Patents by Inventor Nicholas Hastings

Nicholas Hastings 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).

  • EXTRACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150219531
    Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for distributing a solid, gel, powder or viscous test substance in an extraction fluid, the apparatus comprising a flow cell for holding the test substance and having an inlet and an outlet; an extraction chamber located between said inlet and outlet comprising a convergent nozzle; and a recirculating pump for driving extraction fluid: (i) into the flow cell via the inlet; (ii) through the extraction chamber; and (iii) back to the flow cell via the outlet, whereby a pressure differential is established across the extraction chamber such that the velocity of the extraction fluid is greater at the outlet than at the inlet; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a tortuous path flow control valve (TPV) located at the outlet and configured to permit flow of extraction fluid and extracted test substance but to prevent or retard passage of said test substance through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicants: PA KNOWLEDGE LIMITED, CAMBTEK LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony Hawkins, Thomas Watt, Colin Turner, Jonathan Howells, Hugh Malkin, Graham Gutsell, Nicholas Hastings, Nicholas Mounteney
  • Optical surveillance of mixing and separation
    Patent number: 8743359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-invasive method for surveilling mixing and separation of a suspension in an analytical system using solid phase particles for separation of an analyte by measuring particle distribution with a camera attached to a pipetting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Geza Burghardt, Pirow Engelbrecht, Andreas Gisler, Nicholas Hastings, Rolf Schneebeli, David Roger Tegerdine
  • Optical Surveillance of Mixing and Separation
    Publication number: 20120287434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-invasive method for surveilling mixing and separation of a suspension in an analytical system using solid phase particles for separation of an analyte by measuring particle distribution with a camera attached to a pipetting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Geza Burghardt, Pirow Engelbrecht, Andreas Gisler, Nicholas Hastings, Rolf Schneebeli, David Roger Tegerdine