Patents by Inventor Marcel Thomann

Marcel Thomann 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).

  • Publication number: 20240371479
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimising an assignment of one or more medical samples to one or more analytical tests to be conducted on those medical samples. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining an initial assignment of the one or more medical samples to the one or more analytical tests; determining a compliance status for the or each medical sample, the compliance status indicating: (i) whether a sample quality metric of the or each medical sample violates an analytical test specification of the medical sample's assigned analytical test(s) in the initial assignment and/or (ii) whether the or each medical sample is unprocessable; and performing a mitigation action if one or more compliance status indicate: (i) that the sample quality metric of a given medical sample violates the analytical test specification and/or (ii) a given medical sample is unprocessable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Glauser, Oliver Gutmann, Gabriele Piero Janner, Emad Sarofim, Stephan Schweighauser, Marcel Thomann, Urs Vollenweider
  • Patent number: 11353471
    Abstract: A method for calibration and/or error detection in an optical measurement device for biological samples having at least a first and a second measurement channel is described. The method comprises calculating an updated reference factor for the second measurement channel based on the first and second detection signals, comparing the updated reference factor with at least one current reference factors and depending on the result of the comparison, storing the updated reference factor as a current reference factor for use in a later measurement in the second measurement channel or keeping the current reference factors for use in a later measurement in the second measurement channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Rik Harbers, Marcel Thomann
  • Publication number: 20170176478
    Abstract: A method for calibration and/or error detection in an optical measurement device for biological samples having at least a first and a second measurement channel is described. The method comprises calculating an updated reference factor for the second measurement channel based on the first and second detection signals, comparing the updated reference factor with at least one current reference factors and depending on the result of the comparison, storing the updated reference factor as a current reference factor for use in a later measurement in the second measurement channel or keeping the current reference factors for use in a later measurement in the second measurement channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Rik Harbers, Marcel Thomann