Patents by Inventor Richard C. Tighe

Richard C. Tighe 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).

  • Instrument excitation source and calibration method
    Patent number: 7714301
    Abstract: An apparatus including an LED excitation source and module useful for full plate imaging fluorescence instruments as well as methods for calibrating such instruments. The apparatus may include a light source operative to provide simultaneous illumination of a first wavelength selected to a plurality of samples to excite the fluorescent emission of light of a second wavelength by said plurality of samples wherein the light source is an LED array; and an optical sensor, responsive to light at said second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Molecular Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph H. Jackson, Robert M. Gavin, III, Richard C. Tighe, Steve McNerney, Wu Jiang, Todd E. French, Reginald Tobias