Gerald G Meiler

US Patent:

7632468, Dec 15, 2009

Filed:

Dec 2, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/002599

Inventors:

Stanislaw Barski - Limerick ME, US
Joseph Michael Chiapperi - Rochester NY, US
Mark Elliott Deacon - Rochester NY, US
Mark R. Dumont - Saco ME, US
Mark Weston Pierson - Saco ME, US
Timothy Robert Keegan - Wells ME, US
Mark Benno Loeser - Rochester NY, US
Gerald George Meiler - Ontario NY, US
Ross Bryan Goldman - Scarborough ME, US
Carl Russell Rich - Falmouth ME, US
Richard James Versluys - Spencerport NY, US

Assignee:

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. - Westbrook ME
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B01L 3/00
G01N 21/00
G01N 31/00
B01L 9/00

US Classification:

422102, 422 58, 422 60, 422 61, 422 63, 422 64, 422 65, 422 66, 422 67, 422 99, 422104

Abstract:

A retaining clip for retaining reagent test slides in a stacked arrangement includes a first assembly having a first cover plate and at least two parallel, co-planar rails extending transversely from an inner surface of the first cover plate. A second assembly includes a second cover plate, and a rail receiving platform extending transversely from an inner surface of the second cover plate. The first cover plate and the second cover plate define between them a space for receiving the plurality of reagent test slides. The rails of the first assembly include ratchet teeth, and the rail receiving platform of the second assembly includes pawls. The pawls engage the ratchet teeth to prevent the separation of the first assembly and the second assembly and to securely but removably hold the plurality of reagent test slides in a stacked arrangement between the first and second cover plates.

US Patent:

57590109, Jun 2, 1998

Filed:

Feb 8, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/598757

Inventors:

Merrit Nyles Jacobs - Rochester NY
Gary Francis Gnolek - Rochester NY
Dale Bruce Nash - Rochester NY
Gerald George Meiler - Rochester NY
Johannes Jacobus Porte - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B65G 5902

US Classification:

4147968

Abstract:

An improved cartridge and method of dispensing test elements therefrom, which seals off the elements from exposure to the atmosphere. The cartridge includes, at its end apertured to eject test elements, a cover plate, said plate optionally being biased into contact with the end-most test element to cover the fluid opening provided in all such test elements. To dispense that end-most element, a pusher blade engages and ejects the element as in conventional cartridges. Optionally, the opposite end of the cartridge is sealed with a duck-bill seal.