Patents by Inventor Stephen Lewis Leckenby
Stephen Lewis Leckenby 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).
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Patent number: 9962231Abstract: Apparatus is described for measuring and displaying the magnitude of traction forces applied to a patient's lower limbs during surgery, and for measuring the direction and magnitude of counter-traction forces applied to the patient's body by the perineal post located at the patient's groin to oppose traction forces applied to the patient's lower limbs.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Trimanus Medical Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Auchinleck, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Kyle Cameron, Gregory Vincent Browne
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Patent number: 9939357Abstract: A cartridge for holding and dispensing streaking applicators for an automated streaking apparatus having a cartridge holder, the cartridge including: a case with a dispensing end, a longitudinal axis and an elongate slot generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the dispensing end including an applicator dispensing position where one applicator can be at least partially accessible from outside the case; and an applicator support member constrained within the case for longitudinal movement therein and being able to carry a stack of applicators; the elongate slot being capable of operatively receiving a biasing member when the cartridge is in the cartridge holder to urge the support member towards the dispensing end and an applicator into the dispensing position.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: LBT INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Colin William Potter
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Patent number: 9914953Abstract: An apparatus for inoculating and streaking a solid growth culture medium in a plate, the streaking using a streaking applicator having a line of resiliently and flexibly supported spaced apart contact surfaces, the apparatus including: (a) an inoculating and streaking station including: a plate work position having a notional action line fixed in two dimensions (x,y) in a predetermined position; and a plate rotation device for rotating a positioned plate to cause streaking; (b) a sensor capable of locating the surface of the medium in a positioned plate to thereby determine for that plate, prior to inoculation and streaking of that plate, the third dimension (z) of the action line; (c) an inoculating device capable of dispensing inoculum, along the action line, on the surface of the medium in the positioned plate; and (d) a streaking device capable of moving the streaking applicator such that its line of spaced apart contact surfaces contacts, along the action line, the surface of the medium in the positiType: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: LABTECH SYSTEMS LTDInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Daniel Patrick Torpy, Chong Kean Ooi, Michael John Tomlinson, Leon Raj, Graeme John Cross, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Wayne Richard Cheetham, Michael Craig Lovett, Colin William Potter
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Publication number: 20170209231Abstract: Apparatus is described for measuring and displaying the magnitude of traction forces applied to a patient's lower limbs during surgery, and for measuring the direction and magnitude of counter-traction forces applied to the patient's body by the perineal post located at the patient's groin to oppose traction forces applied to the patient's lower limbs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: Trimanus Medical Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Auchinleck, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Kyle Cameron, Gregory Vincent Browne
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Patent number: 9615885Abstract: Apparatus is described for measuring and displaying the magnitude of traction forces applied to a patient's lower limbs during surgery, and for measuring the direction and magnitude of counter-traction forces applied to the patient's body by the perineal post located at the patient's groin to oppose traction forces applied to the patient's lower limbs.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Trimanns Medical, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Auchinleck, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Kyle Cameron, Gregory Vincent Browne
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Publication number: 20160040976Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods are described herein for obtaining wide field OCT images and other types of image data from at least one portion of a sample. Various embodiments of systems, and methods are described herein for assessing a degree of differentiation for a second region of an OCT image of a tissue sample with respect to another first. Various embodiments of a sample container are also described herein for containing a tissue sample and maintaining the tissue sample in a defined orientation during imaging or handling.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Andrew Berkeley, Stephen McFayden, David Rempel, Jason Silver, James Elliott Cameron, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Trevor Pleydell-Bouverie Malcolm Moat
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Publication number: 20150233801Abstract: A cartridge for holding and dispensing streaking applicators for an automated streaking apparatus having a cartridge holder, the cartridge including: a case with a dispensing end, a longitudinal axis and an elongate slot generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the dispensing end including an applicator dispensing position where one applicator can be at least partially accessible from outside the case; and an applicator support member constrained within the case for longitudinal movement therein and being able to carry a stack of applicators; the elongate slot being capable of operatively receiving a biasing member when the cartridge is in the cartridge holder to urge the support member towards the dispensing end and an applicator into the dispensing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: LBT INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Colin William Potter
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Publication number: 20150164604Abstract: Apparatus is described for measuring and displaying the magnitude of traction forces applied to a patient's lower limbs during surgery, and for measuring the direction and magnitude of counter-traction forces applied to the patient's body by the perineal post located at the patient's groin to oppose traction forces applied to the patient's lower limbs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Trimanus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Auchinleck, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Kyle Cameron, Gregory Vincent Browne
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Patent number: 9029129Abstract: A cartridge for holding and dispensing streaking applicators for an automated streaking apparatus having a cartridge holder, the cartridge including: a case with a dispensing end, a longitudinal axis and an elongate slot generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the dispensing end including an applicator dispensing position where one applicator can be at least partially accessible from outside the case; and an applicator support member constrained within the case for longitudinal movement therein and being able to carry a stack of applicators; the elongate slot being capable of operatively receiving a biasing member when the cartridge is in the cartridge holder to urge the support member towards the dispensing end and an applicator into the dispensing position.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: LBT Innovations LimitedInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Colin William Potter
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Patent number: 8986228Abstract: Apparatus is described for measuring and displaying the magnitude of traction forces applied to a patient's lower limbs during surgery, and for measuring the direction and magnitude of counter-traction forces applied to the patient's body by the perineal post located at the patient's groin to oppose traction forces applied to the patient's lower limbs.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Trimanus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Auchinleck, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Kyle Cameron, Gregory Vincent Browne
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Publication number: 20140186932Abstract: An apparatus for inoculating and streaking a solid growth culture medium in a plate, the streaking using a streaking applicator having a line of resiliently and flexibly supported spaced apart contact surfaces, the apparatus including: (a) an inoculating and streaking station including: a plate work position having a notional action line fixed in two dimensions (x,y) in a predetermined position; and a plate rotation device for rotating a positioned plate to cause streaking; (b) a sensor capable of locating the surface of the medium in a positioned plate to thereby determine for that plate, prior to inoculation and streaking of that plate, the third dimension (z) of the action line; (c) an inoculating device capable of dispensing inoculum, along the action line, on the surface of the medium in the positioned plate; and (d) a streaking device capable of moving the streaking applicator such that its line of spaced apart contact surfaces contacts, along the action line, the surface of the medium in the positiType: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: LBT INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Daniel Patrick Torpy, Chong Kean Ooi, Michael John Tomlinson, Leon Raj, Graeme John Cross, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Wayne Richard Cheetham, Michael Craig Lovett, Colin William Potter
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Patent number: 8696294Abstract: An apparatus for orientating a solid growth culture medium plate from an original orientation to a worked orientation, the plate having a lid and a bottom, the apparatus including an orientation mechanism that includes opposed jaws able to receive and hold a plate therebetween in a held position that defines a notional tube above and below the plate, the orientation mechanism being mounted on a jaw support member such that the jaw support member is rotatable such that at least the plate bottom rotates about a generally horizontal axis that intersects the notional tube to orientate at least the plate bottom from the original orientation to the worked orientation.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: LBT Innovations LimitedInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Daniel Patrick Torpy, Colin William Potter
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Patent number: 8691558Abstract: An apparatus for inoculating and streaking a solid growth culture medium in a plate, the streaking using a streaking applicator having a line of resiliently and flexibly supported spaced apart contact surfaces, the apparatus including: (a) an inoculating and streaking station including: a plate work position having a notional action line fixed in two dimensions (x,y) in a predetermined position; and a plate rotation device for rotating a positioned plate to cause streaking; (b) a sensor capable of locating the surface of the medium in a positioned plate to thereby determine for that plate, prior to inoculation and streaking of that plate, the third dimension (z) of the action line; (c) an inoculating device capable of dispensing inoculum, along the action line, on the surface of the medium in the positioned plate; and (d) a streaking device capable of moving the streaking applicator such that its line of spaced apart contact surfaces contacts, along the action line, the surface of the medium in the positionedType: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: LBT Innovations LimitedInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Daniel Patrick Torpy, Chong Kean Ooi, Michael John Tomlinson, Leon Raj, Graeme John Cross, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Wayne Richard Cheetham, Michael Craig Lovett, Colin William Potter
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Patent number: 8408860Abstract: An apparatus for orientating a solid growth culture medium plate from an original orientation to a worked orientation, the plate having a lid and a bottom, the apparatus including an orientation mechanism that includes opposed jaws able to receive and hold a plate therebetween in a held position that defines a notional tube above and below the plate, the orientation mechanism being mounted on a jaw support member such that the jaw support member is rotatable such that at least the plate bottom rotates about a generally horizontal axis that intersects the notional tube to orientate at least the plate bottom from the original orientation to the worked orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Labtech Systems LimitedInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Daniel Patrick Torpy, Colin William Potter
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Publication number: 20130072822Abstract: Apparatus is described for measuring and displaying the magnitude of traction forces applied to a patient's lower limbs during surgery, and for measuring the direction and magnitude of counter-traction forces applied to the patient's body by the perineal post located at the patient's groin to oppose traction forces applied to the patient's lower limbs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: TRIMANUS MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Geoffrey Auchinleck, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Kyle Cameron, Gregory Vincent Browne
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Publication number: 20100172735Abstract: An apparatus for orientating a solid growth culture medium plate from an original orientation to a worked orientation, the plate having a lid and a bottom, the apparatus including an orientation mechanism that includes opposed jaws able to receive and hold a plate therebetween in a held position that defines a notional tube above and below the plate, the orientation mechanism being mounted on a jaw support member such that the jaw support member is rotatable such that at least the plate bottom rotates about a generally horizontal axis that intersects the notional tube to orientate at least the plate bottom from the original orientation to the worked orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: LABTECH SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Daniel Patrick Torpy, Colin William Potter
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Publication number: 20100173416Abstract: An apparatus for inoculating and streaking a solid growth culture medium in a plate, the streaking using a streaking applicator having a line of resiliently and flexibly supported spaced apart contact surfaces, the apparatus including: (a) an inoculating and streaking station including: a plate work position having a notional action line fixed in two dimensions (x,y) in a predetermined position; and a plate rotation device for rotating a positioned plate to cause streaking; (b) a sensor capable of locating the surface of the medium in a positioned plate to thereby determine for that plate, prior to inoculation and streaking of that plate, the third dimension (z) of the action line; (c) an inoculating device capable of dispensing inoculum, along the action line, on the surface of the medium in the positioned plate; and (d) a streaking device capable of moving the streaking applicator such that its line of spaced apart contact surfaces contacts, along the action line, the surface of the medium in the positionedType: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: LABTECH SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Daniel Patrick Torpy, Chong Kean Ooi, Michael John Tomlinson, Leon Raj, Graeme John Cross, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Wayne Richard Cheetham, Michael Craig Lovett, Colin William Potter
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Publication number: 20100099181Abstract: A cartridge for holding and dispensing streaking applicators for an automated streaking apparatus having a cartridge holder, the cartridge including: a case with a dispensing end, a longitudinal axis and an elongate slot generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the dispensing end including an applicator dispensing position where one applicator can be at least partially accessible from outside the case; and an applicator support member constrained within the case for longitudinal movement therein and being able to carry a stack of applicators; the elongate slot being capable of operatively receiving a biasing member when the cartridge is in the cartridge holder to urge the support member towards the dispensing end and an applicator into the dispensing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: LABTECH SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear, Colin William Potter
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Patent number: D582564Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Labtech Systems LimitedInventors: Colin William Potter, Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear
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Patent number: D583065Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Labtech Systems LimitedInventors: Colin William Potter, Rajiv Gupta, Stephen Lewis Leckenby, Phillip James Duncan, Ryan Andrew Annear