Patents by Inventor Nathan E. Manlove
Nathan E. Manlove 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).
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Patent number: 9267911Abstract: An analyte test sensor strip is disclosed having information coded thereon as well as a method of forming the same and conducting an analyte test using the analyte test sensor strip. Information relating to an attribute of the strip or batch/lot of strips may be coded based on resistance values pertaining to electrical aspects of the strip, such as a primary resistive element and a secondary resistive element, the secondary resistive element having one of a plurality of states defined by a location of a closed tap to form a unique resistive path for the secondary resistive element that includes a portion of the primary resistive element depending on the location of the closed tap. The states may be formed on the strip by a secondary processing step in the manufacture of the strip in which a plurality of taps are severed leaving only one tap in a closed state.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.Inventors: John T. Austera, Terry A. Beaty, Abner D. Joseph, Nathan E. Manlove, Steven K. Moore, James L. Pauley, Jr., Randall K. Riggles
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Patent number: 9063146Abstract: A device which supports identification of an integrated display and dynamic adjustments to operating parameters thereof includes: a port that receive a test strip having a reaction site for receiving a sample of fluid from a patient, a blood glucose (bG) meter cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port to measure glucose in a sample of fluid on the test strip, and a display device having an electrically resistive component integrated therein and operable to display the glucose measurement in accordance with one or more operating parameters associated with the display device The system also includes a monitoring module electrically connected to the resistive component, wherein the monitoring module determines a type for the display device based on a resistance of the resistive component and a control module that selectively adjusts a given operating parameter of the display device in accordance with the type of display device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Blackburn, Nathan E. Manlove, Paul S. Rutkowski
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Publication number: 20150118759Abstract: A device which supports identification of an integrated display and dynamic adjustments to operating parameters thereof includes: a port that receive a test strip having a reaction site for receiving a sample of fluid from a patient, a blood glucose (bG) meter cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port to measure glucose in a sample of fluid on the test strip, and a display device having an electrically resistive component integrated therein and operable to display the glucose measurement in accordance with one or more operating parameters associated with the display device The system also includes a monitoring module electrically connected to the resistive component, wherein the monitoring module determines a type for the display device based on a resistance of the resistive component and a control module that selectively adjusts a given operating parameter of the display device in accordance with the type of display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Blackburn, Nathan E. Manlove, Paul S. Rutkowski
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Publication number: 20150076010Abstract: An analyte test sensor strip is disclosed having information coded thereon as well as a method of forming the same and conducting an analyte test using the analyte test sensor strip. Information relating to an attribute of the strip or batch/lot of strips may be coded based on resistance values pertaining to electrical aspects of the strip, such as a primary resistive element and a secondary resistive element, the secondary resistive element having one of a plurality of states defined by a location of a closed tap to form a unique resistive path for the secondary resistive element that includes a portion of the primary resistive element depending on the location of the closed tap. The states may be formed on the strip by a secondary processing step in the manufacture of the strip in which a plurality of taps are severed leaving only one tap in a closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: John T. Austera, Terry A. Beaty, Abner D. Joseph, Nathan E. Manlove, Steven K. Moore, James L. Pauley, JR., Randall K. Riggles
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Patent number: 8888973Abstract: An analyte test sensor strip is disclosed having information coded thereon as well as a method of forming the same and conducting an analyte test using the analyte test sensor strip. Information relating to an attribute of the strip or batch/lot of strips may be coded based on resistance values pertaining to electrical aspects of the strip, such as a primary resistive element and a secondary resistive element, the secondary resistive element having one of a plurality of states defined by a location of a closed tap to form a unique resistive path for the secondary resistive element that includes a portion of the primary resistive element depending on the location of the closed tap. The states may be formed on the strip by a secondary processing step in the manufacture of the strip in which a plurality of taps are severed leaving only one tap in a closed state.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: John T. Austera, Terry A. Beaty, Abner D. Joseph, Nathan E. Manlove, Steven K. Moore, James L. Pauley, Jr., Randall K. Riggles
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Publication number: 20130027064Abstract: An analyte test sensor strip is disclosed having information coded thereon as well as a method of forming the same and conducting an analyte test using the analyte test sensor strip. Information relating to an attribute of the strip or batch/lot of strips may be coded based on resistance values pertaining to electrical aspects of the strip, such as a primary resistive element and a secondary resistive element, the secondary resistive element having one of a plurality of states defined by a location of a closed tap to form a unique resistive path for the secondary resistive element that includes a portion of the primary resistive element depending on the location of the closed tap. The states may be formed on the strip by a secondary processing step in the manufacture of the strip in which a plurality of taps are severed leaving only one tap in a closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: John T. Austera, Terry A. Beaty, Abner D. Joseph, Nathan E. Manlove, Steven K. Moore, James L. Pauley, JR., Randall K. Riggles
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Patent number: 4727591Abstract: A tuning system receives signals from a radio frequency source and supplies an intermediate frequency signal to a signal detector under the control of a microprocessor. The microprocessor reads a channel selector and produces a control voltage which is used to tune the system to the selected channel. The intermediate frequency signal is connected to the microprocessor and a direct measure of the actual IF signal frequency is used by the processor to continuously adjust the tuner to compensate for drifting of the RF signal. In a preferred embodiment, the IF signal increments a counter in the microprocessor for a predetermined period of time to provide a direct measure of the actual IF signal frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1986Date of Patent: February 23, 1988Assignee: Arvin Industries, Inc.Inventor: Nathan E. Manlove