Patents by Inventor Rachell A. Ekroos

Rachell A. Ekroos 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).

  • Publication number: 20160262730
    Abstract: The devices and methods taught in this disclosure are directed to facilitate the observation, collection, transportation, storage, and preservation of specimens possibly containing DNA, said specimens potentially constituting evidence of sexual assault. The devices and methods described further allow for a means of minimizing the possibility of specimen contamination, dilution, or degradation during the collection and storage processes. The disclosed devices may contain electrical components that provide for the generation and recordation of information (specifically, times, dates, and locations) related to circumstances surrounding the collection of such specimens. This information may serve as evidence corroborating the circumstance of specimen collection, it may help to maintain a known and identifiable Chain of Custody (CoC), and it may additionally be used for unique device identification (UDI), inventory control, and current procedural terminology (CPT) coding purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Speck, Ronald L. Speck, Glenda Beth Horn Herring, Diana Faugno, Rachell A Ekroos, Stacey A. Mitchell, Erik J Ernst, John M Hawkins
  • Patent number: 9265580
    Abstract: The devices and methods taught in this disclosure are directed to facilitate the observation, collection, transportation, storage, and preservation of specimens possibly containing DNA, said specimens potentially constituting evidence of sexual assault. The devices and methods described further allow for a means of minimizing the possibility of specimen contamination, dilution, or degradation during the collection and storage processes. The disclosed devices may contain electrical components that provide for the generation and recordation of information (specifically, times, dates, and locations) related to circumstances surrounding the collection of such specimens. This information may serve as evidence corroborating the circumstance of specimen collection, it may help to maintain a known and identifiable Chain of Custody (CoC), and it may additionally be used for unique device identification (UDI), inventory control, and current procedural terminology (CPT) coding purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Speck, Ronald L Speck, Glenda Beth Horn Herring, Diana K Faugno, Rachell A Ekroos, Stacey A. Mitchell, Erik J. Ernst, John M. Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20140330167
    Abstract: The devices and methods taught in this disclosure are directed to facilitate the observation, collection, transportation, storage, and preservation of specimens possibly containing DNA, said specimens potentially constituting evidence of sexual assault. The devices and methods described further allow for a means of minimizing the possibility of specimen contamination, dilution, or degradation during the collection and storage processes. The disclosed devices may contain electrical components that provide for the generation and recordation of information (specifically, times, dates, and locations) related to circumstances surrounding the collection of such specimens. This information may serve as evidence corroborating the circumstance of specimen collection, it may help to maintain a known and identifiable Chain of Custody (CoC), and it may additionally be used for unique device identification (UDI), inventory control, and current procedural terminology (CPT) coding purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Speck, Ronald L. Speck, Glenda Beth Horn Herring, Diana K. Faugno, Rachell A. Ekroos, Stacey A. Mitchell, Erik J. Ernst, John M. Hawkins