Patents by Inventor Lars Fagerstam

Lars Fagerstam 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).

  • Methods and systems for adding a reagent to an analyte in a gel
    Patent number: 7989215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for adding a reagent to an analyte in a gel. The invention further provides methods and systems for transferring liquid analyte reagent mixtures from a gel to a second vessel, such as a microtitre plate. The invention is useful in the manipulation of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, carbohydrates, proteins and peptides. In particular, the invention has utility for manipulating proteins and peptides in isoelectric focusing gels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
    Inventors: Jonas Astrom, Bengt Bjellqvist, Lars Fagerstam, Kristina Uhlen
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADDING A REAGENT TO AN ANALYTE IN A GEL
    Publication number: 20100143895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for adding a reagent to an analyte in a gel. The invention further provides methods and systems for transferring liquid analyte reagent mixtures from a gel to a second vessel, such as a microtitre plate. The invention is useful in the manipulation of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, carbohydrates, proteins and peptides. In particular, the invention has utility for manipulating proteins and peptides in isoelectric focusing gels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES AB
    Inventors: Jonas Astrom, Bengt Bjellqvist, Lars Fagerstam, Kristina Uhlen
  • Spot picker device and method for picking gel plugs
    Patent number: 7361308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and methods for removing gels plugs (47) from a gel(3) bonded to a surface (5) wherein means are provided for rotating the gel plug before lifting it from said surface. The rotation of the gel plug is intended to break the bond between said gel plug and said gel surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
    Inventor: Lars Fagerstam
  • Spot picker device and method for picking gel plugs
    Publication number: 20040101974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and methods for removing gels plugs (47) from a gel (2) bonded to a surface (5) wherein means are provided for rotating the gel plug before lifting it from said surface. The rotation of the gel plug is intended to break the bond between said gel plug and said surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Lars Fagerstam
  • Method for binding albumin and means to be used in the method
    Patent number: 5994507
    Abstract: A method for binding albumin by contacting an aqueous liquid containing an albumin with an albumin-binding compound is selected from albumin-binding compounds containing the scaffold --CO--NH--C(.dbd.C--)--CO--, and conjugates that are capable of binding albumin and exhibiting the scaffold --CO--NH--C(.dbd.C--)--CO--.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Amersham Pharmacia Biotech AB
    Inventors: .ANG.ke Pilotti, Tor Regberg, Christel Ellstrom, Charlotta Lindqvist, Ann Eckersten, Lars Fagerstam