Patents by Inventor Frank Tempel

Frank Tempel 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: 7541001
    Abstract: An automatic pipetting and analyzing device for the preparation and analysis of samples in the wells of a microtitration plate has a work platform on which positioning areas for auxiliary devices and a movement area for the sample plate are provided, a passive mechanical table without its own drive unit, the sample plate lying within the inner passive slide of the passive mechanical table, and an active mechanical table which is arranged above the passive mechanical table and by which a pipetting head can be moved in X-Y direction over the work platform in order to extract, transport and dispense liquids by at least one pipetting channel and in order to displace the sample plate by a coupling connection with the inner passive slide, for example, to place the sample plate in an incubator or to position it with the individual wells in an analysis device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: CyBio AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kraemer, Frank Tempel, Thomas Moore
  • Patent number: 7223369
    Abstract: An automatic tip changer for an automatic multichannel pipettor comprises a plurality of pipettes arranged in a pipetting head. Each of the pipettes arranged in the pipetting head is directly connected to a tip. A magazine which is outfitted with tips and lying in a magazine frame is pressed against the pipetting head. A supply carousel is provided for storing a plurality of stacking boxes in which magazines outfitted with tips are deposited. A lifting group which is arranged in a stationary manner relative to the supply carousel and the magazines are positioned successively in a mounting plane which is determined by the position of the magazine frame. A sliding group is included which is arranged in a stationary manner relative to the lifting group and by which the magazines are displaceable back and forth successively between the stacking box and the magazine frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: CyBio AG
    Inventors: Torsten Schoeppe, Frank Tempel
  • Publication number: 20060110287
    Abstract: An automatic pipetting and analyzing device for the preparation and analysis of samples in the wells of a microtitration plate has a work platform on which positioning areas for auxiliary devices and a movement area for the sample plate are provided, a passive mechanical table without its own drive unit, the sample plate lying within the inner passive slide of the passive mechanical table, and an active mechanical table which is arranged above the passive mechanical table and by which a pipetting head can be moved in X-Y direction over the work platform in order to extract, transport and dispense liquids by at least one pipetting channel and in order to displace the sample plate by a coupling connection with the inner passive slide, for example, to place the sample plate in an incubator or to position it with the individual wells in an analysis device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kraemer, Frank Tempel, Thomas Moore
  • Publication number: 20030037624
    Abstract: An automatic tip changer for an automatic multichannel pipettor comprises a plurality of pipettes arranged in a pipetting head. Each of the pipettes arranged in the pipetting head is directly connected to a tip. A magazine which is outfitted with tips and lying in a magazine frame is pressed against the pipetting head. A supply carousel is provided for storing a plurality of stacking boxes in which magazines outfitted with tips are deposited. A lifting group which is arranged in a stationary manner relative to the supply carousel and the magazines are positioned successively in a mounting plane which is determined by the position of the magazine frame. A sliding group is included which is arranged in a stationary manner relative to the lifting group and by which the magazines are displaceable back and forth successively between the stacking box and the magazine frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: CyBio Instruments GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Schoeppe, Frank Tempel