Patents by Inventor Ellen Joan Maclean

Ellen Joan Maclean 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).

  • Sample collection tool
    Patent number: 9072499
    Abstract: A sample collection tool comprises a collection end configured for collecting a sample. Optionally, the sample is collected from within a body cavity of an animal without causing significant discomfort or injury to the animal. A first handle portion has a first end connected to the collection end and a second end. A second handle portion is connected to the second end of the first handle portion by a breakable connection. The second end of the first handle portion has at least one winglet. The at least one winglet is compliant in a preferential direction. The breakable connection is ruptured at least in part when the at least one winglet is forced in the preferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: DNA GENOTEK INC.
    Inventors: H. Chaim Birnboim, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rafal Michal Iwasiow, Romeo Graham, Rod Muir, Mike Sirois, Michael Beach, Ellen Joan MacLean, Rama Nadia Panford-Walsh
  • SAMPLE COLLECTION TOOL
    Publication number: 20130116596
    Abstract: A sample collection tool comprises a collection end configured for collecting a sample. Optionally, the sample is collected from within a body cavity of an animal without causing significant discomfort or injury to the animal. A first handle portion has a first end connected to the collection end and a second end. A second handle portion is connected to the second end of the first handle portion by a breakable connection. The second end of the first handle portion has at least one winglet. The at least one winglet is compliant in a preferential direction. The breakable connection is ruptured at least in part when the at least one winglet is forced in the preferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: DNA GENOTEK INC.
    Inventors: H. Chaim Birnboim, Roy Sunstrum, Adele Jackson, Rafal Michal Iwasiow, Romeo Graham, Rod Muir, Mike Sirois, Michael Beach, Ellen Joan MacLean, Rama Nadia Panford-Walsh
  • Sample collection tool
    Patent number: D640794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: DNA Genotek Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Sunstrum, H. Chaim Birnboim, Adele Jackson, Rafal Michal Iwasiow, Romeo Graham, Rod Muir, Mike Sirois, Michael Beach, Ellen Joan Maclean, Rama Nadia Panford-Walsh