Patents by Inventor Sharon Fluss

Sharon Fluss 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).

  • Automated pelletized sample decanting apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 9435718
    Abstract: An automated sample tube decanting system having one or more decanting grippers, a decant waste receptacle, a transporter, and means for rotating the decanting gripper. Each decanting gripper has a respective holder configured to selectively mate with a respective interface on a tube strip. The one or more decanting grippers are rotatable between a first position in which the tube strip is upright and a second position in which the tube strip is inverted. The transporter is configured to move the one or more decanting grippers in a lateral direction from a starting location to a location above the decant waste receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Brian Austin Self, Andrew Leonard, Bert Jungheim, Eric Schneider, Franklin Regan, Bowen Cui, Shubing Liu, Sharon Fluss
  • Automated pelletized sample decanting apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 9400234
    Abstract: An automated sample tube decanting system having one or more decanting grippers, a decant waste receptacle, a transporter, and means for rotating the decanting gripper. Each decanting gripper has a respective holder configured to selectively mate with a respective interface on a tube strip. The one or more decanting grippers are rotatable between a first position in which the tube strip is upright and a second position in which the tube strip is inverted. The transporter is configured to move the one or more decanting grippers in a lateral direction from a starting location to a location above the decant waste receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Brian Austin Self, Andrew Leonard, Bert Jungheim, Eric Schneider, Franklin Regan, Bowen Cui, Shubing Liu, Sharon Fluss