Patents by Inventor Peter A. Bourdelle
Peter A. Bourdelle 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: 8673239Abstract: A sample collector and test device is disclosed. The sample collector and test device may be used together as a diagnostic tool for collecting and assay of analytes contained in a sample. A sample collector is also disclosed which may be used with existing sample containers and or test devices. The sample collector may indicate sample adequacy when a sufficient volume of sample has been collected for assay and may also include a sample retaining feature which retains a portion of expressed sample for confirmatory testing, if desirable. The sample collector may also include a mechanism for expressing sample in a sample collector and/or test device. A test device is also disclosed for retaining and assay of an expressed sample. The disclosed test device may be used with existing sample collectors. In a preferred embodiment, test device is used with a preferred sample collector.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
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Publication number: 20110120236Abstract: A sample collector and test device is disclosed. The sample collector and test device may be used together as a diagnostic tool for collecting and assay of analytes contained in a sample. A sample collector is also disclosed which may be used with existing sample containers and or test devices. The sample collector may indicate sample adequacy when a sufficient volume of sample has been collected for assay and may also include a sample retaining feature which retains a portion of expressed sample for confirmatory testing, if desirable. The sample collector may also include a mechanism for expressing sample in a sample collector and/or test device. A test device is also disclosed for retaining and assay of an expressed sample. The disclosed test device may be used with existing sample collectors. In a preferred embodiment, test device is used with a preferred sample collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: R. Sam NIEDBALA, John W. SCOTT, Peter A. BOURDELLE, Hans A. FEINDT
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Patent number: 7879293Abstract: A sample collector and test device is disclosed. The sample collector and test device may be used together as a diagnostic tool for collecting and assay of analytes contained in a sample. A sample collector is also disclosed which may be used with existing sample containers and or test devices. The sample collector may indicate sample adequacy when a sufficient volume of sample has been collected for assay and may also include a sample retaining feature which retains a portion of expressed sample for confirmatory testing, if desirable. The sample collector may also include a mechanism for expressing sample in a sample collector and/or test device. A test device is also disclosed for retaining and assay of an expressed sample. The disclosed test device may be used with existing sample collectors. In a preferred embodiment, test device is used with a preferred sample collector.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
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Publication number: 20030064526Abstract: A sample collector and test device is disclosed. The sample collector and test device may be used together as a diagnostic tool for collecting and assay of analytes contained in a sample. A sample collector is also disclosed which may be used with existing sample containers and or test devices. The sample collector may indicate sample adequacy when a sufficient volume of sample has been collected for assay and may also include a sample retaining feature which retains a portion of expressed sample for confirmatory testing, if desirable. The sample collector may also include a mechanism for expressing sample in a sample collector and/or test device. A test device is also disclosed for retaining and assay of an expressed sample. The disclosed test device may be used with existing sample collectors. In a preferred embodiment, test device is used with a preferred sample collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: OraSure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
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Patent number: 6274087Abstract: The invention relates to a diagnostic medical device, and in particular to a blood cell analyzer which by manual or automatic operation withdraws and analyzes a minimal amount of blood that is stored in open or sealed vials. The analyzer includes a manually operated self cleaning sampling device for open vials and an automated self cleaning sampling device for sealed vials fitted with a pierceable cap.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: BioChem Immunosystems Inc.Inventors: Charles R. Preston, Peter A. Bourdelle
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Patent number: 6126903Abstract: A vial cap holder and cap piercer for holding vials of varying sizes sealed with pierceable caps, said holder comprising: a frame, a holder adjustably mounted to said frame, a plate mounted on said frame below said holder, the plate having an aperture, a cup mounted on top of said plate for receiving a pierceable cap of said vial, a retractable needle for piercing the pierceable cap of the vial and to communicate with the contents of the vial, a driver for extending and retracting said needle, and a tongue pivotally mounted to the holder, the tongue having a beveled surface for receiving the vial.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: BioChem Immunosystems, Inc.Inventors: Charles R. Preston, Peter A. Bourdelle
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Patent number: 5783148Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing a biological process and is particularly useful for processes which include amplicon decontamination and nucleic acid amplification steps. The apparatus includes a sample well for introduction and removal of a liquid biological sample, at least one reaction chamber containing dried reagents in fluid communication with the sample well, a pneumatic chamber in pneumatic communication with the reaction chamber and sample well, and a pneumatic port in the pneumatic chamber for connection of the apparatus to a pneumatic aspiration/dispensing means which causes the flow of the liquid sample within the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1997Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Becton Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Hugh V. Cottingham, Allen Reichler, Peter Bourdelle
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Patent number: 5725831Abstract: An apparatus for containing a liquid biological sample and for performing a biological process thereon comprises a sample area for receiving the sample, at least one reaction area in fluid communication with the sample area, a pneumatic area in pneumatic communication with the reaction area and the sample area, and a pneumatic port in the pneumatic area for connection of the apparatus to a pneumatic aspiration/dispensing pipette. The pneumatic aspiration/dispensing pipette provides for controlled flow of the liquid biological sample between the sample area and the reaction area. To reduce evaporative loss of the sample from the apparatus, a sample tower is provided in fluid communication with the sample area. A similar tower may be provided at the pneumatic port to reduce evaporative loss through the pneumatic area.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1995Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: Becton Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Allen S. Reichler, Peter A. Bourdelle, Raymond F. Cracauer
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Patent number: 5578270Abstract: An automated system is provided for carrying out nucleic acid based assays on a plurality of liquid samples with little or no intervention by a human operator. The system includes at least one reaction station adapted to hold and apply controlled amounts of heat to a plurality of reaction devices in which the liquid samples are receivable. Each of the reaction devices includes a sample area for receiving a liquid sample, a reaction area into which the liquid sample is movable to carry out a nucleic acid decontamination or amplification reaction on the sample, and a pneumatic port for allowing air to be aspirated from and dispensed into the reaction device to move the sample between the sample area and the reaction area.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1995Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignee: Becton Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Allen S. Reichler, David J. Antol, Michael L. Lamos, Peter A. Bourdelle, Scott D. Hildebrand
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Patent number: 4241828Abstract: A disposable, easy to handle, compact sheath and sheath package for medical instruments which includes a sheath in a shirred condition packaged within a hollow envelope and affixed thereto, the envelope being sealed to protect the cleanliness of the outside surface of the sheath contained within before use, with an entry end of the envelope capable of being penetrated by a medical instrument for insertion into the sheath and an exit end of the envelope capable of being penetrated by the sheath-covered instrument permitting use of that instrument.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1976Date of Patent: December 30, 1980Assignee: Johnson & JohnsonInventors: Peter A. Bourdelle, Norman Schiff
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Patent number: D467665Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
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Patent number: D470240Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: OraSure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
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Patent number: D474278Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2002Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
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Patent number: D481800Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2003Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
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Patent number: D631553Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: OraSure Technologies, Inc.Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt