Patents by Inventor Gary K. Scarr

Gary K. Scarr 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).

  • Multi-rule quality control method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6269276
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing the results of determinations of the concentrations of medically significant components of control solutions comprise providing a programmable machine, executing on the machine a program which tests the results against a set of statistical quality control rules, and producing indications to an operator of the results of the tests. Illustratively, (a) laboratory analytical instrument(s) run(s) the control solutions interspersed among patient samples, the concentrations of medically significant components of which are determined by the laboratory instrument(s). The quality of the laboratory instrument's(s') process(es) for determining the concentrations of the medically significant components of the patient samples are monitored by testing the outcomes of the concentration determinations of the control solutions against the set of QC rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Kamran Akhavan, Laurian I. Rusu, Gary K. Scarr, Mark J. Simmons, Dale L. Wedel