Patents by Inventor Robert C. Tite

Robert C. Tite 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).

  • Patent number: 5338666
    Abstract: A method for receiving, distributing and storing a sample into numerous aliquots of small volume without air entrapment and with retention of aliquots when the device is manipulated and for the treatment of any or all of the aliquots with the same or different reagents and/or other chemical additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: James F. Monthony, Dwight Livingston, Jayakumar Reuben, Robert C. Tite
  • Patent number: 5182082
    Abstract: The present invention is a device which allows for receiving, distributing and storing a sample into numerous aliquots of small volume without air entrapment and with retention of aliquots when the device is manipulated. The device allows for the treatment of any or all of the aliquots with the same or different reagents and/or other chemical additives. The device comprises a housing for containing a body for guiding a sample into a plurality of wells without the need for pipetting aids, without multiple manipulations, without the retention of air and for retaining sample in the wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: James F. Monthony, Dwight Livingston, Jayakumar Reuben, Robert C. Tite
  • Patent number: 4806316
    Abstract: A substantially rigid, multi-well, self-pipetting device for use in chemical, immunochemical and microorganism analysis is provided. It includes a frame and a plurality of test wells disposed within the frame. A filing manifold communicates with each of the test wells through a filling passageway. A docking port on the periphery of the device receives a reservoir holding a fluid specimen. The docking port communicates with the filling manifold through a filling port and a filling channel. A vent control system also communicates with the test wells and is comprised of one or more vent manifolds, and/or valves to a vent manifold, and/or one or more vent holes to the ambient atmosphere. Any vent holes present are temporarily closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Raymond Johnson, Dwight Livingston, Robert C. Tite, Sheila J. Wood-Helie