Patents by Inventor Andreas Kusterer

Andreas Kusterer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7958793
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a sampling system for fluid samples having sample receiving vessel for receiving the sample, which is sealed by a septum and holder for the sample receiving vessel for receiving and holding the sample receiving vessel and also a sample probe for dipping into a fluid volume and for taking a fluid sample from the fluid volume, the sample probe being configured as a hollow volume which, at one end, has a first opening for introducing the holder and the sample receiving vessel and, at another end, is sealed by a first valve which is provided with a hollow needle which projects into the interior of the sample probe said valve being able to be opened by contact with at least one of the group comprising the holder and the sample receiving vessel and then connecting the exterior of the sample probe to the inner volume of the hollow needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Technische Universität München
    Inventors: Julia Hiller, Karl-Heinz Zacher, Dirk Weuster-Botz, Andreas Kusterer
  • Publication number: 20090038419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sampling system for fluid samples having sample receiving vessel for receiving the sample, which is sealed by a septum and holder for the sample receiving vessel for receiving and holding the sample receiving vessel and also a sample probe for dipping into a fluid volume and for taking a fluid sample from the fluid volume, the sample probe being configured as a hollow volume which, at one end, has a first opening for introducing the holder and the sample receiving vessel and, at another end, is sealed by a first valve which is provided with a hollow needle which projects into the interior of the sample probe said valve being able to be opened by contact with the holder and/or with the sample receiving vessel and then connecting the exterior of the sample probe to the inner volume of the hollow needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
    Inventors: Julia Hiller, Karl-Heinz Zacher, Dirk Weuster-Botz, Andreas Kusterer