Patents by Inventor Manu Kottuppallil Mathew

Manu Kottuppallil Mathew 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).

  • Mobile Tip Waste Rack
    Publication number: 20160139163
    Abstract: A method of wasting tips in an automated processing module is disclosed, which includes at least three positions for holding sample racks. One of the positions is a tip waste rack position holding a tip waste rack, which includes tip receiving openings. Furthermore, it includes a SWAP rack holding mechanism for temporarily holding a sample rack. The method includes transferring the tip waste rack from the tip waste rack position to an adjacent sample rack position. Once the tip waste rack is placed in the adjacent sample rack position, the error pipette tip is discarded into one of the tip receiving openings of the tip waste rack. Following this, the tip waste rack is transferred back to the tip waste rack position. The sample rack temporarily placed in the SWAP rack holding mechanism is transferred from the SWAP rack holding mechanism to the adjacent sample rack position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Gisler, Robert Huesler, Manu Kottuppallil Mathew, Thomi Merk
  • Mobile tip waste rack and methods thereof
    Patent number: 9110046
    Abstract: A method of wasting tips in an automated processing module is disclosed, which includes at least three positions for holding sample racks. One of the positions is a tip waste rack position holding a tip waste rack, which includes tip receiving openings. Furthermore, it includes a SWAP rack holding mechanism for temporarily holding a sample rack. The method includes transferring the tip waste rack from the tip waste rack position to an adjacent sample rack position. Once the tip waste rack is placed in the adjacent sample rack position, the error pipette tip is discarded into one of the tip receiving openings of the tip waste rack. Following this, the tip waste rack is transferred back to the tip waste rack position. The sample rack temporarily placed in the SWAP rack holding mechanism is transferred from the SWAP rack holding mechanism to the adjacent sample rack position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Gisler, Robert Huesler, Manu Kottuppallil Mathew, Thomi Merk
  • Mobile Tip Waste Rack
    Publication number: 20140064902
    Abstract: A method of wasting tips in an automated processing module is disclosed, which includes at least three positions for holding sample racks. One of the positions is a tip waste rack position holding a tip waste rack, which includes tip receiving openings. Furthermore, it includes a SWAP rack holding mechanism for temporarily holding a sample rack. The method includes transferring the tip waste rack from the tip waste rack position to an adjacent sample rack position. Once the tip waste rack is placed in the adjacent sample rack position, the error pipette tip is discarded into one of the tip receiving openings of the tip waste rack. Following this, the tip waste rack is transferred back to the tip waste rack position. The sample rack temporarily placed in the SWAP rack holding mechanism is transferred from the SWAP rack holding mechanism to the adjacent sample rack position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Gisler, Robert Huesler, Manu Kottuppallil Mathew, Thomi Merk