Patents by Inventor Isabel Feuerstein

Isabel Feuerstein 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).

  • Method and device for preparing an analyte for analysis by mass spectrometry
    Patent number: 8053247
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatus for automated sample preparation for MALDI-TOF MS using columns in combination with a liquid handling system. The samples are typically biological such as serum or urine. The columns typically include a bed of media positioned within a modified pipette tip. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods for storing the prepared samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: PhyNexus, Inc.
    Inventors: Isabel Feuerstein, Günther Bonn, Douglas T. Gjerde, Christian Huck, Guenther Stecher
  • Method and device for preparing an analyte for analysis by mass spectrometry
    Publication number: 20080090295
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatus for automated sample preparation for MALDI-TOF MS using columns in combination with a liquid handling system. The samples are typically biological such as serum or urine. The columns typically include a bed of media positioned within a modified pipette tip. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods for storing the prepared samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Isabel Feuerstein, Gunther Bonn, Douglas Gjerde, Christian Huck, Guenther Stecher
  • Target for Laser Desorption/Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
    Publication number: 20080054171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a target for a laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometer, comprising a substrate that is at least partially coated with a carbon-containing layer comprising a material selected from the group consisting of diamond, amorphous carbon, DLC (diamond-like carbon), graphite, nanotubes, nanowires, fullerenes and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Gunther Bonn, Isabel Feuerstein, Christian Huck, Muhammad Najam-Al-Haq, Matthias Rainer, Gunther Stecher, Georg Schwarzmann, Doris Steinmuller-Nethl, Detlef Steinmuller