Patents Assigned to Sigma-Aldrich GmbH
  • Patent number: 8361394
    Abstract: A calibration system characterizes luminescence measurement systems, in particular spectrally resolving, wide-field and/or confocal imaging systems. The calibration system has a baseplate with at least one flow-through channel, wherein the at least one channel is formed as a sample chamber for the luminescence measurement system, at least one reservoir in communication with the at least one channel and adapted to receive a liquid, and at least one focusing device integrated into a baseplate for setting a defined measurement beam focus of the luminescence measurement system to be calibrated by using a focusing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Bam Bundesanstalf Fuer Materialforschung und - Pruefung, Sigma-Aldrich GmbH
    Inventors: Ute Resch-Genger, Katrin Hoffmann, Dietmar Pfeifer, Roland Nitschke, Pierre Nording
  • Patent number: 7947502
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a kit for calibrating a photoluminescence measurement system, in particular a fluorescence measurement system. The kit includes a number of fluorescence standards i and their corrected and certified fluorescence spectra Ii(?), whereby the fluorescence standards i are selected, so that their spectrally corrected fluorescence spectra Ii(?) cover a broad spectral range with high intensity. The standards are characterized by large half-widths FWHMi of their bands of at least 1400 cm?1. According to the method of the invention, partial correction functions Fi(?) are generated by forming the quotient of the measured fluorescence spectra Ji(?) and the corresponding corrected fluorescence spectra Ii(?), which are then combined to form a total correction function F(?) for a broad spectral range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Sigma-Aldrich GmbH, BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüefung
    Inventors: Ute Resch-Genger, Dietmar Pfeifer, Christian Monte, Angelika Hoffmann, Pierre Nording, Bernhard Schönenberger, Katrin Hoffmann, Monika Spieles, Knut Rurack