Patents by Inventor John Gerstenmaier, III

John Gerstenmaier, III 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).

  • Simultaneous aspirator and dispenser for multiwell plates and similar devices
    Patent number: 7628085
    Abstract: A device for simultaneously dispensing a solution containing a sample to a test device and aspirating the sample from the device. In one embodiment the device is hand-held and includes a control mechanism, e.g., button for activating the dispensing and aspiration of the sample. The testing device may take the form of a multi-well plate with a plurality of wells arranged in rows and columns, with the bottom of the wells formed as a photonic crystal biosensor. The device can be configured with dispense and aspirate manifolds and associated dispense and aspirate ports which are positioned in all the wells along a row or column of wells so as to simultaneously aspirate and dispense solution to all the wells in a row or column of the multi-well plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: SRU Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance G. Laing, Timothy F. Smith, John Gerstenmaier, III, Gangadhar Jogikalmath