Patents by Inventor Stefaan Cornelis Mariakerke De Smedt

Stefaan Cornelis Mariakerke De Smedt 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).

  • Method and device for the manipulation of microcarriers for an identification purpose
    Publication number: 20040069857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manipulation for an identification purpose of a microcarrier comprising the steps of: (a) an identification purpose step of the microcarrier, and (b) a positioning and orientation step prior to or during the identification purpose step, wherein the identification purpose step is a detection step for the detection of a identifiable or encoded microcarrier and a labeling step resulting in a identifiable or encoded microcarrier. The invention further relates to an apparatus for the manipulation for identification purposes of a microcarrier comprising means for identification purposes such as a microscope or labeling means such as a high spatial resolution light source, and means for the positioning and orientation of the microcarriers and to a microcarrier suitable for use in a method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Marc Jan Rene Leblans, Emmanuel Marie Paul Ernest Gustin, Christiaan Hubert Simon Leuven Roelant, Stefaan Cornelis Mariakerke De Smedt, Joseph De Meester, Kevin Braeckmans