Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Krysl

Franz-Josef Krysl 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: 8262992
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sensor cassette that can be inserted into an analyzer comprising a continuous measuring channel for receiving fluidic media and sensory elements for determining chemical and/or physical parameters of the fluidic media. According to the invention the sensor cassette consists of at least two permanently connected but separately manufactured modules which each have a housing and a measuring channel section wherein the measuring channel sections of adjacent modules are connected to the continuous measuring channel by a fluidic coupling and wherein at least one of the connected modules is designed as a sensor module and has a sensor array comprising at least two sensory elements. Furthermore, a memory element is allocated to the sensor cassette on which specific information for the sensor cassette in particular with regard to its construction from the respective modules is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz Kontschieder, Marco Jean Pierre Leiner, Wolfgang Huber, Franz-Josef Krysl, Christoph Ritter, Helmut Offenbacher, Bernhard Schaffar, Marie-Luise Schinnerl, Johann Harer
  • Publication number: 20090156966
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sensor cassette that can be inserted into an analyzer comprising a continuous measuring channel for receiving fluidic media and sensory elements for determining chemical and/or physical parameters of the fluidic media. According to the invention the sensor cassette consists of at least two permanently connected but separately manufactured modules which each have a housing and a measuring channel section wherein the measuring channel sections of adjacent modules are connected to the continuous measuring channel by a fluidic coupling and wherein at least one of the connected modules is designed as a sensor module and has a sensor array comprising at least two sensory elements. Furthermore, a memory element is allocated to the sensor cassette on which specific information for the sensor cassette in particular with regard to its construction from the respective modules is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Heinz Kontschieder, Marco Jean Pierre Leiner, Wolfgang Huber, Franz-Josef Krysl, Christoph Ritter, Helmut Offenbacher, Bernhard Schaffar, Marie-Luise Schinnerl, Johann Harer