Patents by Inventor Lee Macomber

Lee Macomber 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).

  • Sample tube insertion guide device
    Patent number: 10634743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sample tube insertion guide that is adapted in reducing the possibility or the risk of breakage of a sample tube that is inserted into an orifice during insertion/removal of the sample tube through an orifice. In one particular embodiment, the sample tube insertion guide comprises: a plurality of rigid elongated guide elements (14), each of which comprises a top end (18T) and a bottom end (18B); and one or more slotted openings (38) between at least a pair of said rigid elongated guide elements (14), wherein said slotted openings (38) begin at the top end (18T) and extend continuously to at least 75% of the length of said rigid elongated guide elements (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Hamish S. Christie, Lee Macomber
  • INSERTION GUIDE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180100904
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device that reduces the possibility or the risk of breakage of an item that is inserted into an orifice during insertion/removal of the item through an orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Hamish S. Christie, Lee Macomber