Patents by Inventor Thomas Kotnig

Thomas Kotnig 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).

  • Apparatus and method for determining an analyte in a fluid
    Patent number: 8137905
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining an analyte in a fluid. Provided in the device is a stirring zone formed in an optionally microfluidic three-dimensional structure, into which stirring zone a sample of the fluid can be introduced and in which there is a stirring device which can be operated in a contactless manner and is optionally designed as a microstirrer, the stirring device being configured so as to stir the sample of fluid introduced into the stirring zone and being loaded with at least one reagent which reacts with the analyte. The invention also provides a stirring device which can be operated in a contactless manner and is optionally designed as a microstirrer, the stirring device being loaded with the at least one reagent which reacts with the analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brauner, Thomas Kotnig, Dieter Mangold, Norbert Oranth, Christoph Ritter, Gerd Schweiger, Valerie Winckler-Desprez
  • Apparatus and Method for Determining an Analyte in a Fluid
    Publication number: 20080220539
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining an analyte in a fluid. Provided in the device is a stirring zone formed in an optionally microfluidic three-dimensional structure, into which stirring zone a sample of the fluid can be introduced and in which there is a stirring device which can be operated in a contactless manner and is optionally designed as a microstirrer, the stirring device being configured so as to stir the sample of fluid introduced into the stirring zone and being loaded with at least one reagent which reacts with the analyte. The invention also provides a stirring device which can be operated in a contactless manner and is optionally designed as a microstirrer, the stirring device being loaded with the at least one reagent which reacts with the analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brauner, Thomas Kotnig, Dieter Mangold, Norbert Oranth, Christoph Ritter, Gerd Schweiger, Valerie Winckler-Desprez