Caleb O Vainikka

US Patent:

20210387188, Dec 16, 2021

Filed:

Jun 10, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/344818

Inventors:

- Fargo ND, US
Caleb Vainikka - Waconia MN, US

Assignee:

Checkable Medical Incorporated - Fargo ND

International Classification:

B01L 3/00

Abstract:

A method of identifying the presence of an analyte may include providing an in vitro test device and a test swab; obtaining a sample using the test swab; transitioning the locking member from the first configuration to the second configuration; advancing the plunger into the housing to pierce the one or more reagent pouches in the reagent region to cause reagent therein to be released and mix; inserting the test swab with obtained sample into the interior of the plunger; rotating the in vitro test device and disposing it on its plunger base; and determining whether the analyte is present. The in vitro test device may include a plunger, a housing, one or more reagent pouches disposed in the housing, a lateral flow test strip, and a locking member having configurations that either allow or prevent reagent in the one or more reagent pouches from being released.

US Patent:

20210316135, Oct 14, 2021

Filed:

Aug 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/268192

Inventors:

- Minneapolis MN, US
Seth Wilks - Valparaiso IN, US
Vance Kesler - Roseville MN, US
James E. Johnson - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Anderson Smith - Mount Pleasant SC, US
Peter James Meinz - Minneapolis MN, US
William Thomas Hartsig - Hudson WI, US
Caleb Ole Vainikka - Waconia MN, US

International Classification:

A61N 1/05
A61N 1/36

Abstract:

Devices and methods of use for introduction and implantation of an electrode as part of a minimally invasive technique. A system includes an introducer tool including a dilator portion, a carrier portion and a release mechanism, the dilator portion selectively engageable with the carrier portion. The system further includes a lead including a lead body and an electrode structure, the electrode structure including an active side with an electrode disposed thereon, and an inactive side with an element disposed thereon. The introducer tool is configured to be temporarily inserted into a patient over a guidewire, and a portion of the release mechanism is selectively engageable with the element of the electrode structure to retain the electrode structure to the introducer tool.