Patents by Inventor Christiaan Vermeulen

Christiaan Vermeulen 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).

  • Optical measuring head, in particular for automatic chemical or biological reaction analyzer
    Patent number: 6630108
    Abstract: An optical measuring head 10 of an automatic chemical or biochemical reaction analyzer comprises a first calorimetric analysis detector 12 controlled by a light source 20 associated to an optic fibre 28 for transmission of the light beam to one of the sides of a reaction analysis plate 18. A photodetector device 37 is arranged on the opposite side to collect the light beam emerging from the cup 16. The light source 20 and the reaction analysis plate 18 are stationary whereas the measuring head 10 is mounted on a U-shaped mobile support 19 framing the parallel opposite faces of the analysis plate 18 and able to be moved by a drive mechanism 48 facing a predetermined cup 16. The optic fibre 28 has one end secured to the fixed light source 20 and an opposite end arranged in a housing 30 of the mobile support 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Maxmat SA
    Inventors: Jeanet Randrianarivo, Christiaan Vermeulen, Andre Chojnacki