Patents by Inventor John Thuin Page

John Thuin Page 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).

  • Method and apparatus for identification of bacteria
    Patent number: 9180448
    Abstract: An automated system for identifying in a biological sample microorganisms and their antimicrobial susceptibility (AST). The system provided an automated platform for preparing, from a single biological sample, inoculates for both ID and AST. The system loads a plate for ID testing as samples are being prepared for AST testing. The system tracks the sample and the inoculates from the samples to link the test results to the sample and the patients from whom the sample was obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert Edward Armstrong, John Thuin Page, Ben Turng, Glen Richard Davis, Strett Roger Nicolson, Timothy Hansen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20120009558
    Abstract: An automated system for identifying in a biological sample microorganisms and their antimicrobial susceptibility (AST). The system provided an automated platform for preparing, from a single biological sample, inoculates for both ID and AST. The system loads a plate for ID testing as samples are being prepared for AST testing. The system tracks the sample and the inoculates from the samples to link the test results to the sample and the patients from whom the sample was obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Edward Armstrong, John Thuin Page, Ben Turng, Glen Richard Davis, Strett Roger Nicolson, Timothy Hansen
  • Device for automatically adjusting the bacterial inoculum level of a sample
    Patent number: 8058078
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide, for example, a system and method for automatically adjusting the inoculum level of a sample. Certain embodiments of the present invention may measure a concentration of particles present in a preliminary sample using a sensor device and determine an amount of diluent to be added to or removed from a sample container to prepare a sample having a selected concentration of particles, corresponding to a selected inoculum level. Embodiments of the present invention may also automatically add or remove the diluent using an automated fluidics system so as to prepare a sample having the selected particle concentration. Once the selected particle concentration is achieved and verified, some embodiments may also remove at least a portion of the sample from the sample container such that the container contains a selected volume of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Timothy Hansen, Mark Anthony Messina, John Thuin Page, Thomas Paul Borgoyn, Ammon David Lentz, Robert Michael Novak
  • Method and apparatus for using a graphical user interface to create, edit, and test expert system rules for a clinical database
    Patent number: 7970725
    Abstract: A rules system for creating rules to an expert system is provided, the rules system providing a user-friendly, guided process for creating such rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert Edward Armstrong, Raymond John Michels, Glen Richard Davis, John Thuin Page