Patents by Inventor Gerd Joachim Eckert

Gerd Joachim Eckert 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: 8674325
    Abstract: A method for the quantitative real time analysis of fluorescent samples is provided, at which each of the samples is excited to fluoresce by a sample individual light source (12) and the intensity of the light which is emitted by the samples is measured. For a highly precise measurement of even low light intensities for the purpose of reduction of the analysis time, each light source (12) is switched on and off-during a defined interval by a clocked pulse sequence of constant pulse frequency alternately. The measurement of the intensity of the emission light during these intervals is exclusively performed during the switch-on phases of the light, source (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Rainer Schliesser, Norbert Wittschief, Rainer Treptow, Gerd Joachim Eckert, Andreas Schirr
  • Patent number: 8374802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for photometrically investigating sample radiations of at least one sample, which are caused by the radiation of N emitter elements of at least one radiation element wherein said N emitter elements are emitting radiation during time periods which at least partially overlap, to detect the sample radiation of at least two samples as a sum signal during time periods which at least partially overlap and to evaluate the sample radiation of at least one individual sample from said sum signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Rainer Treptow, Gerd Joachim Eckert, Andreas Schirr, Rainer Schliesser, Norbert Wittschief
  • Publication number: 20100324834
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for radiometrically investigating a plurality of samples, with: a radiation device providing a plurality of radiation elements, a radiation element comprising at least one emitter element, wherein the radiation device preferably provides at least two emitter elements which provide radiation with different radiation spectra, wherein at least two of said emitter elements are adapted to emit radiation during time periods which at least partially overlap, and a control device, controlling said radiation elements, a sample holder member providing a plurality of sample positions for supporting a plurality of samples, wherein device and the sample holder member are preferably at least a part of the radiation adapted to be moved against each other during the investigation procedure and wherein at least one radiation element is adapted to irradiate a sample with radiation via a first optical path which causes the sample to emit sample radiation with at least one sample radiation f
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Rainer Treptow, Gerd Joachim Eckert, Andreas Schirr, Rainer Schliesser, Norbert Wittschief
  • Publication number: 20100285599
    Abstract: A method for the quantitative real time analysis of fluorescent samples is provided, at which each of the samples is excited to fluoresce by a sample individual light source (12) and the intensity of the light which is emitted by the samples is measured. For a highly precise measurement of even low light intensities for the purpose of reduction of the analysis time, each light source (12) is switched on and off-during a defined interval by a clocked pulse sequence of constant pulse frequency alternately. The measurement of the intensity of the emission light during these intervals is exclusively performed during the switch-on phases of the light, source (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Rainer Schliesser, Norbert Wittschief, Rainer Treplow, Gerd Joachim Eckert, Andreas Schirr