Patents by Inventor Sakari Kulmala

Sakari Kulmala 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).

  • Patent number: 9535029
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrode chip (EChip) cartridge devices which are used in hot electron-induced electro-chemiluminescence (HECL) and electroluminescence (EL) methods and instrumentation based on the electrical excitation of label molecules with subsequent measurement of the luminescence in order to quantitate analyte concentrations in bioaffinity assays, especially outside of central laboratories, but also in rapid screening tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LABMASTER OY
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Antti Niskanen, Aija Kulmala, Kari Loikas, Matti Pusa
  • Patent number: 9377433
    Abstract: The invention relates to integrated electronic chip (IEChip) cartridge devices which are used in hot electron-induced electrochemiluminescence methods and to instrumentation based on the electrical excitation of label molecules with subsequent measurement of luminescence in order to quantitate analyte concentrations especially in bioaffinity assays, especially outside of central laboratories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: LABMASTER OY
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Antti Niskanen, Samuli Franssila, Tiina Ylinen-Hinkka
  • Patent number: 9176092
    Abstract: Electrochemiluminescent technique and device suitable for cheap analytical and diagnostic applications, with electrodes manufactured from carbon paste and terbium chelates as labeling compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LABMASTER OY
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Timo Kalevi Korpela, Jarkko Uolevi Eskola, Johanna Suomi, Markus Hakansson, Teppo Tapani Laaksonen
  • Patent number: 8920718
    Abstract: The invention describes novel chemiluminescence electrode devices and their novel properties to enable achieving luminescence signal by electrical excitation by cathodic or bipolar pulses in aqueous electrolyte solutions. These devices form a significant improvement in construction of cheap and reliable means for especially diagnosis of health conditions in point-of-need purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Labmaster Oy
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Timo Kalevi Korpela, Jarkko Uolevi Eskola, Teppo Tapani Laaksonen
  • Publication number: 20130206611
    Abstract: The invention relates to integrated electronic chip (lEChip) cartridge devices which are used in hot electron-induced electrochemiluminescence methods and to instrumentation based on the electrical excitation of label molecules with subsequent measurement of luminescence in order to quantitate analyte concentrations especially in bioaffinity assays, especially outside of central laboratories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LABMASTER OY
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Antti Niskanen, Samuli Franssila, Tiina Ylinen-Hinkka
  • Publication number: 20130206610
    Abstract: Electrochemiluminescent technique and device suitable for cheap analytical and diagnostic applications, with electrodes manufactured from carbon paste and terbium chelates as labeling compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LABMASTER OY
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Timo Kalevi Korpela, Jarkko Uolevi Eskola, Johanna Suomi, Markus Hakansson, Teppo Tapani Laaksonen
  • Publication number: 20130210166
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrode chip (EChip) cartridge devices which are used in hot electron -induced electro-chemiluminescence (HECL) and electroluminescence (EL) methods and instrumentation based on the electrical excitation of label molecules with subsequent measurement of the luminescence in order to quantitate analyte concentrations in bioaffinity assays, especially outside of central laboratories, but also in rapid screening tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LABMASTER OY
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Antti Niskanen, Aija Kulmala, Kari Loikas, Matti Pusa
  • Publication number: 20130199945
    Abstract: The invention describes novel chemiluminescence electrode devices and their novel properties to enable achieving luminescence signal by electrical excitation by cathodic or bipolar pulses in aqueous electrolyte solutions. These devices form a significant improvement in construction of cheap and reliable means for especially diagnosis of health conditions in point-of-need purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: LABMASTER OY
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Timo Kalevi Korpela, Jarkko Uolevi Eskola, Teppo Tapani Laaksonen
  • Patent number: 7513983
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Labmaster Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio
  • Publication number: 20060096866
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: LABMASTER LTD.
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio
  • Patent number: 7005108
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Labmaster Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio
  • Patent number: 6645776
    Abstract: The excitation of label molecules usable in chemical and biochemical analysis by electrical pulses at electrodes covered with a thin insulating film, and the use of such electrodes in chemical, clinical and biochemical analysis. The electrodes include a conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films, so that either one or several label compounds can be excited to an excited state which is deexcited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution providing the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Labmaster Oy
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Timo Ala-Kleme, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela
  • Publication number: 20030192780
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio
  • Publication number: 20020081749
    Abstract: The excitation of label molecules usable in chemical and biochemical analysis by electrical pulses at electrodes covered with a thin insulating film, and the use of such electrodes in chemical, clinical and biochemical analysis. The electrodes include a conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films, so that either one or several label compounds can be excited to an excited state which is deexcited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution providing the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Timo Ala-Kleme, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela
  • Patent number: 6251690
    Abstract: The excitation of label molecules usable in chemical and biochemical analysis by electrical pulses at electrodes covered with a thin insulating film, and the use of such electrodes in chemical, clinical and biochemical analysis. The electrodes include a conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films, so that either one or several label compounds can be excited to an excited state which is deexcited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution providing the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventors: Sakari Kulmala, Timo Ala-Kleme, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela
  • Patent number: 6136268
    Abstract: A method for determining the concentration of a light-emitting compound. An electric pulse is applied to a pair of current-delivering electrodes immersed in an electrolyte having positioned between the electrodes a conductor not in electronic contact with electrodes. As a result of the applied electric pulse, the light-emitting compound in electronic contact with the conductor luminesces in which the emitted light is measured and used to quantify the light-emitting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Orion Diagnostica
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Keijo Haapakka, Pentti Juhala, Jouko Kankare, Sakari Kulmala, Rainer Kappi, Kari Loikas, Mauri Nauma, Jyrki Pihlaja, Timo Sutela, Raili Valli