Patents by Inventor Timothy Mark Wiles

Timothy Mark Wiles 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).

  • Device and apparatus for collecting microbial growth from a semi-solid surface
    Patent number: 11110416
    Abstract: A device for collecting a biological sample from a semi-solid surface. The device has a shaft with a proximate end and a distal end and a tip integrated with the shaft at the proximate end. The tip has a surface adapted to collect microorganisms thereon or release microorganism from, or both, wherein the adapted surface comprises at least one feature of a recess or extension to increase surface area of the tip and collect microorganisms thereon. Examples of such features include microfeatures with dimensions of about 1000 ?m or less. Other examples include a pipette tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Wiles, Dwight Livingston, Jennifer Singelyn, William Alan Fox, Brian Reuben Langhoff, Vikram Patel, Sean Tucker, Ming-hsiung Yeh, Michael A. Brasch
  • Colony contrast gathering
    Patent number: 10521910
    Abstract: An imaging system and method for microbial growth detection, counting or identification. One colony may be contrasted in an image that is not optimal for another type of colony. The system and method provides contrast from all available material through space (spatial differences), time (differences appearing over time for a given capture condition) and color space transformation using image input information over time to assess whether microbial growth has occurred for a given sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Wiles, Raphael Rodolphe Marcelpoil
  • COLONY CONTRAST GATHERING
    Publication number: 20180089828
    Abstract: An imaging system and method for microbial growth detection, counting or identification. One colony may be contrasted in an image that is not optimal for another type of colony. The system and method provides contrast from all available material through space (spatial differences), time (differences appearing over time for a given capture condition) and color space transformation using image input information over time to assess whether microbial growth has occurred for a given sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Wiles, Raphael Rodolphe Marcelpoil