Patents by Inventor Tracy Knudsen

Tracy Knudsen 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).

  • Instrument setup utility program
    Patent number: 7401111
    Abstract: A method of configuring a hand-held instrument (10) for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid or a control comprises providing a configuring computer (14) having a first port (18) for transmitting instructions and data for configuring the instrument (10), providing on the instrument (10) a second port (17) for receiving the instructions and data from the configuring computer (14), coupling the first port (18) to the second port (17), transmitting instructions and data to configure the instrument (10) from the first port (18), receiving the instructions and data at the second port (17), and configuring the instrument (10) according to the instructions and data transmitted from the first port (10) and received at the second port (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostic Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Jane Batman, Nancy Kennedy Byrd, Timothy J. Dishop, Les G Henderson, Patricia A. Hopkinson, Stephen E. Moak, James R. Parker, Frank M. Polaski, Atwell R. Shearer, Tracy Knudsen, Lynne Denise Sly, Kurt Gerard Klem