Patents by Inventor Tilo STAAT

Tilo STAAT 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).

  • Device and method to be carried out for examining and/or processing an in particular biological or medical sample
    Patent number: 12710350
    Abstract: A device for examining and/or treating a sample includes a dispensing unit for dispensing the sample into a sample holder comprising a plurality of wells. Each well has an opening and a base area. The device further includes an optical examining unit, a removal unit for removing the sample from the sample holder and, and a receptacle for moving the sample holder into different work positions within a work region delimited by a respective well. In a respective work position, the optical examining unit, the dispensing unit, and the removal unit are positioned within the work region coaxially on two opposite sides of the sample holder along an optical axis of the optical examining unit. The base area of each respective well is transparent such that an optical capture of the sample is implemented through the base area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS SE
    Inventors: Robin Alexander Krueger, Malte Schulz-Ruhtenberg, Moritz Woller, Tilo Staat, Jan Van Aalst
  • DEVICE AND METHOD TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR EXAMINING AND/OR PROCESSING AN IN PARTICULAR BIOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20250130157
    Abstract: A device for examining and/or treating a sample includes a dispensing unit for dispensing the sample into a sample holder comprising a plurality of wells. Each well has an opening and a base area. The device further includes an optical examining unit, a removal unit for removing the sample from the sample holder and, and a receptacle for moving the sample holder into different work positions within a work region delimited by a respective well. In a respective work position, the optical examining unit, the dispensing unit, and the removal unit are positioned within the work region coaxially on two opposite sides of the sample holder along an optical axis of the optical examining unit. The base area of each respective well is transparent such that an optical capture of the sample is implemented through the base area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Robin Alexander KRUEGER, Malte SCHULZ-RUHTENBERG, Moritz WOLLER, Tilo STAAT, Jan VAN AALST