Patents by Inventor Jurjen Sinnema
Jurjen Sinnema 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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Publication number: 20240144629Abstract: A system that may automatically and rapidly process blood culture bottles. Such processing includes obtaining an image of a label placed on the cylindrical surface of the blood culture bottle. The system may also determine an amount of blood sample that has been added to the blood culture bottle by comparing a sample level to pre-placed fiducial. The distance between the liquid meniscus in the blood culture bottle and fiducial may be used to determine blood volume. The imaging apparatus may also detect internal conditions of the blood culture bottle such as the presence of foam or the presence of culture media in a neck portion of the blood culture bottle. The image of the label is obtained from one or more images captured by a camera or scanner. The information on the label may be read automatically and therefore the blood culture bottles do not have to be processed manually, increasing throughput of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Franciscus Hermannus Feijen, Brent Ronald Pohl, Craig W. Bark, Jan Bart Van Der Vijver, Timothy Roy Hansen, Jurjen Sinnema, Martijn Kleefstra
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Patent number: 11858796Abstract: A system and method for gripping, torqueing and releasing an element so as to cap and/or decap a container, such as those typically utilized to house specimens in laboratory environments. The system is driven by a single bi-directional motor linked to a coupler assembly via a rotating threaded shaft. The coupler assembly is configured to engage with an element, such as a cap or container, via mechanically-biased splines that are actuated without any complex linkages, or operative connection to the motor or other powered components. The system employs an ejector nut and an ejector, both of which are concentrically positioned about the threaded shaft. The ejector nut translates along the shaft as a function of the shaft's rotation, so as to permit the retraction of the ejector when an element is engaged in the coupler assembly or cause the ejector to extend into the coupler assembly to disengage the element.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Franciscus Feijen, Harm W. van der Dong
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Publication number: 20230250388Abstract: A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Martijn Xander Berntsen, Jurjen Sinnema, Martijn Kleefstra
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Patent number: 11655445Abstract: A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Martijn Xander Berntsen, Jurjen Sinnema, Martijn Kleefstra
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Publication number: 20230133241Abstract: The present disclosure describes automated systems and methods for handling objects, such as culture plates or dishes. For example, in one embodiment, the present disclosure describes an automated stacker and de-stacker comprising a clamping mechanism, a lift pad, a pair of pins, and a cabinet. A stack of culture plates may be stored in the cabinet. During a stacking operation, the pair of pins may be raised to stop a culture plate traveling along a conveyor track. Once stopped, the culture plate may be raised above the conveyor track by the lift pad and clamped by the clamping mechanism. During a de-stacking operation, the clamping mechanism may be opened, and the culture plate may be lowered onto the conveyor track by the lift pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Jorn Deinum, Johannes Anne Bruinsma, Gerard Henstra, Jan Bart Van Der Vijver, Paul Jean Marc Gielen, Maarten Rijken, Jurjen Sinnema
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Publication number: 20220098542Abstract: A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Martijn Xander Berntsen, Jurjen Sinnema, Martijn Kleefstra
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Patent number: 11262368Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a plurality of articles includes a transport belt, a bumper stopper, and a rotator. A motor moves the transport belt which is adapted to rotate the rotator as the belt conveys the plurality of articles. The stopper can move between first and second positions relative to the transport belt wherein the bumper stopper guides one article toward the rotator when the bumper stopper is in the first position. The bumper stopper allows the article to be conveyed to another location when the bumper stopper is in the second position. The transport belt can continue to convey other articles while the one article is temporarily held in place by the bumper stopper. The rotator is configured to rotate the article conveyed by the transport belt. The article can remain in contact with the transport belt while the rotator is rotating the article.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Roger Petri, Martijn Xander Berntsen, Martijn Kleefstra
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Publication number: 20220033125Abstract: A holder for consumables for use in an analyzer is disclosed. The holder has one or more receptacles for receiving a stack of consumables. The consumables are wrapped in packaging and are placed in the holder as a stack of packaged consumables. The receptacles have a height sufficient to receive the stack of consumable. The receptacles have an opening miming along the side of the receptacle for the entire portion of the height of the receptacle that receives the stack of consumables. The receptacles have a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is the end of the receptacles into which the stack of consumables is place and from which the consumables are removed. The distal portion of the receptacles support the stack of consumables in the receptacles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2018Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Roger Petri
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Publication number: 20220002130Abstract: A system and method for a self-actuating, mechanically-biased container restraint. The system requires no computer-aided control or timing, nor is any external power source needed, other than the force exerted as a container is inserted into the restraint. The system relies upon an assembly including mechanically-biased pivoting levers, each of which has a horizontal element and a vertical element. All actuation occurs as the base of an inserted container comes into contact with the upper surface of the horizontal elements of multiple pivoted levers positioned at the base of a channel adapted to serve as a guide for the inserted tube. The levers are biased in this elevated position by mechanical means, such as a spring. As the inserted tube presses the horizontal members downward, the top portions of the vertical members are pivoted inward toward the container's exterior.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Franciscus Feijen
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Patent number: 11136544Abstract: A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Martijn Xander Berntsen, Jurjen Sinnema, Martijn Kleefstra
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Publication number: 20210147206Abstract: A system and method for gripping, torqueing and releasing an element so as to cap and/or decap a container, such as those typically utilized to house specimens in laboratory environments. The system is driven by a single bi-directional motor linked to a coupler assembly via a rotating threaded shaft. The coupler assembly is configured to engage with an element, such as a cap or container, via mechanically-biased splines that are actuated without any complex linkages, or operative connection to the motor or other powered components. The system employs an ejector nut and an ejector, both of which are concentrically positioned about the threaded shaft. The ejector nut translates along the shaft as a function of the shaft's rotation, so as to permit the retraction of the ejector when an element is engaged in the coupler assembly or cause the ejector to extend into the coupler assembly to disengage the element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Franciscus Feijen, Harm W. van der Dong
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Publication number: 20200166532Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a plurality of articles includes a transport belt, a bumper stopper, and a rotator. A motor moves the transport belt which is adapted to rotate the rotator as the belt conveys the plurality of articles. The stopper can move between first and second positions relative to the transport belt wherein the bumper stopper guides one article toward the rotator when the bumper stopper is in the first position. The bumper stopper allows the article to be conveyed to another location when the bumper stopper is in the second position. The transport belt can continue to convey other articles while the one article is temporarily held in place by the bumper stopper. The rotator is configured to rotate the article conveyed by the transport belt. The article can remain in contact with the transport belt while the rotator is rotating the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Roger Petri, Martijn Xander Berntsen, Martijn Kleefstra
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Patent number: 10654666Abstract: A separating system (1) comprises a housing (60) sized to receive a stack of articles having at least one first article (12) stacked on top of a second article (10). The system (1) also includes a lifter (20) movable into a contact position adjacent a surface (13) on the at least one first article (12). The lifter (20) is adapted to apply a lifting force to the surface (13) to lift at least a portion of the first article (12) above the contact position. An extractor (40) moves the second article (10) away from the stack of articles after the at least one first article (12) has been lifted above the contact position by the lifter (20). The housing (60) prevents the at least one first article (12) from moving with the second article (10) when the second article (10) is moved by the extractor (40) and guides the stack of articles downward after the second article (10) is moved away.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BD KIESTRA B. V.Inventors: Michael Justin Lizzi, Lukas Blaauw, Timothy Roy Hansen, Freerk H. Van Der Werff, Jurjen Sinnema, Jordan Brown, James Glen Burmaster, Rui Goncalves, Milenko Lukic, Nino Orucevic, Martin John Juritsch
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Publication number: 20200102532Abstract: A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Martijn Xander BERNTSEN, Jurjen SINNEMA, Martijn Kleefstra
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Patent number: 10585107Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a plurality of articles (10) includes a transport belt (6), a bumper stopper (14), and a rotator (12). A motor moves the transport belt which is adapted to rotate the rotator as the belt conveys the plurality of articles. The stopper can move between first and second positions relative to the transport belt wherein the bumper stopper guides one article toward the rotator when the bumper stopper is in the first position. The bumper stopper allows the article to be conveyed to another location when the bumper stopper is in the second position. The transport belt can continue to convey other articles while the one article is temporarily held in place by the bumper stopper. The rotator is configured to rotate the article conveyed by the transport belt. The article can remain in contact with the transport belt while the rotator is rotating the article.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Roger Petri, Martijn Xander Berntsen, Martijn Kleefstra
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Patent number: 10557113Abstract: A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Martijn Xander Berntsen, Jurjen Sinnema, Martijn Kleefstra
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Publication number: 20180099823Abstract: A separating system (1) comprises a housing (60) sized to receive a stack of articles having at least one first article (12) stacked on top of a second article (10). The system (1) also includes a lifter (20) movable into a contact position adjacent a surface (13) on the at least one first article (12). The lifter (20) is adapted to apply a lifting force to the surface (13) to lift at least a portion of the first article (12) above the contact position. An extractor (40) moves the second article (10) away from the stack of articles after the at least one first article (12) has been lifted above the contact position by the lifter (20). The housing (60) prevents the at least one first article (12) from moving with the second article (10) when the second article (10) is moved by the extractor (40) and guides the stack of articles downward after the second article (10) is moved away.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Michael Justin Lizzi, Lukas Blaauw, Timothy Roy Hansen, Freerk H Van Der Werff, Jurjen Sinnema, Jordan Brown, James Glen Burmaster, Rui Goncalves, Milenko Lukic, Nino Orucevic, Martin John Juritsch
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Publication number: 20180072982Abstract: A picktool manipulator device collects a specimen from a culture medium. In a first mode of operation, a picktool is allowed to move in an axial direction relative to support structure of the device. A detector may generate a signal in response to movement of the body in the axial direction so as to determine a height at which the picktool contacts the medium. The device may operate in the first mode when collecting a specimen from a culture medium. A second mode of operation constrains or precludes axial movement of the picktool. In some cases, the device may operate in the second mode when receiving a new picktool or discarding a used picktool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Martijn Xander BERNTSEN, Jurjen SINNEMA, Martijn Kleefstra
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Publication number: 20180045746Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a plurality of articles (10) includes a transport belt (6), a bumper stopper (14), and a rotator (12). A motor moves the transport belt which is adapted to rotate the rotator as the belt conveys the plurality of articles. The stopper can move between first and second positions relative to the transport belt wherein the bumper stopper guides one article toward the rotator when the bumper stopper is in the first position. The bumper stopper allows the article to be conveyed to another location when the bumper stopper is in the second position. The transport belt can continue to convey other articles while the one article is temporarily held in place by the bumper stopper. The rotator is configured to rotate the article conveyed by the transport belt. The article can remain in contact with the transport belt while the rotator is rotating the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.VInventors: Jurjen Sinnema, Roger Petri, Martijn Xander Berntsen, Martijn Kleefstra