Patents by Inventor Philipp Ott
Philipp Ott 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).
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Publication number: 20250229266Abstract: A method of treating an isolated area of a sample with a liquid is disclosed. The method has the steps of generating an isolated area of a sample by a first fluid reservoir where the first fluid reservoir enclosing a distal end of a second fluid reservoir and the isolated area of the sample being sealed towards the remaining area of the sample, bringing the isolated area of the sample into fluid connection with the second fluid reservoir, dispensing a fluid from the second fluid reservoir into the first fluid reservoir thereby generating a fluid flow on the sample at the isolated area in a first direction, and aspirating the fluid from the first fluid reservoir into the second fluid reservoir thereby generating a fluid flow on the sample at the isolated area in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Inventors: Patrick KINNEY, Sujata IYER, Philipp OTT, Adrian SAGER
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Patent number: 12290804Abstract: A method of treating an isolated area of a sample with a liquid is disclosed. The method has the steps of generating an isolated area of a sample by a first fluid reservoir where the first fluid reservoir enclosing a distal end of a second fluid reservoir and the isolated area of the sample being sealed towards the remaining area of the sample, bringing the isolated area of the sample into fluid connection with the second fluid reservoir, dispensing a fluid from the second fluid reservoir into the first fluid reservoir thereby generating a fluid flow on the sample at the isolated area in a first direction, and aspirating the fluid from the first fluid reservoir into the second fluid reservoir thereby generating a fluid flow on the sample at the isolated area in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Patrick Kinney, Sujata Iyer, Philipp Ott, Adrian Sager
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Publication number: 20250093376Abstract: A guiding frame for a laboratory automation device comprises: a bottom side for placing the guiding frame on a component of the laboratory automation device; a top side with a position detection area; and an opening for accessing a port of the component, which opening is arranged besides the position detection area. The position detection area has two recesses, each recess having two straight edges, which from a view direction onto the top side are arranged inclined with respect to each other. The bottom side comprises alignment means for aligning the guiding frame with respect to the component, the alignment means comprising a base surface for contacting a top surface of the component and/or guiding surfaces for contacting walls of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Luca Frei, Fred Schinzel, Dominic Erb, Philipp Ott
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Publication number: 20240418611Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for detaching tissue from a tissue section on a tissue slide. The method may include applying a 3D printed mask on top of the tissue section, the mask comprising barriers that define a cavity surrounding an area of interest on the tissue section, the cavity being open at a side facing the area of interest on the tissue section, dispensing a detaching liquid to the cavity, and allowing the detaching liquid to detach tissue at the area of interest, and aspirating the detaching liquid with the detached tissue from the cavity, and forwarding the liquid for further processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Philipp OTT, Patrick KINNEY, Adrian SAGER
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Patent number: 12070743Abstract: A displacement device for displacing a displacement volume is disclosed. The device has a first fluid space and a second fluid space. A first piston is arranged in a movable manner within the first fluid space. The first fluid space is connectable to a pipetting device. The first piston is actuatable by an actuation volume of air or of liquid provided by the pipetting device. A second piston is arranged in a movable manner within the second fluid space. The second piston is constructed to displace a displacement volume of a fluid located within the second fluid space when the second piston is actuated. The second piston is actuated in dependence on the first piston that is actuated by the actuation volume. The actuation volume is different from the displacement volume, and a pipetting system has a displacement device and a method of displacing a displacement volume.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Philipp Ott, Adrian Sager, Thomas Geiges
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Publication number: 20240217102Abstract: A method accurately positions a robotic manipulator at a target position of a target object in an automated sample handling device. An optical reference object is detectable by imaging located at a first position at a worksurface and a capacitive reference object is located at a second position at the worksurface. A position of the robotic manipulator relative to the second position is detectable by measurements of the electrical impedance/capacitance between the capacitive reference object and the robotic manipulator acting as a measuring probe. An image is then taken of the first reference object together with the target object to determine the target position and a current position of the robotic manipulator is determined based on electrical impedance/capacitance measurements taken at different locations of the capacitive reference object. The robotic manipulator is then moved from the determined current position to the determined target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Volfgang VILAJ, Luca FREI, Simon STRASSEN, Philipp OTT
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Publication number: 20240207837Abstract: A pipette tip adapter (1) is detachably connectable between a pipetting device (10) and a pipette tip (15). The pipette tip adapter has a body (2) with an interior compartment (7) for holding a liquid (18), a recess (3) entering into a part of the body (2) for detachably receiving a connector (11) of the pipetting device (10) and having a first opening (5) pneumatically connected with the interior compartment (7). The pipette tip adapter (1) further has a tube section (4) projecting from the pipette tip adapter (1) detachably securable with a pipette tip (15) and having a second opening (6) hydraulically connected with the interior compartment (7). The pipette tip adapter (1) may be used in an automated pipetting system (100). An automated pipetting system (100) having a pipette tip adapter (1) for preparing liquid reactions is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Philipp OTT, Adrian SAGER, Luca FREI
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Publication number: 20240193769Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to completing incomplete area of interest markings. An area of interest marking indicates an area of interest on an image of a tissue section. The method may include detecting in the image endpoints of the one or more contours, and drawing in the image a segment connecting the matching endpoints in a selected pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Volfgang VILAJ, Simon STRASSEN, Philipp OTT
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Patent number: 11992833Abstract: A pipette tip extension attachable to a pipette tip having a proximal end, a distal end, and an exterior wall extending between the proximal end and the distal end is disclosed. The exterior wall has an outer side and an inner side and forms at the proximal end a reception aperture for inserting a pipette tip, and at the distal end a dispense aperture. The pipette tip extension further has an inner cavity, a distance element connected to the inner side of the exterior wall, and a constriction element.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Adrian Sager, Philipp Ott, Patrick Kinney, Hagen Reinhardt, Michael Keller, Sujata Iyer
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Publication number: 20240149270Abstract: A storage device for storing one or more pipettor consumables contains a storage plate having an upper side and a lower side, and, on the upper side, a number of accommodation seats arranged in an array. Each accommodation seat is configured to receive a pipettor consumable in an upside-down orientation. The storage device has one or more positioning elements for positioning the storage device in relation to a carrier, and/or one or more stacking elements for stacking the storage device with another storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Matthias DZUNG, Adrian SAGER, Sven PFLUMM, Philipp OTT
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Patent number: 11931731Abstract: A pipette tip extension attachable to a pipette tip is disclosed. The pipette tip extension has a proximal end, a distal end, and an exterior wall extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The exterior wall has an outer side and an inner side and forms at the proximal end a reception aperture for inserting a pipette tip. The pipette tip extension further has a bottom at the distal end, an inner cavity enclosed by the inner side of the exterior wall and the bottom, one or more distance elements arranged at the inner side of the exterior wall and protruding into the inner cavity, and a coating for interacting with a fluid present in a fluid uptake area.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Adrian Sager, Philipp Ott, Sara Ferdi
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Patent number: 11925936Abstract: A combinable cavity tray for liquid handling is provided. The combinable cavity tray has at least one cavity for receiving a fluid and at least one passage for leading through a cavity of a second combinable cavity tray and/or for connecting to a pipetting apparatus. The at least one cavity of the combinable cavity tray is formed integrally. An assembly of combinable cavity trays having at least two combinable cavity trays, a method of manufacturing a combinable cavity tray and the use of a combinable cavity tray or of an assembly of combinable cavity trays for liquid handling are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Adrian Sager, Philipp Ott
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Patent number: 11719355Abstract: A method for controlling a magnetic valve and particularly a method for dispensing and/or aspirating a volume of liquid as well as a corresponding dispenser/pipetting apparatus is disclosed. The method for controlling a magnetic valve has measuring a capacitance at the magnetic valve and determining a position of a plunger based on the measured capacitance. The method for dispensing or aspirating a volume of liquid has controlling a flow of a system fluid by a magnetic valve located between a pressure source and a dispenser/pipetting tip, dispensing or aspirating a volume of liquid through an exterior opening of the tip dependent on the flow of the system fluid, wherein controlling the flow and determining a flow time in dependence of the volume of liquid to be dispensed or aspirated, and controlling the magnetic valve is held open for the duration of the flow time.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TEGAN TRADING AGInventor: Philipp Ott
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Publication number: 20230152338Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for tracking lysis progress in an automated lysing device. For example, the lysing device may be configured to execute multiple iterations of lysing at a defined location on the tissue section and imaging the defined location on the tissue section using a camera. From the images a lysing parameter may be determined to improve lysing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Philipp OTT, Yves WURMITZER, Volfgang VILAJ
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Patent number: 11565249Abstract: A pipetting apparatus having a pipette tube with a first end provided with an opening for aspirating and/or dispensing of a sample fluid and a second end operationally connected to a pressure generating means. The pipetting apparatus has at least one measuring unit adapted to determine at least one measurement value of the sample fluid based on the aspirating and/or dispensing of the sample fluid and to provide a sample fluid measurement signal representative thereof to an output of the measuring unit. The pipetting apparatus also has a control circuit operationally coupled to the output of the measuring unit and the input of the pressure generating means, the control circuit is configured to control said pressure generating device based on the sample fluid measurement signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventor: Philipp Ott
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Publication number: 20220401958Abstract: A cover for a fluid container having an essentially plane cover plate for closing at least one opening of at least one fluid container and at least two ports, and each port has a through channel extending through the entire thickness of the cover plate and a fluid impermeable first membrane is arranged over the entire cross section of the through channel of the first port and an at least gas permeable second membrane is arranged over the entire cross section of the through channel of the second port is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Philipp OTT, Adrian SAGER, Lars Johan BRANDEN
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Patent number: 11525727Abstract: A device for controlling an optical recognition unit with the help of a capacitive filling level measurement in liquid containers having a sensor with a measuring electrode, a conductive base plate suitable for arranging at least one liquid container or a carrier unit having at least one receptacle for receiving a liquid container, a sensor electronics unit that is connected to the measuring electrode and the base plate adapted to determine a capacitance between the measuring electrode and base plate, an evaluation unit, and a control unit for controlling the optical recognition unit, is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Philipp Ott, Luca Frei, Pascal Dieterich
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Patent number: 11493118Abstract: A ball screw drive includes two screw drive parts (3, 4), namely a lead screw (3) and a nut (4). The ball screw drive also includes a deflection element (6) for the individual deflection of balls (5) is inserted into a recess (7), formed by one of the screw drive parts (3, 4), such that a gap (16) is formed between the base (15) of the recess (7) and the deflection element (6), and such that lateral contact surfaces (17) of the deflection element (6) which are located next to the recess (7) rest on the screw drive part (3, 4).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Philippe Ott, Raphael Wittmann
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Patent number: 11471876Abstract: A pipetting apparatus and method capable of detecting a liquid within an intermediate section of a pipette tube of the pipetting apparatus. The intermediate section is located between an upper section of the pipette tube at which a first electrode is arranged and a lower section at which a second electrode is arranged. The first and second electrodes form a measurement capacitor and are operationally connected to an impedance measurement unit, which is adapted to detect whether liquid, such as a portion of a sample liquid or system liquid, is present within the intermediate section based on the measured impedance or change of impedance, e.g. an increase of the capacitance and/or a decrease of the resistance, of the measurement capacitor caused by a presence of the liquid within the intermediate section.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Philipp Ott, Dominic Erb
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Publication number: 20220258152Abstract: A displacement device for displacing a displacement volume is disclosed. The device has a first fluid space and a second fluid space. A first piston is arranged in a movable manner within the first fluid space. The first fluid space is connectable to a pipetting device. The first piston is actuatable by an actuation volume of air or of liquid provided by the pipetting device. A second piston is arranged in a movable manner within the second fluid space. The second piston is constructed to displace a displacement volume of a fluid located within the second fluid space when the second piston is actuated. The second piston is actuated in dependence on the first piston that is actuated by the actuation volume. The actuation volume is different from the displacement volume, and a pipetting system has a displacement device and a method of displacing a displacement volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Philipp OTT, Adrian SAGER, Thomas GEIGES