Patents by Inventor Frederick Leland Wittekind, III

Frederick Leland Wittekind, III 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: 9933409
    Abstract: A strip connector includes a connector housing having a housing cavity and guide feature. A strip carrier slidable in the housing cavity includes a carrier body having a strip channel slidably receiving a test strip in an insertion direction. A first biasing member biases the strip carrier in an ejection direction opposite the insertion direction. A second biasing member acting orthogonal to the first biasing member biases the carrier body in a contact direction orthogonal to the ejection direction. First and second male members of the carrier body slide with respect to the guide feature and prevent strip contact direction carrier displacement until the male members are axially aligned with guide feature branches extending orthogonally to the guide feature. A test strip conductor contacts connector housing electrical contacts when the male members axially align with the branches and the second biasing member displaces the strip carrier in the contact direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick Leland Wittekind, III
  • Publication number: 20130122736
    Abstract: A strip connector includes a connector housing having a housing cavity and guide feature. A strip carrier slidable in the housing cavity includes a carrier body having a strip channel slidably receiving a test strip in an insertion direction. A first biasing member biases the strip carrier in an ejection direction opposite the insertion direction. A second biasing member acting orthogonal to the first biasing member biases the carrier body in a contact direction orthogonal to the ejection direction. First and second male members of the carrier body slide with respect to the guide feature and prevent strip contact direction carrier displacement until the male members are axially aligned with guide feature branches extending orthogonally to the guide feature. A test strip conductor contacts connector housing electrical contacts when the male members axially align with the branches and the second biasing member displaces the strip carrier in the contact direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick Leland Wittekind, III
  • Patent number: 7883015
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50, 58) with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (44), a portable memory reader (48), a remote computer (54), and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Firedrich Karl Ackermann, Manfred Augstein, Timothy L. Beck, Markus Stephan Fuerst, Robert Lawrence Meek, Phillip Edgar Pash, Blaine Edward Ramey, Robert Paul Sabo, Matthew Carlyle Sauers, Joerg Schreiber, Wolfgang Walter, Seth Faulkner Williams, Frederick Leland Wittekind, III
  • Patent number: RE44345
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50, 58) with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (44), a portable memory reader (48), a remote computer (54), and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Roche Operations Ltd.
    Inventors: Friedrich Karl Ackermann, Manfred Augstein, Timothy L. Beck, Markus Stephan Fuerst, Robert Lawrence Meek, Philip Edgar Pash, Blaine Edward Ramey, Robert Paul Sabo, Matthew Carlyle Sauers, Joerg Schreiber, Wolfgang Walter, Seth Faulkner Williams, Frederick Leland Wittekind, III