Patents by Inventor Ivan Confield

Ivan Confield 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).

  • Electrical connector for substrate having conductive tracks
    Patent number: 8926369
    Abstract: An electrical connector can receive a substrate having conductive tracks. The connector includes a housing with a port and at least one alignment feature that together define a direction of insertion. At least three function pins mounted to the housing each include contacts that electrically connect to one of the conductive tracks of a substrate inserted in the connector. A sense pin mounted to the housing has a contact that electrically connects to at least one of the conductive tracks of an inserted substrate. The sense pin can include a plurality of electrically-connected segments, each segment extending substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the substrate. Systems and methods for detecting an analyte in a bodily-fluid sample are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Gary Carroll, Ivan Confield, Luca Valsecchi, Michele Sala, Maurizio Volpe, Roberto Beretta, John Nelson
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR SUBSTRATE HAVING CONDUCTIVE TRACKS
    Publication number: 20140179151
    Abstract: An electrical connector can receive a substrate having conductive tracks. The connector includes a housing with a port and at least one alignment feature that together define a direction of insertion. At least three function pins mounted to the housing each include contacts that electrically connect to one of the conductive tracks of a substrate inserted in the connector. A sense pin mounted to the housing has a contact that electrically connects to at least one of the conductive tracks of an inserted substrate. The sense pin can include a plurality of electrically-connected segments, each segment extending substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the substrate. Systems and methods for detecting an analyte in a bodily-fluid sample are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: LifeScan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Gary Carroll, Ivan Confield, Luca Valsecchi, Michele Sala, Maurizio Volpe, Roberto Beretta, John Nelson
  • Analyte test meter
    Patent number: D684491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Ivan Confield, Allan Orr, Ryan Magennis, Nick Foley, Giorgio Castellari, Maurizio Volpe, Roberto Beretta, Fabio Foleghi, Paul Trickett, James Glencross
  • Analyte test meter
    Patent number: D699853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Ivan Confield, Rochelle Kleinberg, Sophie Edgar, Luca Valsecchi, Allan Orr, David Colin Crosland, Flavio Galli