Patents by Inventor Erna BECKER

Erna BECKER 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).

  • Relative humidity control apparatus
    Patent number: 10082516
    Abstract: A relative humidity control apparatus for control of the relative humidity in a gas space has a nebulizer source with an outlet for nebulized liquid, a frame surrounding an open area and comprising an opening arrangement to the open area and in operational flow connection with the outlet, and a flow drive arrangement generating a gas flow from the outlet to and out of the opening arrangement. A liquid handling robot comprising this apparatus, a method of operating the apparatus, an immunoassay method and methods of controlling the time course of the relative humidity in a gaseous space and of producing a predetermined volume of a liquid are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: TECAN SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Werner Looser, Erna Becker, Pius Fink, Marcel Aschwanden, Fredy Tanner
  • Relative Humidity Control Apparatus
    Publication number: 20170030937
    Abstract: A relative humidity control apparatus for control of the relative humidity in a gas space has a nebulizer source with an outlet for nebulized liquid, a frame surrounding an open area and comprising an opening arrangement to the open area and in operational flow connection with the outlet, and a flow drive arrangement generating a gas flow from the outlet to and out of the opening arrangement. A liquid handling robot comprising this apparatus, a method of operating the apparatus, an immunoassay method and methods of controlling the time course of the relative humidity in a gaseous space and of producing a predetermined volume of a liquid are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: TECAN Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Werner LOOSER, Erna BECKER, Pius FINK, Marcel ASCHWANDEN, Fredy TANNER