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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Richard H. Bair, Iii, Asheville, NC (US);
Byran M. Elwood, Candler, NC (US);
Inventors:
Richard H. Bair, III, Asheville, NC (US);
Byran M. Elwood, Candler, NC (US);
Assignee:
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for rapid gas recovery in a controlled gas atmosphere enclosure, which are particularly suited for maintaining incubator gas concentration levels, include the formulation of algorithms utilized for this purpose. The algorithms are included in the firmware for an embedded controller and operate gas solenoids that have inputs defined as specific gases at a defined pressure. An application of the rapid gas recovery method and apparatus to incubators is also disclosed.