Patents by Inventor Ralf van den Berg

Ralf van den Berg 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).

  • Slide management system
    Patent number: 11280803
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first and a second imaging module; a storage module; an automated transport module operable to transport at least one slide; and a controller operable to direct transport of the at least one slide by the transport module into the first imaging module and into the second imaging module. A method and a machine-readable medium including program instructions to cause a controller to perform a method including transporting at least one slide to a first imaging module using an automated transport module; capturing by the first imaging module of an image of a specimen on the at least one slide; transporting the at least one slide to a storage module using the automated transport module; and transporting the at least one slide to a second imaging module in response to a request for capturing an image in addition to the image captured by the first imaging module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Erico Von Bueren, Ralf Van Den Berg
  • SLIDE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180143214
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first and a second imaging module; a storage module; an automated transport module operable to transport at least one slide; and a controller operable to direct transport of the at least one slide by the transport module into the first imaging module and into the second imaging module. A method and a machine-readable medium including program instructions to cause a controller to perform a method including transporting at least one slide to a first imaging module using an automated transport module; capturing by the first imaging module of an image of a specimen on the at least one slide; transporting the at least one slide to a storage module using the automated transport module; and transporting the at least one slide to a second imaging module in response to a request for capturing an image in addition to the image captured by the first imaging module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Erico VON BUEREN, Ralf VAN DEN BERG
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDICATING TIME ON A REAGENT CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20160109337
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for monitoring fixation of a biological sample within a container. The apparatus system or method including a container having a fixation medium for fixation of a biological sample placed within the container and a label attached to the container, the label having a time indicator operable to automatically indicate a processing time of a biological sample placed within the fixation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wouter Valkenier, Robert Heijmen, Ralf van den Berg