Patents by Inventor Dominic Erb
Dominic Erb 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).
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Patent number: 11969700Abstract: A mixing apparatus containing a drive unit having a drive and a shaft that is pivotable about a pivot axis and is operatively connected to the drive. A pivotable receptacle is arranged on the shaft, where the pivot axis is oriented essentially horizontally, and the pivotable receptacle has a base plate and at least one retainer spaced therefrom, and the pivotable receptacle is configured in such a way that holders for containers can be inserted between the base plate and the at least one retainer in the direction of the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Dominic Erb, Philipp Riedel, Christian Strebel, Gero Fehr, Klaus Lun, Christoph Karthaus
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Patent number: 11471876Abstract: A pipetting apparatus and method capable of detecting a liquid within an intermediate section of a pipette tube of the pipetting apparatus. The intermediate section is located between an upper section of the pipette tube at which a first electrode is arranged and a lower section at which a second electrode is arranged. The first and second electrodes form a measurement capacitor and are operationally connected to an impedance measurement unit, which is adapted to detect whether liquid, such as a portion of a sample liquid or system liquid, is present within the intermediate section based on the measured impedance or change of impedance, e.g. an increase of the capacitance and/or a decrease of the resistance, of the measurement capacitor caused by a presence of the liquid within the intermediate section.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Philipp Ott, Dominic Erb
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Publication number: 20210260541Abstract: A mixing apparatus containing a drive unit having a drive and a shaft that is pivotable about a pivot axis and is operatively connected to the drive. A pivotable receptacle is arranged on the shaft, where the pivot axis is oriented essentially horizontally, and the pivotable receptacle has a base plate and at least one retainer spaced therefrom, and the pivotable receptacle is configured in such a way that holders for containers can be inserted between the base plate and the at least one retainer in the direction of the pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Dominic ERB, Philipp RIEDEL, Christian STREBEL, Gero FEHR, Klaus LUN, Christoph KARTHAUS
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Patent number: 10967341Abstract: A mixing apparatus, comprising a drive unit (1) with a drive (10) and a shaft (11) which is pivotable about a pivot axis (A) and which is operatively connected to the drive (10), a pivot receptacle (2) which is arranged on the shaft (11), wherein the pivot axis (A) is substantially horizontally aligned, wherein the pivot receptacle (2) comprises a base (20) on which receptacles (21, 22) are provided which extend away from the base (20) and into which holders (3) for containers (7) are insertable.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Larry Stiver, Vincent Ahlheit, Peter Siesel, Dominic Erb, Klaus Lun, Christoph Karthaus
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Publication number: 20210094028Abstract: A pipetting apparatus and method capable of detecting a liquid within an intermediate section of a pipette tube of the pipetting apparatus. The intermediate section is located between an upper section of the pipette tube at which a first electrode is arranged and a lower section at which a second electrode is arranged. The first and second electrodes form a measurement capacitor and are operationally connected to an impedance measurement unit, which is adapted to detect whether liquid, such as a portion of a sample liquid or system liquid, is present within the intermediate section based on the measured impedance or change of impedance, e.g. an increase of the capacitance and/or a decrease of the resistance, of the measurement capacitor caused by a presence of the liquid within the intermediate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Philipp OTT, Dominic ERB
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Publication number: 20200254439Abstract: A hollow needle for piercing a closure of a sample vessel, wherein the hollow needle has a cylindrical hollow profile extending along a longitudinal axis and having a tip at a first end thereof, where the hollow needle has a first section that has a tip and a second section that has a larger diameter than the first section, and a transition between the first section and the second section has at least one cutting edge that extends from the first section to the second section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Roland WURGLER, Peter KUMMERLI, Dominic ERB, Paul TANASESCU
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Publication number: 20200030759Abstract: A mixing apparatus, comprising a drive unit (1) with a drive (10) and a shaft (11) which is pivotable about a pivot axis (A) and which is operatively connected to the drive (10), a pivot receptacle (2) which is arranged on the shaft (11), wherein the pivot axis (A) is substantially horizontally aligned, wherein the pivot receptacle (2) comprises a base (20) on which receptacles (21, 22) are provided which extend away from the base (20) and into which holders (3) for containers (7) are insertable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Larry Stiver, Vincent Ahlheit, Peter Siesel, Dominic Erb, Klaus Lun, Christoph Karthaus
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Patent number: 9578959Abstract: Laboratory table with front and opposite rear frame parts, has replaceable tabletop elements positionable thereon. In a first variant, the laboratory table further has detent openings at regular distances on the front and/or rear frame parts, defining a modular grid. Each opening can receive a detent bolt of a modular tabletop element, each element having at least two detent bolts for the insertion into one of the detent openings. In a second variant, each tabletop element has at least one detent opening on a front and/or rear side of the tabletop element, for insertion of a detent bolt. The front and/or rear frame part of the laboratory table have detent bolts arranged at a regular distance defining a modular grid, each one of the detent bolts being for insertion into one of the detent openings of the tabletop elements positioned on these front and rear frame parts.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Claudio Isgrò, Theo Meier, Dominic Erb, Beat Bolli
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Publication number: 20150272318Abstract: Laboratory table with front and opposite rear frame parts, has replaceable tabletop elements positionable thereon. In a first variant, the laboratory table further has detent openings at regular distances on the front and/or rear frame parts, defining a modular grid. Each opening can receive a detent bolt of a modular tabletop element, each element having at least two detent bolts for the insertion into one of the detent openings. In a second variant, each tabletop element has at least one detent opening on a front and/or rear side of the tabletop element, for insertion of a detent bolt. The front and/or rear frame part of the laboratory table have detent bolts arranged at a regular distance defining a modular grid, each one of the detent bolts being for insertion into one of the detent openings of the tabletop elements positioned on these front and rear frame parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: TECAN Trading AGInventors: Claudio Isgrò, Theo Meier, Dominic Erb, Beat Bolli
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Patent number: D877360Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Dominic Erb, Christophe Apotheloz
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Patent number: D882114Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Dominic Erb, Christophe Apotheloz