Patents by Inventor Pascal Staheli

Pascal Staheli 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).

  • Pipetting apparatus with a computer program product and a method for accepting or rejecting pipetted liquid samples
    Patent number: 7964160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipetting apparatus (1) having a pipette tip (2) for aspirating and dispensing liquid samples; a pump (4) for generating negative pressure or positive pressure in the pipette tip (2) that is connected to the pipette tip (2) by means of a pump conduit (3); a fluid chamber (5) defined by the pipette tip (2) and/or the pump conduit (3); a measurement probe (6) functionally connected to the fluid chamber (5) for measuring the physical parameters resulting in this fluid chamber (5) during pipetting; and a device control system (7) with a processor (8), in which an activated computer program product enables the control system (7) of the pipetting apparatus (1) to individually accept or reject pipetted liquid samples on the basis of the physical parameters measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Tecan Trading AG
    Inventors: Adi Zuppiger, Pascal Stäheli, Joas Leemann, Carsten Hase
  • Pipetting Apparatus with a Computer Program Product and a Method for Accepting or Rejecting Pipetted Liquid Samples
    Publication number: 20070025882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipetting apparatus (1) having a pipette tip (2) for aspirating and dispensing liquid samples; a pump (4) for generating negative pressure or positive pressure in the pipette tip (2) that is connected to the pipette tip (2) by means of a pump conduit (3); a fluid chamber (5) defined by the pipette tip (2) and/or the pump conduit (3); a measurement probe (6) functionally connected to the fluid chamber (5) for measuring the physical parameters resulting in this fluid chamber (5) during pipetting; and a device control system (7) with a processor (8), in which an activated computer program product enables the control system (7) of the pipetting apparatus (1) to individually accept or reject pipetted liquid samples on the basis of the physical parameters measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Adi ZUPPIGER, Pascal Staheli, Joas Leemann, Carsten Hase