Patents by Inventor Falko SCHULZ

Falko SCHULZ 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).

  • Application-specific sample processing by modules surrounding a rotor mechanism for sample mixing and sample separation
    Patent number: 10239063
    Abstract: A sample processing arrangement for processing a fluidic sample, the sample processing arrangement including a sample holder for accommodating the fluidic sample, an apparatus having a rotor mechanism and being configured for selectively operating the sample holder in an orbital motion mode for sample mixing, particularly for shaking, or in a rotary motion mode for sample separation, particularly for centrifuging, a mounting platform having a central portion on which the apparatus and the sample holder are mounted and having a surrounding portion circumferentially surrounding the central portion, and a plurality of module accommodation positions circumferentially distributed in the surrounding portion to surround the rotor mechanism and the sample holder, wherein each of the module accommodation positions is configured for detachably accommodating a selectable one of a plurality of sample processing modules, each being configured for fulfilling an assigned sample processing task, by accommodating the respecti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Quantifoil Instruments GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Vester, Falko Schulz
  • APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SAMPLE PROCESSING BY MODULES SURROUNDING A ROTOR MECHANISM FOR SAMPLE MIXING AND SAMPLE SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20160368003
    Abstract: A sample processing arrangement for processing a fluidic sample, the sample processing arrangement including a sample holder for accommodating the fluidic sample, an apparatus having a rotor mechanism and being configured for selectively operating the sample holder in an orbital motion mode for sample mixing, particularly for shaking, or in a rotary motion mode for sample separation, particularly for centrifuging, a mounting platform having a central portion on which the apparatus and the sample holder are mounted and having a surrounding portion circumferentially surrounding the central portion, and a plurality of module accommodation positions circumferentially distributed in the surrounding portion to surround the rotor mechanism and the sample holder, wherein each of the module accommodation positions is configured for detachably accommodating a selectable one of a plurality of sample processing modules, each being configured for fulfilling an assigned sample processing task, by accommodating the respecti
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: QUANTIFOIL INSTRUMENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas VESTER, Falko SCHULZ