Patents by Inventor Udo Eichenlaub

Udo Eichenlaub 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: 7427510
    Abstract: System for processing samples, in particular samples containing nucleic acids comprising a multichamber arrangement the chambers of which are used to receive liquids and it also concerns a pipetting device for removing liquids from the chambers and/or dispensing liquid into the chambers, wherein the system has a contamination protection which can move relative to the multichamber arrangement and which prevents contamination of an adjacent second chamber with liquid from the first chamber during a pipetting operation in the first chamber, by preventing discharge of fluid droplets from the first chamber into the second chamber by at least partially covering the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ulrich Schubert, Udo Eichenlaub, Armin Tgetgel
  • Publication number: 20050281714
    Abstract: System for processing samples, in particular samples containing nucleic acids comprising a multichamber arrangement the chambers of which are used to receive liquids and it also concerns a pipetting device for removing liquids from the chambers and/or dispensing liquid into the chambers, wherein the system has a contamination protection which can move relative to the multichamber arrangement and which prevents contamination of an adjacent second chamber with liquid from the first chamber during a pipetting operation in the first chamber, by preventing discharge of fluid droplets from the first chamber into the second chamber by at least partially covering the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostic GmBH
    Inventors: Frank Schubert, Udo Eichenlaub, Armin Tgetgel
  • Patent number: 6921513
    Abstract: System for processing samples, in particular samples containing nucleic acids comprising a multichamber arrangement the chambers of which are used to receive liquids and it also concerns a pipetting device for removing liquids from the chambers and/or dispensing liquid into the chambers, wherein the system has a contamination protection which can move relative to the multichamber arrangement and which prevents contamination of an adjacent second chamber with liquid from the first chamber during a pipetting operation in the first chamber, by preventing discharge of fluid droplets from the first chamber into the second chamber by at least partially covering the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Ulrich Schubert, Udo Eichenlaub, Armin Tgetgel
  • Publication number: 20030133838
    Abstract: A system for producing multiple diagnostic test elements has a support (1) with an analytical region (3) to which diagnostic test spots (8) are applied, one or several stop edges (11-13) for each direction in space for positioning the support, a first holding unit (10I) into which the support is inserted and positioned by means of the one or more stop edges, a first printing head (20I) arranged above the holding unit (10) for applying drops of a first liquid to the analytical region of the support (1), a first positioning unit which laterally displaces and positions the first holding unit, a second holding unit (10II) into which the support is inserted and positioned by means of the one or more stop edges, a second printing head (20II) arranged above the second holding unit for applying drops of a second liquid to the analytical region of the support (1), a second positioning unit which laterally displaces and positions the second holding unit, a transport unit (41) and a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics GmbH.
    Inventors: Udo Eichenlaub, Martin Masch
  • Publication number: 20030129094
    Abstract: System for processing samples, in particular samples containing nucleic acids comprising a multichamber arrangement the chambers of which are used to receive liquids and it also concerns a pipetting device for removing liquids from the chambers and/or dispensing liquid into the chambers, wherein the system has a contamination protection which can move relative to the multichamber arrangement and which prevents contamination of an adjacent second chamber with liquid from the first chamber during a pipetting operation in the first chamber, by preventing discharge of fluid droplets from the first chamber into the second chamber by at least partially covering the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2000
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Frank Ulrich Schubert, Udo Eichenlaub, Armin Tgetgel
  • Patent number: 6544796
    Abstract: A system for producing multiple diagnostic test elements has a support (1) with an analytical region (3) to which diagnostic test spots (8) are applied, one or several stop edges (11-13) for each direction in space for positioning the support, a first holding unit (10I) into which the support is inserted and positioned by means of the one or more stop edges, a first printing head (20I) arranged above the holding unit (10) for applying drops of a first liquid to the analytical region of the support (1), a first positioning unit which laterally displaces and positions the first holding unit, a second holding unit (10II) into which the support is inserted and positioned by means of the one or more stop edges, a second printing head (20II) arranged above the second holding unit for applying drops of a second liquid to the analytical region of the support (1), a second positioning unit which laterally displaces and positions the second holding unit, a transport unit (41) and a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Eichenlaub, Martin Masch