Patents by Inventor Luke Restorick

Luke Restorick 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).

  • Automated system and method of treating tissue samples on slides
    Patent number: 9395284
    Abstract: An automated method and system for treating one or more tissue samples disposed on slides, the system comprising: a controller, a plurality of slide treatment modules arranged to receive ones of the slides; at least one fluid dispensing robot configured by the controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules via an output nozzle disposed on the at least one fluid dispensing robot to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively; and at least one pumping means for pumping said reagents to the output nozzle of the at least one fluid dispensing robot from a plurality of reagent containers comprising said reagents, wherein the at least one fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to dispense said reagents in a predetermined sequence for each of the slide treatment modules to treat the one or more tissue samples disposed on each of the slides independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTD
    Inventors: Anthony Favaloro, Luke Restorick, Michael Houston Drummond, Stephen John Bagnato
  • AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING TISSUE SAMPLES ON SLIDES
    Publication number: 20140329270
    Abstract: An automated method and system for treating one or more tissue samples disposed on slides, the system comprising: a controller, a plurality of slide treatment modules arranged to receive ones of the slides; at least one fluid dispensing robot configured by the controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules via an output nozzle disposed on the at least one fluid dispensing robot to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively; and at least one pumping means for pumping said reagents to the output nozzle of the at least one fluid dispensing robot from a plurality of reagent containers comprising said reagents, wherein the at least one fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to dispense said reagents in a predetermined sequence for each of the slide treatment modules to treat the one or more tissue samples disposed on each of the slides independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTD
    Inventors: Anthony Favaloro, Luke Restorick, Michael Houston Drummond, Stephen John Bagnato