Patents by Inventor Joshua P. Goldfarb

Joshua P. Goldfarb 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 obtaining blood for diagnostic tests
    Patent number: 6837858
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for obtaining a sample of blood from a patient for subsequent diagnostic tests, e.g., glucose monitoring. In one aspect of the invention, the method comprises the steps of: (a) placing a blood collection device over a region on the surface of the skin from which said sample is to be obtained, (b) forming a seal between said blood collection device and said surface of the skin, (c) creating a vacuum sufficient to result in said surface of the skin becoming stretched and engorged with blood, (d) triggering a lancing assembly and causing a lancet to penetrate said skin, (e) retracting said lancet, (f) withdrawing blood toward and onto a fluid collector, and (g) releasing the vacuum. In another aspect of the invention, an apparatus for carrying out the method described previously is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: David D. Cunningham, Timothy P. Henning, Eric B. Shain, Douglas F. Young, Andrew J. Muetterties, Thomas G. Schapira, Geoffrey R. Chambers, Graham J. Hughes, Jared L. Watkin, Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb
  • Method and apparatus for obtaining blood for diagnostic tests
    Patent number: 6306104
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for obtaining a sample of blood from a patient for subsequent diagnostic tests, e.g., glucose monitoring. In one aspect of the invention, the method comprises the steps of: (a) placing a blood collection device over a region on the surface of the skin from which said sample is to be obtained, (b) forming a seal between said blood collection device and said surface of the skin, (c) creating a vacuum sufficient to result in said surface of the skin becoming stretched and engorged with blood, (d) triggering a lancing assembly and causing a lancet to penetrate said skin, (e) retracting said lancet, (f) withdrawing blood toward and onto a fluid collector, and (g) releasing the vacuum. In another aspect of the invention, an apparatus for carrying out the method described previously is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: David D. Cunningham, Timothy P. Henning, Eric B. Shain, Douglas F. Young, Andrew J. Muetterties, Thomas G. Schapira, Geoffrey R. Chambers, Graham J. Hughes, Jared L. Watkin, Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb
  • Method and apparatus for obtaining blood for diagnostic tests
    Patent number: 6093156
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for obtaining a sample of blood from a patient for subsequent diagnostic tests, e.g., glucose monitoring. In one aspect of the invention, the method comprises the steps of:(a) placing a blood collection device over a region on the surface of the skin from which said sample is to be obtained,(b) forming a seal between said blood collection device and said surface of the skin,(c) creating a vacuum sufficient to result in said surface of the skin becoming stretched and engorged with blood,(d) triggering a lancing assembly and causing a lancet to penetrate said skin,(e) retracting said lancet,(f) withdrawing blood toward and onto a fluid collector, and(g) releasing the vacuum.In another aspect of the invention, an apparatus for carrying out the method described previously is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: David D. Cunningham, Timothy P. Henning, Eric B. Shain, Douglas F. Young, Andrew J. Muetterties, Thomas G. Schapira, Geoffrey R. Chambers, Graham J. Hughes, Jared L. Watkin, Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb
  • Housing for a device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a sample of blood
    Patent number: D399565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb
  • Housing for a device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a sample of blood
    Patent number: D399959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb
  • Housing for a device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a sample of blood
    Patent number: D399960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb, Gregory J. Holderfield
  • Housing for a device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a sample of blood
    Patent number: D402369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb, Gregory J. Holderfield
  • Floor cleaning device
    Patent number: D417045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Breuer Electric Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Mark D. Dziersk, Joshua P. Goldfarb
  • Measuring instrument for analysis of blood constituents
    Patent number: D418602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Gary F. Prokop, Joshua P. Goldfarb, Randall P. Bell