Patents by Inventor Thomas Kite Sharpless

Thomas Kite Sharpless 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).

  • Medical diagnostic system
    Patent number: 7041206
    Abstract: A system for conducting a plurality of different medical diagnostic tests comprises a hand-held portable self contained instrument for engaging a disposable test cell containing a fluid to be tested. The instrument performs a diagnostic test selected from the plurality of tests upon the fluid within the test cell, the test being selected by the instrument based upon identification information obtained from the test cell. A disposable, single use test cell is provided for receiving fluid to be diagnostically tested. The test cell includes identification information indicative of a particular test to be performed upon the fluid, the test cell being sized and shaped for engagement by the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Clinical Analysis Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Stephen Gephart, H. William Loesch, Charles Francis McBrairty, Edward James McBrairty, Michael J. Rello, Thomas Kite Sharpless, Donald Wayne Shive
  • Medical diagnostic system
    Publication number: 20010045355
    Abstract: A system for conducting a plurality of different medical diagnostic tests comprises a hand-held portable self contained instrument for engaging a disposable test cell containing a fluid to be tested. The instrument performs a diagnostic test selected from the plurality of tests upon the fluid within the test cell, the test being selected by the instrument based upon identification information obtained from the test cell. A disposable, single use test cell is provided for receiving fluid to be diagnostically tested. The test cell includes identification information indicative of a particular test to be performed upon the fluid, the test cell being sized and shaped for engagement by the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Applicant: Clinical Analysis Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Stephen Gephart, H. William Loesch, Charles Francis McBrairty, Edward James McBrairty, Michael J. Rello, Thomas Kite Sharpless, Donald Wayne Shive