Robert Sterling Berger

US Patent:

6511634, Jan 28, 2003

Filed:

Nov 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/723663

Inventors:

Randolph Bradshaw - Brewster NY
Andrew Oakes - Harrington Park NJ
Nicholae Dumitrescu - Stamford CT
Robert L. Berger - Bound Brook NJ
William M. Jameson - Cranbury NJ
Chris Robinson - Lawrenceville NJ
James R. Laskey - Chestertown MD

Assignee:

Bayer Corporation - Tarrytown NY

International Classification:

B01L 1100

US Classification:

422102, 422103, 206268, 220524, 22020323

Abstract:

The reagent package includes a container housing section and a container lid that arc sealed together to define one or more inside chambers. An opening in the container lid provides access to a corresponding chamber. The chamber opening is controlled by a valve that is pivotable from an open position to a closed position and vice versa. When the valve is in an open position the container chamber can be accessed through the valve with an aspiration probe and a dispensation probe. The reagent package accommodates a filter screen member and a glass ampoule in the container chamber. The glass ampoule contains one reagent ingredient, which can be a dry powder and the space within the chamber outside the glass ampoule can contain a reconstituting liquid. When the reagent package is ready for use a pressure force is imposed on the outside wall of the chamber adjacent the glass ampoule to crush the ampoule and permit the liquid within the chamber to mix with the dry powder released from the glass ampoule. Drainage channels can be provided in the floor of the container to direct the flow of liquid at the container floor into a filter well.

US Patent:

D4155700, Oct 19, 1999

Filed:

Dec 5, 1997

Appl. No.:

D/080266

Inventors:

Randolph Bradshaw - Brewster NY
Andrew Oakes - Harrington Park NJ
Nicholae Dumitrescu - Stamford CT
Chris Robinson - Lawrenceville NJ
James R. Laskey - Chestertown MD
Robert L. Berger - Bound Brook NJ

Assignee:

Bayer Corporation - Tarrytown NY

International Classification:

2404

US Classification:

D24224

US Patent:

61972606, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

Jul 14, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/115283

Inventors:

Randolph Bradshaw - Brewster NY
Andrew Oakes - Harrington Park NJ
Nicholae Dumitrescu - Stamford CT
Robert L. Berger - Bound Brook NJ
William M. Jameson - Cranbury NJ
Chris Robinson - Lawrenceville NJ
James R. Laskey - Chestertown MD

Assignee:

Bayer Corporation - Tarrytown NY

International Classification:

B01L 1100
B65D 326

US Classification:

422101

Abstract:

The reagent package includes a container housing section and a container lid that are sealed together to define one or more inside chambers. An opening in the container lid provides access to a corresponding chamber. The chamber opening is controlled by a valve that is pivotable from an open position to a closed position and vice versa. When the valve is in an open position the container chamber can be accessed through the valve with an aspiration probe and a dispensation probe. The reagent package accommodates a filter screen member and a glass ampoule in the container chamber. The glass ampoule contains one reagent ingredient, which can be a dry powder and the space within the chamber outside the glass ampoule can contain a reconstituting liquid. When the reagent package is ready for use a pressure force is imposed on the outside wall of the chamber adjacent the glass ampoule to crush the ampoule and permit the liquid within the chamber to mix with the dry powder released from the glass ampoule. Drainage channels can be provided in the floor of the container to direct the flow of liquid at the container floor into a filter well.