Patents by Inventor Robert Paul Luoma, II

Robert Paul Luoma, II 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: 11738346
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate bubble formation in a liquid are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a bottom wall, a first baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall, and a second baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall. The first baffle is spaced apart from the second baffle, and the first baffle and the second baffle are positioned radially relative to an axis of rotation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian L. Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley C. Weston
  • Patent number: 11712671
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to agitate a liquid are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a carrier having a base that includes a ridge extending from the base and a collar extending from the base. The example apparatus also includes a container supported on the base, the container movable between (A) a locked positon in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the base and (B) an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Publication number: 20210170414
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate bubble formation in a liquid are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a bottom wall, a first baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall, and a second baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall. The first baffle is spaced apart from the second baffle, and the first baffle and the second baffle are positioned radially relative to an axis of rotation of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian L. Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley C. Weston
  • Patent number: 10926263
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate bubble formation in a liquid are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a bottom wall, a first baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall, and a second baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall. The first baffle is spaced apart from the second baffle, and the first baffle and the second baffle are positioned radially relative to an axis of rotation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley C. Weston
  • Publication number: 20200238237
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to agitate a liquid are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a carrier having a base that includes a ridge extending from the base and a collar extending from the base. The example apparatus also includes a container supported on the base, the container movable between (A) a locked positon in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the base and (B) an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Patent number: 10639600
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to agitate a liquid are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a carrier having a base that includes a ridge extending from the base and a collar extending from the base. The example apparatus also includes a container supported on the base, the container movable between (A) a locked positon in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the base and (B) an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Patent number: 10191072
    Abstract: A handling device for samples and reagents to be used in testing in a system. Carriers of samples and reagents are loaded on a platform which detects the presence of, and proper loading of, such carriers. The carriers are moved from the platform by a transporter to a bar code reader for identification. A reagent container is rotated during reading to facilitate identification. The transporter further moves identified reagent carriers to a carousel on which the carriers automatically secured for storage awaiting use in testing. The carousel rotates, and selected reagent containers rotate on the rotating carousel, during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Cordell Kay Gomm, Robert Paul Luoma, II, David Charles Arnquist, Ryan Patrick Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180353964
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate bubble formation in a liquid are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a bottom wall, a first baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall, and a second baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall. The first baffle is spaced apart from the second baffle, and the first baffle and the second baffle are positioned radially relative to an axis of rotation of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley C. Weston
  • Patent number: 10058866
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate bubble formation in a liquid are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a bottom wall, a first baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall, and a second baffle cantilevered from the bottom wall. The first baffle is spaced apart from the second baffle, and the first baffle and the second baffle are positioned radially relative to an axis of rotation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley Weston
  • Publication number: 20180028988
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to agitate a liquid are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a carrier having a base that includes a ridge extending from the base and a collar extending from the base. The example apparatus also includes a container supported on the base, the container movable between (A) a locked positon in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the base and (B) an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Patent number: 9789454
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to agitate a liquid are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a carrier having a base that includes a ridge extending from the base and a collar extending from the base. The example apparatus also includes a container supported on the base, the container movable between (A) a locked positon in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the base and (B) an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Publication number: 20170234898
    Abstract: An example method includes retrieving a first carrier from a loading bay. In the example method, the retrieving of the first carrier is unrestricted by a position of the first carrier in the loading bay. The example method includes exposing the first carrier to an identification device to identify content of the first carrier and moving the first carrier from the identification device to a first location or a second location based on the content of the first carrier for performance of a diagnostic process using the content at the first location or the second location. The example method includes retrieving the first carrier from the first location or the second location and returning the first carrier to the loading bay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Patent number: D815299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Patent number: D822224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley Weston
  • Patent number: D875269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Patent number: D875270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley Weston
  • Patent number: D892350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II
  • Patent number: D905866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian L. Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley C. Weston
  • Patent number: D962471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Robert Paul Luoma, II, Brian L. Ochranek, Cheryl L. Davidson, Bradley C. Weston
  • Patent number: D978375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Robert Paul Luoma, II