Patents by Inventor Stefan Soentges

Stefan Soentges 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).

  • PREANALYTIC SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20220355303
    Abstract: A preanalytic system is disclosed. The preanalytic system comprises a cap gripper configured to grip a cap of a laboratory sample container, wherein the cap is connected to a rod of a swab located within the laboratory sample container, wherein the cap gripper is further configured to release the cap from the laboratory sample container, and a cutting device configured to cut the rod of the swab when the cap is in a position released from the laboratory sample container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc
    Inventors: Angelos Chotzidis, Stefan Soentges, Hans van Mierlo
  • Decapper and apparatus
    Patent number: 11254553
    Abstract: A decapper for removing a cap from a laboratory sample container is presented. The decapper comprises a guidance. An apparatus comprising such a decapper is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominik Magerl, Stefan Soentges, Gernot Schwab, Richard-Paul Daisley
  • DECAPPER AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190039869
    Abstract: A decapper for removing a cap from a laboratory sample container is presented. The decapper comprises a guidance. An apparatus comprising such a decapper is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominik Strzempek, Stefan Soentges, Gernot Schwab, Richard-Paul Daisley
  • Device and method for handling racks of disposable pipette tips in a laboratory automation system and laboratory automation system
    Patent number: 9952244
    Abstract: A device and method for handling racks of disposable pipette tips in a laboratory automation system are presented. The device comprises a guide rail for guiding racks from a loading region (I) to a supply region (II). The loading region (I) is accessible by a user or a loading device for loading a rack on the guide rail. A plurality of disposable pipette tips stored in a supplying rack located in the supply region (II) is accessible by a delivering device for delivering at least one selected one of the plurality of disposable pipette tips to a pipetting system. The device comprises at least one moveable element, which is controllably moveable by a driving device for selectively enabling or disabling a removal of the supplying rack from the supply region (II). A laboratory automation system comprising such a device and/or for carrying out the method are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Berberich, Julian Baumgart, Richard-Paul Daisley, Dominik Strzempek, Stefan Soentges
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING RACKS OF DISPOSABLE PIPETTE TIPS IN A LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160377643
    Abstract: A device and method for handling racks of disposable pipette tips in a laboratory automation system are presented. The device comprises a guide rail for guiding racks from a loading region (I) to a supply region (II). The loading region (I) is accessible by a user or a loading device for loading a rack on the guide rail. A plurality of disposable pipette tips stored in a supplying rack located in the supply region (II) is accessible by a delivering device for delivering at least one selected one of the plurality of disposable pipette tips to a pipetting system. The device comprises at least one moveable element, which is controllably moveable by a driving device for selectively enabling or disabling a removal of the supplying rack from the supply region (II). A laboratory automation system comprising such a device and/or for carrying out the method are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Walter Berberich, Julian Baumgart, Richard-Paul Daisley, Dominik Strzempek, Stefan Soentges