Patents Assigned to IUL, S.A.
  • Device for obtaining images of bacterial cultures in a dish
    Patent number: 10801006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for obtaining images of bacterial cultures in a dish. The proposed device includes a support for a culture dish to be analyzed surrounded by an annular light emitting source facing an image capturing device and a non-reflective surface which, in conjunction with a reflective surface arranged in the periphery of the support, form a preferably spherical-shaped contrast observation chamber, providing a glare- and reflection-free, uniform tangent illumination of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: IUL, S.A.
    Inventor: Vicente Font Santafe
  • System of inoculation of biological samples onto the agar surface in Petri capsules
    Patent number: 5900373
    Abstract: It is done by means of a device inoculating the sample onto the gel of a Petri capsule, the application pressure of the outlet being very light in order not to harm the gel.It includes a syringe or microsyringe whose ram totally invades the chamber in order not to administer air. After inoculating the sample, the syringe is thrown away and thus conventional washing and rinsing are eliminated. It is mounted in an easily removable manner in a support frame fastened to a swing arm, there being a balancing counterweight.The syringe is remote controlled, preferably by cable and with an electric motor, by means of bearings, the cable advantageously passing through the swing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Iul, S.A.
    Inventor: Victor Font Castell
  • Contrast chamber for spotlighting bacterial colonies with respect to the culture medium thereof
    Patent number: 5545561
    Abstract: The contrast chamber for spotlighting bacterial colonies with respecto to their culture medium performs the automatic counting, through the use of an automatic processor connected to a reading head (7), of bacterial colonies which develop in the capsules wherein the culture takes place; additionally, it also provides for the automatic introduction of the capsules (5) inside the contrast chamber The contrast chamber is provided with lateral lighting means, using the light reflected by a reflection tube (2) and emitted by a lighting source (1) postioned above the capsule (5) which has been closed by a lid provided with an opaque disc (3). The reading head (7) is positioned under the capsule (5) and is associated to a second light source (8) which moves together with the reading head and which is inclined with respect to the surface of the capsule (5), so that the light beams do not impinge on the reading head (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: IUL, S.A.
    Inventor: Miguel Lleonart Aliberas