Patents by Inventor Gary T. Neel
Gary T. Neel 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: 7117721Abstract: In combination, an instrument for determining a characteristic of a biological fluid or a control, and a cuvette for holding a sample of the biological fluid or control, the characteristic of which is to be determined. The instrument comprises a radiation-reflective surface, a first source for irradiating the surface, and a first detector for detecting radiation reflected from the surface. The cuvette has two opposed walls substantially transparent to the source radiation and reflected radiation. The first source and first detector are disposed adjacent a first one of the two opposed walls. The radiation reflective surface is disposed adjacent a second of the two opposed walls. A second source is provided for irradiating the surface. The first detector detects radiation from the second source reflected from the surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, James R. Parker, Rick L. Collins, David E. Storvick, Charles L. Thomeczek, Jr., William J. Murphy, George R. Lennert, Morris J. Young, Daniel L. Kennedy
-
Patent number: 6964871Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber or other testing zone, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the testing zone. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Douglas E. Bell, Gary T. Neel, T. Philip Wong
-
Patent number: 6959247Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: October 25, 2005Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong, Allan Javier Caban, David K. Boehm
-
Patent number: 6953693Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong
-
Patent number: 6946299Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong, Houston F. Voss, Allan Javier Caban, David K. Boehm
-
Publication number: 20040182703Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber or other testing zone, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the testing zone. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Douglas E. Bell, Gary T. Neel, T. Philip Wong
-
Publication number: 20040104131Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Applicant: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong
-
Patent number: 6743635Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong, Houston F. Voss
-
Publication number: 20040099540Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong, Allan Javier Caban, David K. Boehm
-
Publication number: 20040094432Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong
-
Publication number: 20040094433Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong, Houston F. Voss, Allan Javier Caban, David K. Boehm
-
Publication number: 20030203498Abstract: A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2002Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Douglas E. Bell, T. Philip Wong, Houston F. Voss, Allan Javier Caban, David K. Boehm
-
Publication number: 20030136183Abstract: In combination, an instrument for determining a characteristic of a biological fluid or a control, and a cuvette for holding a sample of the biological fluid or control, the characteristic of which is to be determined. The instrument comprises a radiation-reflective surface, a first source for irradiating the surface, and a first detector for detecting radiation reflected from the surface. The cuvette has two opposed walls substantially transparent to the source radiation and reflected radiation. The first source and first detector are disposed adjacent a first one of the two opposed walls. The radiation reflective surface is disposed adjacent a second of the two opposed walls. A second source is provided for irradiating the surface. The first detector detects radiation from the second source reflected from the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2003Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Gary T. Neel, James R. Parker, Rick L. Collins, David E. Storvick, Charles L. Thomeczek, William J. Murphy, George R. Lennert, Morris J. Young, Daniel L. Kennedy
-
Patent number: 6575017Abstract: In combination, an instrument for determining a characteristic of a biological fluid or a control, and a cuvette for holding a sample of the biological fluid or control, the characteristic of which is to be determined. The instrument comprises a radiation-reflective surface, a first source for irradiating the surface, and a first detector for detecting radiation reflected from the surface. The cuvette has two opposed walls substantially transparent to the source radiation and reflected radiation. The first source and first detector are disposed adjacent a first one of the two opposed walls. The radiation reflective surface is disposed adjacent a second of the two opposed walls. A second source is provided for irradiating the surface. The first detector detects radiation from the second source reflected from the surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, James R. Parker, Rick L. Collins, David E. Storvick, Charles L. Thomeczek, Jr., William J. Murphy, George R. Lennert, Morris J. Young, Daniel L. Kennedy
-
Patent number: D506832Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Allan Javier Caban
-
Patent number: D507657Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Allan Javier Caban
-
Patent number: D512512Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Wachovia Bank, National AssociationInventors: Douglas E. Bell, Gary T. Neel, Houston F. Voss
-
Patent number: D495418Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: George R. Rounds, Allan Javier Caban, Gary T. Neel
-
Patent number: D496461Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Jeffrey A. Smith, Allan Javier Caban, David K. Boehm, Jonathan D. Payne
-
Patent number: D499100Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Home Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Gary T. Neel, Allan Javier Caban, David K. Boehm