided aspiration apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 9212976
    Abstract: A method for removing supernatant from a sample tube. The method includes providing a sample tube having a pellet at a bottom of the sample tube and a supernatant liquid above the pellet, visually inspecting the sample tube to determine one or more geometric properties of the pellet, and determining an expected height of a top surface of the pellet based on the one or more geometric properties determined in the visual inspection step. The method also includes inserting an aspirator into the supernatant liquid, moving the aspirator downwards towards the expected height of the top surface of the pellet, and aspirating the supernatant liquid through the aspirator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Edward Medri, Carl Theodore Edens, Brian Austin Self
  • VISION-GUIDED ASPIRATION APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140260699
    Abstract: A method for removing supernatant from a sample tube. The method includes providing a sample tube having a pellet at a bottom of the sample tube and a supernatant liquid above the pellet, visually inspecting the sample tube to determine one or more geometric properties of the pellet, and determining an expected height of a top surface of the pellet based on the one or more geometric properties determined in the visual inspection step. The method also includes inserting an aspirator into the supernatant liquid, moving the aspirator downwards towards the expected height of the top surface of the pellet, and aspirating the supernatant liquid through the aspirator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Edward Medri, Carl Theodore Edens, Brian Austen Self