Patents by Inventor Stephen John Carlisle

Stephen John Carlisle 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: 8980177
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluidic assay device for assaying at least one property of a liquid sample, the device comprising: (i) a liquid sample application region; (ii) at least one test flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; (iii) a reference flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; and (iv) a junction region, at which the test flow path and the reference flow path contact one another, the junction region typically comprising an outlet, conduit, chamber or other portion which permits the onward flow of liquid; wherein a liquid flowing along the reference flow path, upon reaching the junction region, has the effect of preventing the flow of liquid along the test flow path. The invention relates to a fluidic device for the passage of a liquid. It also relates to an assay device suitable for measurement of the amount and/or presence of an analyte in, or property of, a fluid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Alere Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen John Carlisle, David Tolley
  • Publication number: 20140141501
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluidic assay device for assaying at least one property of a liquid sample, the device comprising: (i) a liquid sample application region; (ii) at least one test flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; (iii) a reference flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; and (iv) a junction region, at which the test flow path and the reference flow path contact one another, the junction region typically comprising an outlet, conduit, chamber or other portion which permits the onward flow of liquid; wherein a liquid flowing along the reference flow path, upon reaching the junction region, has the effect of preventing the flow of liquid along the test flow path. The invention relates to a fluidic device for the passage of a liquid. It also relates to an assay device suitable for measurement of the amount and/or presence of an analyte in, or property of, a fluid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen John Carlisle, David Tolley
  • Patent number: 8492136
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluidic assay device for assaying at least one property of a liquid sample comprising: a liquid sample application region; at least one test flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; a reference flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; and a junction region, at which the test flow path and the reference flow path contact one another, the junction region typically comprising an outlet, conduit, chamber or other portion which permits the onward flow of liquid; wherein a liquid flowing along the reference flow path, upon reaching the junction region, has the effect of preventing the flow of liquid along the test flow path. The invention relates to a fluidic device for the passage of a liquid and an assay device suitable for measurement of the amount and/or presence of an analyte in, or property of, a fluid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Alere Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen John Carlisle, David Tolley
  • Publication number: 20120122234
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluidic assay device for assaying at least one property of a liquid sample comprising: a liquid sample application region; at least one test flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; a reference flow path in liquid flow communication with the sample application region; and a junction region, at which the test flow path and the reference flow path contact one another, the junction region typically comprising an outlet, conduit, chamber or other portion which permits the onward flow of liquid; wherein a liquid flowing along the reference flow path, upon reaching the junction region, has the effect of preventing the flow of liquid along the test flow path. The invention relates to a fluidic device for the passage of a liquid and an assay device suitable for measurement of the amount and/or presence of an analyte in, or property of, a fluid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen John Carlisle, David Tolley
  • Publication number: 20090035876
    Abstract: A method of determining the presence or amount of analyte in a fluid sample, which comprises: contacting a fluid sample with a binding reagent that comprises a plurality of cleavable species and wherein said species, when cleaved, are detectable using electrochemical means; separating any binding reagent-analyte complex that forms from the unbound binding reagent; cleaving the cleavable species from the immobilized binding reagent-analyte complex; and detecting the cleaved species using electrochemical means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Inverness Medical Switzerland GMBH
    Inventors: David Edward Williams, Phillip Lowe, Christopher John Slevin, Anne-Cecile Herve, Stephen John Carlisle, Alan Thomson