STEVEN NELSON ROE
Pilots at Hillbarn Ct, San Mateo, CA

6529760, Mar 4, 2003

Jun 6, 2001

09/876717

Anthony J. Pantages - Los Altos CA
William Martin Belef - San Jose CA
Lawrence D. Wasicek - San Jose CA
Donald S. Mamayek - Mountain View CA
James D. Koger - Santa Cruz CA
Steven Nelson Roe - San Mateo CA

Scimed Life Systems, Inc. - Maple Grove MN

A61B 500

600407, 600462, 600585

An intravascular imaging guidewire which can accomplish longitudinal translation of an imaging plane allowing imaging, by acoustic other high quality imaging energy, of an axial length of a region of interest without moving the guidewire. The imaging guidewire comprises a body in the form of a flexible elongate tubular member. An elongate flexible imaging core is slidably received within the body. The imaging core includes a shaft having an imaging device mounted on its distal end. The body and the imaging core are cooperatively constructed to enable axial translation of the imaging core and imaging device relative to the body. The body has a transparent distal portion extending an axial length over which axially translatable imaging may be performed. The imaging guidewire has a maximum diameter over its entire length sized to be received within a guidewire lumen of an intravascular catheter.

8591436, Nov 26, 2013

Apr 30, 2004

10/836578

Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US
Charles C. Raney - Camdenton MO, US

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

A61B 5/00, B65D 61/00, G01N 21/00, G01N 31/00, G01N 33/00, G01N 35/00

600583, 600584, 606181, 436 44, 422 66

A supply of lancets for a multi-use lancing device are carried by a tape and sequentially brought from a storage position to an activating position by advancing the tape around a bend. The lancets are non-circular in cross-section along their longitudinal lengths, and in their activating position they extend from the tape such that their sharp tips are available for lancing tissue. The carrying tape can be arranged in reel-to-reel format in a housing having a lancing opening. The lancets can be integral with the tape and activated to move the lancet through the lancing opening by moving the tape along its tape path or by translating a dedicated service loop of the tape. The lancets can also be independent from the tape and activated through the lancing opening by a separate lancing actuator. A test media can be included on the carrying tape and the housing can contain a sensor to yield an integrated lancing and testing device.

2012017, Jul 5, 2012

Dec 30, 2010

12/981811

Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US

ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. - Indianapolis IN

A61B 5/151

600583

A method of adjusting a skin penetrating depth of a lancet structure of a portable handheld medical diagnostic device is provided. The method includes providing an elongated lancet structure having a skin piercing end and a blood transport portion adjacent the skin piercing end. The skin piercing end when displaced makes an incision at the skin site to produce an amount of bodily fluid from the skin site and in which the blood transport portion transports the amount of bodily fluid away from the skin site for use by the measurement system in making the physiological measurement. An adjustable linkage is adjusted that is connected to a drive member such that movement of the adjustable linkage moves the drive member toward and away from the lancet port to adjust a skin penetrating depth of the lancet structure.

8172811, May 8, 2012

May 15, 2008

12/120672

Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

A61M 5/00

604207, 604152, 604208, 604211, 74 25

A pump drive and a method thereof to dispense a liquid drug from a container having a plunger piston are disclosed. The pump drive provides a unidirectional clutch provided about a rotational axis which supports centrally a wheel. The clutch has an inner race operably connected to the plunger piston, wherein the clutch is configured to rotate both the inner race about the axis in unison with rotation of the wheel in only a first direction to advance the plunger piston, and to let the wheel rotate relative to the inner race about the axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction without advancing the piston plunger. The drive in one embodiment includes at least one shape memory alloy wire which when excited rotates the wheel in the first rotational direction to advance the piston plunger and dispense the liquid drug from the container.

2008028, Nov 20, 2008

May 14, 2007

11/747947

Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US
Hans Detlef Meyer - Gruenstadt, DE
Juergen Rasch-Menges - Schwetzingen, DE
Paul Jansen - Mannheim, DE

G01N 31/22

422 58

A supply of test strips for bodily fluid sampling are provided on a tape such that advancing the tape serves to advance the test strips. One end of the test strips are attached to the tape, and their free end is allowed to extend away from the tape for use. This extension facilitates dosing and reduces the chances for contamination. Prior to use the test strips are maintained in a sealed container and/or under a removable covering to preserve their integrity and improve shelf life.

2011016, Jul 7, 2011

Mar 16, 2011

13/049622

Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US

A61B 5/151

600583

A body fluid sampling device includes a firing mechanism that is configured to be automatically cocked and fired. In one form, the device includes an electric motor that is operable to cock the firing mechanism and fire an integrated lancet/sampling device to form an incision in skin. Subsequent to formation of the incision, the integrated lancet device is temporarily removed from the skin to promote bleeding from the incision. After a specified period of time, the integrated lancet device is then repositioned against the skin in order to collect a fluid sample.

7479119, Jan 20, 2009

Apr 4, 2007

11/696260

Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

A61B 5/00, A61B 17/14, A61B 17/32

600584, 600573, 600583, 606181

A bodily fluid sampling device includes a flexible test strip, a lancet, and a deflection mechanism. The test strip is biased to be positioned over the incision site formed by the lancet. The deflection mechanism positions the test strip away from the incision site during lancing so as to allow the lancet to have clear access to the incision site. Due to the flexible nature of the test strip, after lancing the incision, the test strip returns to the original position so as to collect fluid from the incision.

6988996, Jan 24, 2006

Jun 7, 2002

10/164828

Jeffrey N. Roe - San Ramon CA, US
Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US

Roche Diagnostics Operatons, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

A61B 5/00, B65D 81/00

600584

A bodily fluid sampling device includes a piercing device and a sensor enclosed in a housing. A cassette, which contains test media, is positioned proximal to the sensor so that the sensor is able to analyze a bodily fluid sample collected on the test media. The cassette includes a supply portion from which unused test media is supplied and a storage portion in which contaminated test media is stored after exposure to the bodily fluid. The cassette is adapted to collect a series of bodily fluid samples without requiring disposal of the test media.

6974465, Dec 13, 2005

May 6, 2002

10/140337

W. Martin Belef - San Jose CA, US
John H. Ream - San Jose CA, US
Thomas C. Moore - Fremont CA, US
Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US
Jeffrey M. Jones - Sunnyvale CA, US
Niyazi Beyhan - Santa Clara CA, US
Arcadi Elbert - Sunnyvale CA, US

Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc. - Maple Grove MN

A61F011/00

606108, 60416401, 604264, 604528, 128849

The system () includes a catheter drive unit () and a catheter () extending therefrom movably mounted to a catheter drive sled (). The catheter drive unit rotates and translates the catheter core () within the catheter sheath (). The sled has a serrated, conical drive unit interface (), with a bag-piercing tip () mateable with a translator drive ouput () so that a sterile drape () enclosing the catheter drive unit is automatically pierced when the catheter drive unit is mounted to the sled. A control unit () is spaced apart from the catheter drive unit and provides power and commands to the catheter drive unit and receives information and data from the catheter drive unit. The rotator and translator drive motors () are operated from both the control unit and the catheter drive unit. Both the control unit and catheter drive unit have translation displacement displays ().

7959581, Jun 14, 2011

Oct 2, 2006

11/537791

Irio G. Calasso - Arth, CH
Martin Kopp - Hagendorn, CH
Charles Raney - Camdenton MO, US
Steven N. Roe - San Mateo CA, US

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

A61B 5/00, A61B 17/14, A61B 17/32, B65D 81/00, G01N 21/00, G01N 31/00, G01N 33/00, G01N 35/00

600583, 600575, 600576, 600584, 606181, 422 66, 436 44

A test magazine with two film strips (), which are joined to one another in a sandwich-like manner, can be wound up, and between which holding cells () for test elements are kept free. The test magazine also comprises a multitude of test elements () each having a puncturing unit () for inserting into body tissue and a test unit () for being subjected to body fluid. To this end, the puncturing units () and test units () are placed in separate holding cells () whereby separating them from one another.