Patents by Inventor Walter R. McVey

Walter R. McVey 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).

  • Electrophoretic method and system having internal lane standards for color calibration
    Patent number: 6982029
    Abstract: An electrophoretic system having a plurality of separation lanes is provided with an automatic color calibration feature in which each lane is separately calibrated. For each lane, a dye matrix standard is created using reference fragments which migrate either before, or after, the sample fragments being electrophoresced, during the same electrophoresis run. These dye standards are detected automatically for the purpose of determining coefficients used to identify sample fragments mixed together with the reference fragments. This allows for calibrating the dye standard matrix for each of a plurality of lanes each time the electrophoresis system is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: SpectraMedix LLC
    Inventors: Walter R. McVey, Thomas E. Kane
  • Electrophoretic method and system having internal lane standards for color calibration
    Publication number: 20020166767
    Abstract: An electrophoretic system having a plurality of separation lanes is provided with an automatic color calibration feature in which each lane is separately calibrated. For each lane, a dye matrix standard is created using reference fragments which migrate either before, or after, the sample fragments being electrophoresced, during the same electrophoresis run. These dye standards are detected automatically for the purpose of determining coefficients used to identify sample fragments mixed together with the reference fragments. This allows for calibrating the dye standard matrix for each of a plurality of lanes each time the electrophoresis system is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Walter R. McVey, Thomas E. Kane