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Craig Drager
Also filed as: DRAGER CRAIG · DRAGER CRAIG L
23 granted patents·1,135 citations·filing 1996–2021
97Inventor score
Files withBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC10MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC5BIO MERIEUX INC4MEDTRONIC XOMED INC2NORMAN GEROULD W1
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23 records- 0197US5762873AAutomatic sample testing machineBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 9, 1998·174 cites·10 claims
- 0297US5670375ASample card transport method for biological sample testing machineBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 23, 1997·185 cites·4 claims
- 0395US8272857B2Method and system for loading of tubing into a pumping deviceNORMAN GEROULD W·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 25, 2012·26 cites·24 claims
- 0495US5869006AIdentification system for test sample cards in an analytical instrumentBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 9, 1999·85 cites·12 claims
- 0594US10517680B2Automatic identification of instrumentsMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 31, 2019·17 cites·21 claims
- 0693US8939740B2Tube positionerMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 27, 2015·11 cites·15 claims
- 0793US5762874ADrive system for test sample positioning systemBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 9, 1998·101 cites·9 claims
- 0890US5965090AVacuum loading of test sample cards in an analytical instrumentBIO MERIEUX INC·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 12, 1999·51 cites·6 claims
- 0987US5888455AOptical reader and sample card transport stations for biological sample testing machineBIO MERIEUX INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 30, 1999·43 cites·5 claims
- 1086US5853667ATest sample positioning systemBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 29, 1998·56 cites·6 claims
- 1184US5736102ATest sample positioning systemBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 7, 1998·51 cites·11 claims
- 1283US10624702B2Automatic identification of instrumentsMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 21, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 1380US5853666AOptical reader and sample card transport stations for biological sample testing machineBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 29, 1998·56 cites·9 claims
- 1477US5925884AFluorescence station for biological sample testing machineBIO MERIEUX INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 20, 1999·26 cites·14 claims
- 1574US6494892B1Disposable hub for a surgical cutting instrumentSUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 17, 2002·155 cites·11 claims
- 1674US5856193AAutomatic sample testing methodBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 5, 1999·28 cites·4 claims
- 1773US11672611B2Automatic identification of instrumentsMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 13, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 1873US11033339B2Automatic identification of instrumentsMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 15, 2021·1 cites·22 claims
- 1973US5798084ATest sample positioning systemBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 25, 1998·22 cites·8 claims
- 2069US11147632B2Automatic identification of instrumentsMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 19, 2021·0 cites·23 claims
- 2166US5697409ADiluting and pipetting stations for sample testing machineBIO MERIEUX VITEK INC·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 16, 1997·26 cites·20 claims
- 2264US5955736AReflector assembly for fluorescence detection systemBIO MERIEUX INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·18 cites·3 claims
- 2358US10443592B2Roller positioning systemMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 15, 2019·0 cites·17 claims
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