John Curtis

John Curtis Jones, Grapevine, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080300789	Method for determining the order of execution of assays of a sample in a laboratory automation system - A method for arranging assays in an order for execution in a system that employs a plurality of clinical analyzers, typically automated clinical analyzers. The method comprises the steps of (a) prioritizing the order of execution of a number of individual assays in a set of assays for a given sample in a sample container, the priority of an individual assay in the set of assays for the given sample being specified by the sensitivity of the individual assay, wherein there is at least one sample-to-sample carryover contribution from at least one other sample, an assay of the at least one other sample preceding the individual assay of the given sample; (b) comparing the sum of the sample-to-sample carryover contribution(s) from the at least one other sample for at least one assay of the at least one other sample that precedes the individual assay of the given sample to the sensitivity threshold of the individual assay of the given sample; and (c) using this comparison to determine whether to establish an order for the execution of assays for the given sample that includes the individual assay of the given sample or dispense at least a portion of the given sample into at least one additional container in order to carry out the assay.	12-04-2008

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100059407	COVER WITH CIRCUIT - An apparatus comprising a sterile package having an inside and an outside, with the sterile package being sized and configured to maintain an electronic sterile device within the inside. The sterile package includes at least two conductive paths from the inside to the outside of the sterile package.	03-11-2010

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090188448	Boiler Apparatus For Combusting Processed Agriculture Residues (PAR) And Method - An apparatus that extracts energy from processed agriculture residue (PAR) such as dried distiller grains or rapeseed as a biomass fuel having about 12% by weight or less moisture combusted in a vertically elongated combustion chamber having at least one suspension burner that projects a flame down a longitudinal axis of combustion chamber for transferring heat to heat collection surface located radially from the flame, an exhaust opening vertically spaced from a distal end of the flame containment portion and vertically spaced lower of a substantial majority of the heat collection surface, and a temperature modulator that supplies a cooling air. A method of extracting energy from PAR fuel is disclosed.	07-30-2009