Patents by Inventor Luigi Catazariti

Luigi Catazariti 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).

  • Nucleic acid amplification reaction station for disposable test devices
    Patent number: 9562260
    Abstract: An instrument for conducting nucleic acid amplification reactions in a disposable test device. The test device includes a first reaction chamber containing a first nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., primers and nucleotides) and a second reaction chamber either containing, or in fluid communication, with a second nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., an amplification enzyme such as RT). The instrument includes a support structure receiving the test device. A temperature control system maintains the first reaction chamber at a first elevated temperature but simultaneously maintains the second nucleic acid amplification reagent at a second temperature lower than the first temperature so as to preserve the second nucleic acid amplification reagent. An actuator operates on a fluid conduit in the test device to place the first and second reaction chambers in fluid communication with each other after a reaction has occurred in the first reaction chamber at the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: BIOMERIEUX, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan W. Kluttz, Geoff A. McKinley, Fabio Gennari, Michel Guy, Christopher Cotter, Luigi Catazariti, Louis Graziano, Bruno Colin, Cecile Paris, Jacque Dachaud
  • Nucleic acid amplification reaction station for disposable test devices
    Patent number: 7807449
    Abstract: An instrument for conducting nucleic acid amplification reactions in a disposable test device. The test device includes a first reaction chamber containing a first nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., primers and nucleotides) and a second reaction chamber either containing, or in fluid communication, with a second nucleic acid amplification reagent (e.g., an amplification enzyme such as RT). The instrument includes a support structure receiving the test device. A temperature control system maintains the first reaction chamber at a first elevated temperature but simultaneously maintains the second nucleic acid amplification reagent at a second temperature lower than the first temperature so as to preserve the second nucleic acid amplification reagent. An actuator operates on a fluid conduit in the test device to place the first and second reaction chambers in fluid communication with each other after a reaction has occurred in the first reaction chamber at the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan W. Kluttz, Geoff A. McKinley, Fabio Gennari, Michel Guy, Christopher Cotter, Luigi Catazariti, Louis Graziano, Bruno Colin, Cecile Paris, Jacque Dachaud