Patents by Inventor Tom Bakker Schut

Tom Bakker Schut 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).

  • Automated characterization and classification of microorganisms
    Patent number: 8688384
    Abstract: An instrument, method, use and software program to obtain information rapidly about microorganisms that may spread uncontrolled in hospitals, water supply, food or when used in bio terrorism are described. Vibrational spectroscopy provides data to a computer linked to one or more databases. Comparison of the spectral data and information retrieved from the databases is used to identify and classify the microorganisms, applying suitable algorithms, which algorithms are self-generating and self-adapting to new spectroscopic data. The system may alert for the detection of an outbreak or to take disinfection measures. Changes in the traditional taxonomic division of microorganisms have no influence on the instrument. It does not rely on an a priori knowledge about the taxonomic classification of the microbial strain, is straightforward and easily integrated in routine microbial procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: River Diagnostics B.V.
    Inventors: Gerwin Jan Puppels, Tom Bakker Schut, Kornelis Maquelin
  • Automated characterization and classification of microorganisms
    Publication number: 20070175278
    Abstract: An instrument, method, use and software program to obtain information rapidly about microorganisms that may spread uncontrolled in hospitals, water supply, food or when used in bio terrorism are described. Vibrational spectroscopy provides data to a computer linked to one or more databases. Comparison of the spectral data and information retrieved from the databases is used to identify and classify the microorganisms, applying suitable algorithms, which algorithms are self-generating and self-adapting to new spectroscopic data. The system may alert for the detection of an outbreak or to take disinfection measures. Changes in the traditional taxonomic division of microorganisms have no influence on the instrument. It does not rely on an a priori knowledge about the taxonomic classification of the microbial strain, is straightforward and easily integrated in routine microbial procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: ERASUMS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER rOTTERDAM (ERASUMUS MC )
    Inventors: Gerwin Puppels, Tom Bakker Schut, Kornelis Maquelin