Patents by Inventor Wolf Wente

Wolf Wente 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: 11536738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample. The invention moreover relates to a system containing a plurality of such laboratory instruments, wherein the system serves for the instrument-controlled handling of a problem containing a plurality of these partial problems in the treatment process of at least one laboratory sample. And the invention relates to a method for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: EPPENDORF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss, Wolf Wente, Andreas Thieme, Jan-Gerd Frerichs, Christiane Markau, Jan-Hendrik Hacker
  • Patent number: 11061546
    Abstract: For the simplified, intuitive and reliable operation of laboratory apparatuses, it is proposed that the laboratory apparatus be equipped with a control device comprising a touch-sensitive display unit (100), wherein the display unit (100) is configured to display a plurality of control elements (111, 112, 113 etc), which are assigned to different control functions of the laboratory apparatus, wherein the control elements are embodied (111, 112, 113 etc) to set parameters (121, 122, 123) of the control functions. At the same time, at least two of the control elements (111, 112, 113, 114) are assigned to the same control function and embodied differently for setting the same parameter (121) of this control function. Therefore, the user is always offered a plurality of ways for setting a parameter or for operating the apparatus, such as, for example, for setting the rotational speed of a centrifuge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Jan-Gerd Frerichs, Andreas Thieme, Wolf Wente, Reza Hashemi, Sven Lüdicke, Martin Poggenclaas
  • Publication number: 20200371124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument, a system and a method for the instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample using at least one consumable, by means of which information is obtained automatically as first data during a treatment, wherein the system and/or the laboratory instrument comprises a communication apparatus for establishing a data connection to at least one data processing apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus is suitable for transmitting these at least some first data to the data processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang GOEMANN-THOSS, Wolf WENTE, Andreas THIEME, Jan-Gerd FRERICHS, Christiane MARKAU, Jan-Hendrik HACKER
  • Patent number: 10739362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument, a system and a method for the instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample using at least one consumable, by means of which information is obtained automatically as first data during a treatment, wherein the system and/or the laboratory instrument comprises a communication apparatus for establishing a data connection to at least one data processing apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus is suitable for transmitting these at least some first data to the data processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss, Wolf Wente, Andreas Thieme, Jan-Gerd Frerichs, Christiane Markau, Jan-Hendrik Hacker
  • Publication number: 20200191813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument for working on laboratory samples, and a network instrument insertable inside a working chamber of the laboratory instrument. The laboratory instrument comprises a working chamber for housing the laboratory sam-ples, a network interface apparatus for providing a network connection capable of ex-changing data for the at least one network instrument, when the same is arranged and installed in an installed position inside the working chamber, the network interface appa-ratus comprising a communication apparatus being arranged outside the working cham-ber and providing the network connection, and a connector apparatus including at least one first connector for connecting with the network instrument, the at least one first con-nector being arranged facing the inside of the working chamber and being connected with the communication apparatus for allowing the data exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Gregor BECHMANN, Steffen BULLER, Andreas GRAFF, Cristoph JOLIE, Hauke MALTZEN, Sören MENSCH, Martin STRANZINGER, Lutz TIMMANN, Wolf WENTE, Thomas USCHKUREIT
  • Publication number: 20200174030
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample. The invention moreover relates to a system containing a plurality of such laboratory instruments, wherein the system serves for the instrument-controlled handling of a problem containing a plurality of these partial problems in the treatment process of at least one laboratory sample. And the invention relates to a method for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang GOEMANN-THOSS, Wolf WENTE, Andreas THIEME, Jan-Gerd FRERICHS, Christiane MARKAU, Jan-Hendrik HACKER
  • Publication number: 20200148993
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incubator, a system and a method for the monitoring of the growth of cells in a cell culture by acquiring cell monitoring data in the incubator. The incubator comprises a data storage device (4a) and a data processing device (4b) that are configured to acquire at least one incubator chamber value and at least one cell growth value in form of cell monitoring data and to store the cell monitoring data in the data storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Wolf WENTE, Christoph JOLIE
  • Patent number: 10551397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample. The invention moreover relates to a system containing a plurality of such laboratory instruments, wherein the system serves for the instrument-controlled handling of a problem containing a plurality of these partial problems in the treatment process of at least one laboratory sample. And the invention relates to a method for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss, Wolf Wente, Andreas Thieme, Jan-Gerd Frerichs, Christiane Markau, Jan-Hendrik Hacker
  • Patent number: 10466262
    Abstract: The invention relates to an access control device for a laboratory instrument serving for the instrument-controlled treatment of a laboratory sample and this laboratory instrument, and also to a method for controlling the access to functions of the laboratory instrument by means of the access control device, wherein the access control device comprises: a first interface apparatus and a second interface apparatus; and a control apparatus wherein the control apparatus is configured: a) to establish one or more first data connections to one or more user interface apparatuses via the first interface apparatus; b) to establish a second data connection to the laboratory instrument via the second interface apparatus; and c) to control authorizations and/or access permissions for user access to functions of the laboratory instrument via the first and second data connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss, Wolf Wente, Andreas Thieme, Jan-Gerd Frerichs, Christiane Markau, Jan-Hendrik Hacker
  • Patent number: 10452035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a configuration control device for a laboratory instrument, a laboratory instrument with a configuration control device for instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample and a method for configuring the laboratory instrument by means of the configuration control device. By using user-dependent configuration data, the requirement for the user of having to perform a completely manual configuration of the laboratory instrument, which is effected by the user-dependent configuration data, is dispensed with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventors: Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss, Wolf Wente, Andreas Thieme, Jan-Gerd Frerichs, Christiane Markau, Jan-Hendrik Hacker
  • Patent number: 9352323
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory apparatus for handling at least one laboratory sample, in particular for mixing and/or adjusting the temperature of a biochemical laboratory sample, which is arranged in at least one sample vessel element, having a carrier device for carrying the at least one sample vessel element, an electrical control device, which is set up for controlling or setting at least one operating parameter of the laboratory apparatus that controls this handling, and at least one sensor device for recording at least one measured value, by which at least one geometrical property of the at least one sample vessel element can be determined, the at least one sensor device being signal-connected to the electrical control device, the electrical control device being set up for controlling the handling of the at least one laboratory sample in dependence on the at least one measured value and the at least one set operating parameter by at least one control step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: EPPENDORF AF
    Inventors: Florian Duerr, Ruediger Huhn, Manuel Mayer, Janine Roehrs, Gerrit Walter, Wolf Wente
  • Publication number: 20150324104
    Abstract: For the simplified, intuitive and reliable operation of laboratory apparatuses, it is proposed that the laboratory apparatus be equipped with a control device comprising a touch-sensitive display unit (100), wherein the display unit (100) is configured to display a plurality of control elements (111, 112, 113 etc), which are assigned to different control functions of the laboratory apparatus, wherein the control elements are embodied (111, 112, 113 etc) to set parameters (121, 122, 123) of the control functions. At the same time, at least two of the control elements (111,112, 113, 114) are assigned to the same control function and embodied differently for setting the same parameter (121) of this control function. Therefore, the user is always offered a plurality of ways for setting a parameter or for operating the apparatus, such as, for example, for setting the rotational speed of a centrifuge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jan-Gerd FRERICHS, Andrea THIEME, Wolf WENTE, Reza HASHEMI, Sven LÜDICKE, Martin POGGENCLAAS
  • Publication number: 20150127270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument, a system and a method for the instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample using at least one consumable, by means of which information is obtained automatically as first data during a treatment, wherein the system and/or the laboratory instrument comprises a communication apparatus for establishing a data connection to at least one data processing apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus is suitable for transmitting these at least some first data to the data processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang GOEMANN-THOSS, Wolf WENTE, Andreas THIEME, Jan-Gerd FRERICHS, Christiane MARKAU, Jan-Hendrik HACKER
  • Publication number: 20150125961
    Abstract: The invention relates to an access control device for a laboratory instrument serving for the instrument-controlled treatment of a laboratory sample and this laboratory instrument, and also to a method for controlling the access to functions of the laboratory instrument by means of the access control device, wherein the access control device comprises: a first interface apparatus and a second interface apparatus; and a control apparatus wherein the control apparatus is configured: a) to establish one or more first data connections to one or more user interface apparatuses via the first interface apparatus; b) to establish a second data connection to the laboratory instrument via the second interface apparatus; and c) to control authorizations and/or access permissions for user access to functions of the laboratory instrument via the first and second data connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang GOEMANN-THOSS, Wolf WENTE, Andreas THIEME, Jan-Gerd FRERICHS, Christiane MARKAU, Jan-Hendrik HACKER
  • Publication number: 20150105877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a configuration control device for a laboratory instrument, a laboratory instrument with a configuration control device for instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample and a method for configuring the laboratory instrument by means of the configuration control device. By using user-dependent configuration data, the requirement for the user of having to perform a completely manual configuration of the laboratory instrument, which is effected by the user-dependent configuration data, is dispensed with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang GOEMANN-THOSS, Wolf WENTE, Andreas THIEME, Jan-Gerd FRERICHS, Christiane MARKAU, Jan-Hendrik HACKER
  • Publication number: 20150104796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample. The invention moreover relates to a system containing a plurality of such laboratory instruments, wherein the system serves for the instrument-controlled handling of a problem containing a plurality of these partial problems in the treatment process of at least one laboratory sample. And the invention relates to a method for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang GOEMANN-THOSS, Wolf WENTE, Andreas THIEME, Jan-Gerd FRERICHS, Christiane MARKAU, Jan-Hendrik HACKER
  • Publication number: 20130045473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory apparatus for handling laboratory samples, in particular for adjusting the temperature of a biochemical sample arranged in a sample vessel element, having a carrier device for carrying the sample vessel element, an electrical control device set up for controlling an operating parameter of the laboratory apparatus that controls this handling, and a sensor device for recording a measured value, by which a geometrical property of the a sample vessel element can be determined, the a sensor device being signal-connected to the electrical control device, the electrical control device being set up for controlling the handling of the laboratory sample in dependence on the measured value and the set operating parameter by the control step; and a method for handling at least one laboratory sample by means of a laboratory apparatus and to a computer program product for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Florian DUERR, Ruediger Huhn, Manuel Mayer, Janine Roehrs, Gerrit Walter, Wolf Wente