Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Emery

Michael Paul Emery 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).

  • DEVICE TO COLLECT AND SEGREGATE TISSUE SAMPLES SECTIONED ON A MICROTOME
    Publication number: 20150168277
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods handling a portion of a tissue sample when sectioned by a microtome. The apparatuses include a container, a tissue sample holder in the container, and one or more outlets configured to allow flow of a fluid from the container. the flow through the outlet causes a portion of the tissue sample sectioned by a microtome to move into the outlet. The methods include sectioning one or more portions of a tissue sample, and flowing a fluid past the tissue sample to cause the one or more portions of the tissue sample to move away from the tissue sample and toward at least one fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi, Jack Barger, Michael Paul Emery, James Edward Sinclair, Jorge Arturo Ayala
  • Device to collect and segregate tissue samples sectioned on a microtome
    Patent number: 8967024
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for handling a portion of a tissue sample when sectioned by a microtome. The apparatuses include a container, a tissue sample holder in the container, and one or more outlets configured to allow flow of a fluid from the container. The flow through the outlet causes a portion of the tissue sample sectioned by a microtome to move into the outlet. The methods include sectioning one or more portions of a tissue sample, and flowing a fluid past the tissue sample to cause the one or more portions of the tissue sample to move away from the tissue sample and toward at least one fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi, Jack Barger, Michael Paul Emery, James Edward Sinclair, Jorge Arturo Ayala
  • DEVICE TO COLLECT AND SEGREGATE TISSUE SAMPLES SECTIONED ON A MICROTOME
    Publication number: 20130019725
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods handling a portion of a tissue sample when sectioned by a microtome. The apparatuses include a container, a tissue sample holder in the container, and one or more outlets configured to allow flow of a fluid from the container. the flow through the outlet causes a portion of the tissue sample sectioned by a microtome to move into the outlet. The methods include sectioning one or more portions of a tissue sample, and flowing a fluid past the tissue sample to cause the one or more portions of the tissue sample to move away from the tissue sample and toward at least one fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi, Jack Barger, Michael Paul Emery, James Edward Sinclair, Jorge Arturo Ayala