Patents by Inventor Robert A. Longin

Robert A. Longin 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).

  • Robotized platform for cell cultures in miniature reactor batteries, equipped with a system for real time measurement of cellular turbidity or other optical properties
    Patent number: 8652829
    Abstract: An automated and robotized platform includes a battery of miniature reactors to contain cell cultures. The platform includes an external sensor to measure an optical property of each cell culture contained in each miniature reactor. The platform also includes a mobile sensor-holder to receive the external sensor. The sensor-holder includes a sensor driving element to move the external sensor from one miniature reactor to another and to measure in real time the at least one optical property. The platform further includes a controlling and processing element to receive real time measurements of the optical property from the external sensor and to provide real time control of a movement of the mobile sensor-holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Jacques Bellalou, Emmanuel Frachon, Alain Meier, Robert A. Longin