Patents by Inventor Wilko Hein

Wilko Hein 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: 10180400
    Abstract: A device for photometric qualification of lateral flow quick tests by means of camera imaging includes an arrangement which manages with a pinhole aperture with a slot-shaped opening, which has been integrated into the basic housing body, in which the imaging has been optimized with a view to diffraction, imaging scale and integration behavior and in which the illumination and all the components are arranged in a housing which can be produced at a reasonable price, with the result that the quantifiability of customary LFA quick tests is made possible for the user with a sufficient precision. The device can transmit test-specific data automatically and contact-free with the help of electromagnetic waves via a transponder (RFID) and is thus suited for various tests and for quantification of LFA's. The device may work autonomously with an internal microcontroller (embedded system). The figures can be stored and optionally transmitted to a computer via an interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Optricon Entwicklungsgesellschaft Fur Optische Technologien MBH
    Inventors: Wilko Hein, Grigorios Barboutis
  • Patent number: 9795958
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipetting apparatus for pipetting laboratory samples into a pipetting container which can be connected to the pipetting apparatus, which pipetting container is in particular designed according to the invention, comprising a container side and a first connection section, by means of which the pipetting container can be connected to the pipetting apparatus, and comprising an information carrying device with at least one information section, which carries information, on this container side; the pipetting apparatus comprising an electric information reading device, by means of which information contained on the information reading device can be read when the pipetting container is connected to the pipetting apparatus, and which comprises at least one electric sensor device, which comprises at least one sensor section, opposite to which a measuring space is formed, wherein the sensor device is configured to read the information content of at least one information section when the latter
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: EPPENDORF AG
    Inventors: Burkhardt Reichmuth, Michael Schicke, Wilko Hein, Volker Plickert
  • Publication number: 20160202190
    Abstract: A device for photometric qualification of lateral flow quick tests by means of camera imaging includes an arrangement which manages with a pinhole aperture with a slot-shaped opening, which has been integrated into the basic housing body, in which the imaging has been optimised with a view to diffraction, imaging scale and integration behaviour and in which the illumination and all the components are arranged in a housing which can be produced at a reasonable price, with the result that the quantifiability of customary LFA quick tests is made possible for the user with a sufficient precision. The device can transmit test-specific data automatically and contact-free with the help of electromagnetic waves via a transponder (RFID) and is thus suited for various tests and for quantification of LFA's. The device may work autonomously with an internal microcontroller (embedded system). The figures can be stored and optionally transmitted to a computer via an interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: OPTRICON ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FÜR OPTISCHE TECHNOLOGIEN MBH
    Inventors: Wilko HEIN, Grigorios BARBOUTIS
  • Patent number: 8848988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for quantitative determination of test results from diagnosis methods with the aid of an optoelectronic evaluation appliance, and to the evaluation appliance itself, characterized in that the digital pixel information per color level or grey level is represented in its intensity in the microprocessor as one column per pixel, wherein the column height corresponds to the intensity, and these columns are displayed alongside one another on one plane, such that the intensity distribution is displayed over the test area as a surface contour or surface profile, the height profile of which corresponds to the intensity profile of the color intensity received by the CCD. Fields of application for the invention are test methods in biochemical laboratories, such as medical diagnosis, forensic medicine, foodstuff diagnosis, molecular biology, biochemistry, gene technology and all other related fields, as well as patient monitoring for home users or in pharmacies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Optricon GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Plickert, Lutz Melchior, Wilko Hein, Thorsten Jödicke
  • Publication number: 20140051182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipetting apparatus for pipetting laboratory samples into a pipetting container which can be connected to the pipetting apparatus, which pipetting container is in particular designed according to the invention, comprising a container side and a first connection section, by means of which the pipetting container can be connected to the pipetting apparatus, and comprising an information carrying device with at least one information section, which carries information, on this container side; the pipetting apparatus comprising an electric information reading device, by means of which information contained on the information reading device can be read when the pipetting container is connected to the pipetting apparatus, and which comprises at least one electric sensor device, which comprises at least one sensor section, opposite to which a measuring space is formed, wherein the sensor device is configured to read the information content of at least one information section when the latter
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Burkhardt REICHMUTH, Michael SCHICKE, Wilko HEIN, Volker PLICKERT
  • Publication number: 20110293153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for quantitative determination of test results from diagnosis methods with the aid of an optoelectronic evaluation appliance, and to the evaluation appliance itself, characterised in that the digital pixel information per colour level or grey level is represented in its intensity in the microprocessor as one column per pixel, wherein the column height corresponds to the intensity, and these columns are displayed alongside one another on one plane, such that the intensity distribution is displayed over the test area as a surface contour or surface profile, the height profile of which corresponds to the intensity profile of the colour intensity received by the CCD. Fields of application for the invention are test methods in biochemical laboratories, such as medical diagnosis, forensic medicine, foodstuff diagnosis, molecular biology, biochemistry, gene technology and all other related fields, as well as patient monitoring for home users or in pharmacies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: OPTRICON GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Plickert, Lutz Melchior, Wilko Hein, Thorsten Jödicke