Patents by Inventor Jose Sellek-Prince

Jose Sellek-Prince 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).

  • Apparatus and Method for Processing Biological Liquids
    Publication number: 20080050511
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the processing of a liquid sample, e.g., a blood sample, based on a measurement related to the sample's ability to coat a surface against which the sample is brought into contact while being routinely transported. Preferably, the sample is advanced through a tube, and the amount of sample residue remaining within the tube is measured and correlated to coating process subsequently carried out on the sample, e.g., a process for producing blood-smears on a microscope slide. In a preferred embodiment, the amount of sample residue in a blood-transport tube is used to control the motion profile (i.e., acceleration and velocity) of a drop-spreading member used to spread a blood drop on a microscope slide in an automated slide-making instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventor: Jose Sellek-Prince
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the uniform smearing of a biological liquid over a substrate
    Patent number: 7300804
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the processing of a liquid sample, e.g., a blood sample, based on a measurement related to the sample's ability to coat a surface against which the sample is brought into contact while being routinely transported. Preferably, the sample is advanced through a tube, and the amount of sample residue remaining within the tube is measured and correlated to coating process subsequently carried out on the sample, e.g., a process for producing blood-smears on a microscope slide. In a preferred embodiment, the amount of sample residue in a blood-transport tube is used to control the motion profile (i.e., acceleration and velocity) of a drop-spreading member used to spread a blood drop on a microscope slide in an automated slide-making instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventor: Jose Sellek-Prince
  • Apparatus and method for processing biological liquids
    Publication number: 20060105462
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the processing of a liquid sample, e.g., a blood sample, based on a measurement related to the sample's ability to coat a surface against which the sample is brought into contact while being routinely transported. Preferably, the sample is advanced through a tube, and the amount of sample residue remaining within the tube is measured and correlated to coating process subsequently carried out on the sample, e.g., a process for producing blood-smears on a microscope slide. In a preferred embodiment, the amount of sample residue in a blood-transport tube is used to control the motion profile (i.e., acceleration and velocity) of a drop-spreading member used to spread a blood drop on a microscope slide in an automated slide-making instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventor: Jose Sellek-Prince