Patents by Inventor Christian KAFFKA

Christian KAFFKA 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).

  • Patent number: 11441112
    Abstract: An incubation device has multiple rocking platforms with each platform pivotally mounted about a respective axis. Each rocking platform has a respective receiving device for mechanically reversibly receiving a respective incubation channel. The device also has a common drive unit for common respective rocking movements of each platform from a zero position through with a specific angle range as a result of movement of the drive unit. Each rocking platform is coupled to the drive unit via a respective coupling mechanism, and each coupling mechanism elastically and resiliently couples the respective rocking platform to the drive unit, such that when the rocking platform is restrained, despite continuation of the drive movement, the rocking platform remains motionless in a fixed position. After release of the restraint on the rocking platform, the rocking platform resumes the rocking movement with the specific angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG
    Inventors: Christian Kaffka, Martin Rateike, Winfried Stöcker
  • Patent number: 10596574
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incubation tray having a depression formed by the walls of the incubation tray and having a base, wherein the incubation tray has a means for drawing off liquid on at least one longitudinal end of the depression, preferably an opening which opens into an outlet channel on the longitudinal end of the depression, particularly preferably in a wall of the incubation tray, wherein the opening and the outlet channel are designed such that negative pressure can be applied, wherein the incubation tray is pivotable about the transverse axis of the incubation tray, and wherein the incubation tray can be equipped with a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG
    Inventor: Christian Kaffka
  • Publication number: 20190284519
    Abstract: An incubation device has multiple rocking platforms with each platform pivotally mounted about a respective axis. Each rocking platform has a respective receiving device for mechanically reversibly receiving a respective incubation channel. The device also has a common drive unit for common respective rocking movements of each platform from a zero position through with a specific angle range as a result of movement of the drive unit. Each rocking platform is coupled to the drive unit via a respective coupling mechanism, and each coupling mechanism elastically and resiliently couples the respective rocking platform to the drive unit, such that when the rocking platform is restrained, despite continuation of the drive movement, the rocking platform remains motionless in a fixed position. After release of the restraint on the rocking platform, the rocking platform resumes the rocking movement with the specific angle range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG
    Inventors: Christian KAFFKA, Martin Rateike, Winfried Stöcker
  • Publication number: 20180078941
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incubation tray having a depression formed by the walls of the incubation tray and having a base, wherein the incubation tray has a means for drawing off liquid on at least one longitudinal end of the depression, preferably an opening which opens into an outlet channel on the longitudinal end of the depression, particularly preferably in a wall of the incubation tray, wherein the opening and the outlet channel are designed such that negative pressure can be applied, wherein the incubation tray is pivotable about the transverse axis of the incubation tray, and wherein the incubation tray can be equipped with a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: EUROIMMUN MEDIZINISCHE LABORDIAGNOSTIKA AG
    Inventor: Christian KAFFKA
  • Patent number: D914230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG
    Inventors: Christian Kaffka, Steffen Allerheiligen-Stolzmann, Nicole Rieckhoff