Patents by Inventor Shelia Diane Ball

Shelia Diane Ball 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).

  • CARTRIDGE DEVICE WITH SEGMENTED FLUIDICS FOR ASSAYING COAGULATION IN FLUID SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20180321265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to analytical testing devices comprising segmented fluidics and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample received within the segmented fluidics. For example, the present invention may be directed to sample analysis cartridge including an inlet chamber, a first conduit comprising a first junction configured to split a biological sample into at least first and second segments, a second conduit comprising a first reagent, a first sensor region, and a first fluidic lock valve, and a third conduit comprising a first flow restrictor region, a second reagent, and a second sensor region. The sample analysis cartridge further includes a pump configured to independently mix the first segment in the second conduit and the second segment in the third conduit, and independently position the first segment over the first sensor region and position the second segment over the second sensor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Abbott Point of Care Inc.
    Inventors: Katrina Petronilla Di Tullio, Jay Kendall Taylor, John Lewis Emerson Campbell, Caglar Elbuken, Shelia Diane Ball, Noam Saul Lightstone
  • Cartridge device with segmented fluidics for assaying coagulation in fluid samples
    Patent number: 10048281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to analytical testing devices comprising segmented fluidics and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample received within the segmented fluidics. For example, the present invention may be directed to sample analysis cartridge including an inlet chamber, a first conduit comprising a first junction configured to split a biological sample into at least first and second segments, a second conduit comprising a first reagent, a first sensor region, and a first fluidic lock valve, and a third conduit comprising a first flow restrictor region, a second reagent, and a second sensor region. The sample analysis cartridge further includes a pump configured to independently mix the first segment in the second conduit and the second segment in the third conduit, and independently position the first segment over the first sensor region and position the second segment over the second sensor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Abbott Point of Care Inc.
    Inventors: Katrina Petronilla Di Tullio, Jay Kendall Taylor, John Lewis Emerson Campbell, Caglar Elbuken, Shelia Diane Ball, Noam Saul Lightstone
  • CARTRIDGE DEVICE WITH SEGMENTED FLUIDICS FOR ASSAYING COAGULATION IN FLUID SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20160091509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to analytical testing devices comprising segmented fluidics and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample received within the segmented fluidics. For example, the present invention may be directed to sample analysis cartridge including an inlet chamber, a first conduit comprising a first junction configured to split a biological sample into at least first and second segments, a second conduit comprising a first reagent, a first sensor region, and a first fluidic lock valve, and a third conduit comprising a first flow restrictor region, a second reagent, and a second sensor region. The sample analysis cartridge further includes a pump configured to independently mix the first segment in the second conduit and the second segment in the third conduit, and independently position the first segment over the first sensor region and position the second segment over the second sensor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Katrina Petronilla Di Tullio, Jay Kendall Taylor, John Lewis Emerson Campbell, Caglar Elbuken, Shelia Diane Ball, Noam Saul Lightstone