Patents by Inventor Gus Tseo
Gus Tseo 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).
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Publication number: 20080047371Abstract: A cap including a penetrable material adapted to be pierced by a fluid transfer device and an absorbent material positioned above the penetrable material. The absorbent material permits passage of the fluid transfer device and absorbs fluid material present on an outer surface of the fluid transfer device as it is being removed from the cap. The cap is useful for accessing the contents of an associated fluid-holding vessel multiple times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATEDInventors: Bruce ANDERSON, Nick CARTER, Mordi IHEME, Shirley JOHNSON, Daniel KACIAN, James LIGHT, Gus TSEO
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Publication number: 20080031776Abstract: A sample carrier including a lower support wall, a base joined to or in fixed proximity to a bottom end of the lower support wall, and sample tube receiving areas in fixed proximity to the lower support wall for receiving and holding a plurality of sample tubes in substantially vertical orientations. The sample carrier further includes a blocking wall joined to a top end of the support wall which extends laterally over portions of sample tubes held by the sample carrier, thereby limiting vertical movement of the sample tubes during automated sampling procedures. The contents of sample tubes held by the sample carrier can be accessed by a robotic pipetting device. Additionally, a drip shield having a cover plate, a pair of through-holes for accessing sample tubes held by a the sample carrier, and a depending runner for maintaining the sample carrier on a sample carousel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATEDInventors: Gerard SEVIGNY, Mark TALMER, Matthew WEBB, Gus TSEO
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Publication number: 20080016969Abstract: A sample carrier comprising a lower support wall, a base joined to or in fixed proximity to a bottom end of the lower support wall, and sample tube receiving areas in fixed proximity to the lower support wall for receiving and holding a plurality of sample tubes in substantially vertical orientations. The sample carrier further comprising a blocking wall joined to a top end of the support wall which extends laterally over portions of sample tubes held by the sample carrier, thereby limiting vertical movement of the sample tubes during automated sampling procedures. The contents of sample tubes held by the sample carrier can be accessed by a robotic pipetting device. Additionally, a drip shield comprising a cover plate, a pair of through-holes for accessing sample tubes held by a the sample carrier, and a depending runner for maintaining the sample carrier on a sample carousel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATEDInventors: Gerard SEVIGNY, Mark TALMER, Matthew WEBB, Gus TSEO
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Publication number: 20070054413Abstract: A sample carrier comprising a frame and one or more sample tube receiving structures pivotally connected to the frame. Each sample tube receiving structure includes a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member having a plurality of aligned apertures sized to receive sample tubes therethrough. The sample tube receiving structures can be releasably locked relative to a support wall of the frame, thereby substantially immobilizing sample tubes that are held by the sample carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATEDInventors: Robert AVILES, Mark TALMER, Gerard Sevigny, Matthew WEBB, Gus TSEO
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Publication number: 20050005997Abstract: A connector useful for combining the contents of a pair of containers which includes a hollow body for passing fluids between the containers. The body includes top and bottom end portions dimensioned to receive open-ended containers in an interference fit. The top end portion includes one or more recesses sized and arranged to facilitate drainage of a fluid from the first container into the second container when the first container is positioned above the second container. A middle portion is positioned between and adjoins the end portions of the body. A system for combining the contents of a pair of containers is formed when containers having substances to be combined are fitted onto the end portions of the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Thomas Shimei, Gus Tseo
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Patent number: 6517783Abstract: A reaction receptacle apparatus includes one or more individual receptacles for containing chemical or biological substances. The one or more receptacles are arranged to be engaged by tubular elements of a substance transfer device for transferring substances into or out of the individual receptacles. Multiple receptacles are coupled to one another by a connecting rib structure that defines straight shoulders along opposite sides of the reaction receptacle apparatus, and the shoulders support the apparatus within reaction receptacle apparatus carrying structures. A contact-limiting element holding structure for holding contact-limiting elements, such as protective tips for tubular elements, is associated with each individual receptacle and holds a contact-limiting element in an operative orientation so as to be operatively engageable by the tubular element of the substance transfer device.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Gen-Probe IncorporatedInventors: Glenn A. Horner, Shirley J. Johnson, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith, Gus Tseo
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Patent number: 6517782Abstract: A reaction receptacle apparatus includes one or more individual receptacles for containing chemical or biological substances. The one or more receptacles are arranged to be engaged by tubular elements of a substance transfer device for transferring substances into or out of the individual receptacles. Multiple receptacles are coupled to one another by a connecting rib structure that defines straight shoulders along opposite sides of the reaction receptacle apparatus, and the shoulders support the apparatus within reaction receptacle apparatus carrying structures. A contact-limiting element holding structure for holding contact-limiting elements, such as protective tips for tubular elements, is associated with each individual receptacle and holds a contact-limiting element in an operative orientation so as to be operatively engageable by the tubular element of the substance transfer device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Gen-Probe IncorporatedInventors: Glenn A. Horner, Shirley J. Johnson, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith, Gus Tseo
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Publication number: 20010007643Abstract: A reaction receptacle apparatus includes one or more individual receptacles for containing chemical or biological substances. The one or more receptacles are arranged to be engaged by tubular elements of a substance transfer device for transferring substances into or out of the individual receptacles. Multiple receptacles are coupled to one another by a connecting rib structure that defines straight shoulders along opposite sides of the reaction receptacle apparatus, and the shoulders support the apparatus within reaction receptacle apparatus carrying structures. A contact-limiting element holding structure for holding contact-limiting elements, such as protective tips for tubular elements, is associated with each individual receptacle and holds a contact-limiting element in an operative orientation so as to be, operatively engageable by the tubular element of the substance transfer device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2001Publication date: July 12, 2001Inventors: Glenn A. Horner, Shirley J. Johnson, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith, Gus Tseo
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Patent number: 6086827Abstract: A reaction receptacle apparatus includes one or more individual receptacles for containing chemical or biological substances. The one or more receptacles are arranged to be engaged by tubular elements of a substance transfer device for transferring substances into or out of the individual receptacles. Multiple receptacles are coupled to one another by a connecting rib structure that defines straight shoulders along opposite sides of the reaction receptacle apparatus, and the shoulders support the apparatus within reaction receptacle apparatus carrying structures. A contact-limiting element holding structure for holding contact-limiting elements, such as protective tips for tubular elements, is associated with each individual receptacle and holds a contact-limiting element in an operative orientation so as to be operatively engageable by the tubular element of the substance transfer device.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Gen-Probe IncorporatedInventors: Glenn A. Horner, Shirley J. Johnson, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith, Gus Tseo
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Patent number: 4608042Abstract: A system for the sequential infusion of medical solutions comprises a fluid source connected in fluid communication to a fluid flow device and having in the fluid line downstream from the fluid source a one-way check valve and a fluid access port. A spring activated syringe is connected into fluid communication with the access port to raise hydrostatic pressure downstream from the one-way check valve to prevent fluid flow therethrough during infusion by the fluid flow device of fluid from the syringe.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1985Date of Patent: August 26, 1986Assignee: Warner-Lambert CompanyInventors: Timothy W. Vanderveen, Gus Tseo