Patents by Inventor Per-Ove POULSEN

Per-Ove POULSEN 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 a device for quantifying living organisms and use of a device
    Patent number: 11408815
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for quantifying living organisms (1, 4) in a liquid sample (2), the method comprising the steps of •guiding the liquid sample (2) into a chamber (3), •analysing pictures of the sample (2) inside the chamber (3) to detect the number of organisms (4) moving by themselves in the sample, •illuminating the sample (2) with light in at least a part of the violet-blue spectrum while detecting the number of organisms (1) that are fluorescent in the sample inside the chamber (3), and •analysing pictures of the sample (2) inside the chamber (3) while illuminating the sample (2) with light in at least a part of the violet-blue spectrum to detect the number of organisms (1, 4) that are both moving by themselves and fluorescent. A device (15) for quantifying living organisms (1, 4) and use of a device (15) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Microwise APS
    Inventors: Nicholas David Blackburn, Per-Ove Poulsen, Kirsten Engell-Sørensen, Pia Bodil Haecky
  • A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR QUANTIFYING LIVING ORGANISMS AND USE OF A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200378883
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for quantifying living organisms (1, 4) in a liquid sample (2), the method comprising the steps of •guiding the liquid sample (2) into a chamber (3), •analysing pictures of the sample (2) inside the chamber (3) to detect the number of organisms (4) moving by themselves in the sample, •illuminating the sample (2) with light in at least a part of the violet-blue spectrum while detecting the number of organisms (1) that are fluorescent in the sample inside the chamber (3), and •analysing pictures of the sample (2) inside the chamber (3) while illuminating the sample (2) with light in at least a part of the violet-blue spectrum to detect the number of organisms (1, 4) that are both moving by themselves and fluorescent. A device (15) for quantifying living organisms (1, 4) and use of a device (15) is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas David BLACKBURN, Per-Ove POULSEN, Kirsten ENGELL-SØRENSEN, Pia Bodil HAECKY