Patents by Inventor Norbert Hohn

Norbert Hohn 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 transferring a microscopic, isolated sample
    Patent number: 8573073
    Abstract: A method and a device for transferring a microscopic, isolated sample, particularly a membrane-supported micro-dissected specimen, from an object table to an analysis arrangement, with a suction apparatus comprising a nano-suction means with a suction tube and a terminal membrane and a vacuum/overpressure unit which can be coupled to the nano-suction means for sucking or blowing the sample onto or from the terminal membrane; and a carrier apparatus for carrying the nano-suction means, which can be moved by means of an associated positioning unit for positioning the nano-suction means exactly in a sample removal position for sucking the sample onto the terminal membrane and in a sample release position for blowing the sample from the terminal membrane. A micro-dissection system, comprising such a device and a method for the production of a nano-suction means that is used in such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Thalhammer, Norbert Hohn, Albert Zink, Wolfgang Heckl
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING A MICROSCOPIC, ISOLATED SAMPLE, MICRO-DISSECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NANO-SUCTION MEANS
    Publication number: 20110061476
    Abstract: A method and a device for transferring a microscopic, insulated sample, particularly a membrane-supported micro-dissected specimen, from an object table to an analysis arrangement, with a suction apparatus comprising a nano-suction means with a suction tube and a terminal membrane and a vacuum/overpressure unit which can be coupled to the nano-suction means for sucking or blowing the sample onto or from the terminal membrane; and a carrier apparatus for carrying the nano-suction means, which can be moved by means of an associated positioning unit for positioning the nano-suction means exactly in a sample removal position for sucking the sample onto the terminal membrane and in a sample release position for blowing the sample from the terminal membrane. A micro-dissection system, comprising such a device and a method for the production of a nano-suction means that is used in such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Stefan Thalhammer, Norbert Hohn, Albert Zink, Wolfgang Heckl