Patents by Inventor Timm DANKER

Timm DANKER 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: 11054409
    Abstract: In a method for automated determination of the relative position (x/y/z) between a first hole (27) on a first microsystem component (11), which is preferably provided with a first channel (44) opening in the first hole (27), and at least one second hole (29) on a second microsystem component (12), which is preferably provided with a second channel (45) opening in the second hole (29), the two microsystem components (11, 12) lie in a liquid medium (41) at least in the region (25, 26) of the holes (27, 29). Under the supervision of a control device (15) controlled by a computer (22), the first and second microsystem components (11, 12) are displaced relative to one another into different relative positions (x/y/z). Electrical signals (37) are delivered to one of the two microsystem components (12, 12) and are recorded on the other of the two microsystem components (11, 12) as measurement values (38) which depend on the relative position of the two microsystem components (11, 12) with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Multichannel Systems MCS GmbH
    Inventors: Timm Danker, Elke Guenther
  • Publication number: 20200141919
    Abstract: In a method for automated determination of the relative position (x/y/z) between a first hole (27) on a first microsystem component (11), which is preferably provided with a first channel (44) opening in the first hole (27), and at least one second hole (29) on a second microsystem component (12), which is preferably provided with a second channel (45) opening in the second hole (29), the two microsystem components (11, 12) lie in a liquid medium (41) at least in the region (25, 26) of the holes (27, 29). Under the supervision of a control device (15) controlled by a computer (22), the first and second microsystem components (11, 12) are displaced relative to one another into different relative positions (x/y/z). Electrical signals (37) are delivered to one of the two microsystem components (12, 12) and are recorded on the other of the two microsystem components (11, 12) as measurement values (38) which depend on the relative position of the two microsystem components (11, 12) with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: MULTICHANNEL SYSTEMS MCS GMBH
    Inventors: Timm Danker, Elke Guenther
  • Patent number: 10408816
    Abstract: In a method for automated determination of the relative position (x/y/z) between a first hole (27) on a first microsystem component (11), which is preferably provided with a first channel (44) opening in the first hole (27), and at least one second hole (29) on a second microsystem component (12), which is preferably provided with a second channel (45) opening in the second hole (29), the two microsystem components (11, 12) lie in a liquid medium (41) at least in the region (25, 26) of the holes (27, 29). Under the supervision of a control device (15) controlled by a computer (22), the first and second microsystem components (11, 12) are displaced relative to one another into different relative positions (x/y/z). Electrical signals (37) are delivered to one of the two microsystem components (12, 12) and are recorded on the other of the two microsystem components (11, 12) as measurement values (38) which depend on the relative position of the two microsystem components (11, 12) with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Multichannel Systems MCS GmbH
    Inventors: Timm Danker, Elke Guenther
  • Publication number: 20170138927
    Abstract: In a method for automated determination of the relative position (x/y/z) between a first hole (27) on a first microsystem component (11), which is preferably provided with a first channel (44) opening in the first hole (27), and at least one second hole (29) on a second microsystem component (12), which is preferably provided with a second channel (45) opening in the second hole (29), the two microsystem components (11, 12) lie in a liquid medium (41) at least in the region (25, 26) of the holes (27, 29). Under the supervision of a control device (15) controlled by a computer (22), the first and second microsystem components (11, 12) are displaced relative to one another into different relative positions (x/y/z). Electrical signals (37) are delivered to one of the two microsystem components (12, 12) and are recorded on the other of the two microsystem components (11, 12) as measurement values (38) which depend on the relative position of the two microsystem components (11, 12) with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: NMI Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut an der Universität Tübingen
    Inventors: Timm DANKER, Elke GUENTHER
  • Publication number: 20140137396
    Abstract: In a method for automated determination of the relative position between a first hole on a first microsystem component, and a second hole on a second microsystem component, the two holes lie in a liquid medium. Under the supervision of a control device, the first and second microsystem components are displaced relative to one another into different relative positions. Electrical signals are delivered to one of the two microsystem components and are recorded on the other of the two microsystem components as measurement values which depend on the relative position of the two microsystem components with respect to one another. For different relative positions between the two microsystem components, measurement values are determined to determine that relative position in which the two microsystem components are positioned with respect to one another in such a way that their holes are mutually aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Timm DANKER, Elke GUENTHER