Patents by Inventor Michael Taylor McVey

Michael Taylor McVey 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).

  • Indentification test device in a random access microbiological analyzer
    Patent number: 6653122
    Abstract: A circular shaped rotor to facilitate automated identification testing of microorganisms in a microbiology analyzer having two circular arrays of microwells downwardly projecting from the top of the rotor connected to a recessed central region by a plurality of microchannels formed in the upper surface and connecting the recessed central portion to the second plurality of microwells; the rotor is further adapted to be rotated by a source of rotational energy and moved throughout the analyzer using troughs formed near its outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Dade MicroScan Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Francis Farina, Bruce McLean Gemmell, John Charles Mazza, Michael Taylor McVey, Edward Stephen Kaminski, Antoine Elias Haddad, Peter Louis Gebrian
  • INDENTIFICATION TEST DEVICE IN A RANDOM ACCESS MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20020155591
    Abstract: A circular shaped rotor to facilitate automated identification testing of microorganisms in a microbiology analyzer having two circular arrays of microwells downwardly projecting from the top of the rotor connected to a recessed central region by a plurality of microchannels formed in the upper surface and connecting the recessed central portion to the second plurality of microwells; the rotor is further adapted to be rotated by a source of rotational energy and moved throughout the analyzer using troughs formed near its outer diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Francis Farina, Bruce McLean Gemmell, John Charles Mazza, Michael Taylor McVey, Edward Stephen Kaminski, Antoine Elias Haddad, Peter Louis Gebrian