Patents by Inventor Harshad Ishwarbhai Patel

Harshad Ishwarbhai Patel 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).

  • Optically readable strip for analyte detection having on-strip orientation index
    Publication number: 20030049168
    Abstract: A test strip is provided for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte in a liquid by inserting the strip into an optical reading apparatus. The test strip is provided with an orientation index zone having a reflectance that contrasts with the reflectance of areas contiguous thereto and such orientation index zone is employed to affirm that the test strip has not been inserted upside down with respect to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Harshad Ishwarbhai Patel, George Michael Daffern
  • Optically readable strip for analyte detection having on-strip orientation index
    Patent number: 6491870
    Abstract: A test strip is provided for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte in a liquid by inserting the strip into an optical reading apparatus. The test strip is provided with an orientation index zone having a reflectance that contrasts with the reflectance of areas contiguous thereto and such orientation index zone is employed to affirm that the test strip has not been inserted upside down with respect to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: LifeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Harshad Ishwarbhai Patel, George Michael Daffern
  • Optically readable strip for analyte detection having on-strip orientation index
    Publication number: 20020054827
    Abstract: A test strip is provided for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte in a liquid by inserting the strip into an optical reading apparatus. The test strip is provided with an orientation index zone having a reflectance that contrasts with the reflectance of areas contiguous thereto and such orientation index zone is employed to affirm that the test strip has not been inserted upside down with respect to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Harshad Ishwarbhai Patel, George Michael Daffern
  • Optically readable strip for analyte detection having on-strip orientation index
    Patent number: 6335203
    Abstract: A test strip is provided for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte in a liquid by inserting the strip into an optical reading apparatus. The test strip is provided with an orientation index zone having a reflectance that contrasts with the reflectance of areas contiguous thereto and such orientation index zone is employed to affirm that the test strip has not been inserted upside down with respect to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Lifescan, Inc.
    Inventors: Harshad Ishwarbhai Patel, George Michael Daffern
  • Reagent test strip
    Patent number: D383550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: LifeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren Robert Larson, Harshad Ishwarbhai Patel, Gregory Lewis Bennett, John Timothy Lemke, Lorin Philip Olson, David P. Matzinger