公开(公告)号：US20250020272A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18770061

申请日：2024-07-11

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Peteris Laganovskis ,  Sören Mensch ,  Tim Knutzen ,  Andreas Ebbecke

IPC: F16M13/02 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: A device for mechanically fastening a module to a wall of a piece of equipment including a mounting opening, including a module carrier comprising a main body structured for insertion into the mounting opening and at least one first snap-in element. The module is connected to a front face of the main body. A support plate that is connected to one of: (i) the module carrier or (ii) module. A latching frame defining a frame opening and comprising at least one second snap-in element on an inner periphery. The first snap-in element and the second snap-in element are configured to snap together when the main body is inserted into the frame opening. A space is defined between the rear face of the support plate and the front face of the latching frame that is dimensioned for receiving an edge region of the wall surrounding the mounting opening.

公开(公告)号：US12117458B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US16614324

申请日：2018-05-15

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Steffen Buller ,  Andreas Thieme ,  Michael Wild

IPC: G01N35/00 ,  B01L1/00

CPC classification number: G01N35/00 ,  B01L1/00 ,  G01N35/00871 ,  G01N2035/00881

Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory instrument comprising a network interface apparatus (6), which is configured to provide, in the inserted position of the insertable instrument, a data connection between at least two network instruments of a laboratory instrument network (100), which network instruments are taken from the group of network instruments including at least a first control apparatus (4) of the laboratory instrument and the at least one insertable instrument (20; 30). The invention further relates to a laboratory instrument network including the laboratory instrument and a method for working on laboratory samples using the laboratory instrument network.

公开(公告)号：US12115528B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US16614336

申请日：2018-05-14

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Boris Von Beichmann ,  Jens Gerken

IPC: B01L3/02 ,  B01L9/00

CPC classification number: B01L3/0237 ,  B01L9/54 ,  B01L9/56 ,  B01L2200/0621 ,  B01L2200/087 ,  B01L2200/14 ,  B01L2300/025 ,  B01L2300/0627

Abstract: The invention relates to a pipette auxiliary system for supporting manual pipetting or dispensing of a plurality of samples of a sample-holding arrangement, in particular a microtiter plate. The pipette auxiliary system according to the invention supports the manual pipetting or dispensing of a plurality of samples in a working position of a sample-holding arrangement, the pipette auxiliary system comprising: a base apparatus comprising a positioning device which is designed to position the sample-holding arrangement in the working position inside a positioning space of the base apparatus, said positioning space being opened at least along a plane for the pipetting; the sample-holding arrangement which has a plurality of sample holders; a measurement arrangement comprising a plurality of measurement elements which are positioned at least in the working position underneath this plane and using which the occupancy state of at least one sample holder can be detected in the working position; and an output device or a light arrangement using which the sample-holding arrangement can be illuminated in accordance with this occupancy state of this at least one sample holder.

公开(公告)号：US20240303863A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18245274

申请日：2021-09-08

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Alexander Petermann

IPC: G06T7/80 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/73 ,  H04N23/741

CPC classification number: G06T7/80 ,  G06T7/0006 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/75 ,  H04N23/741 ,  G06T2207/10144 ,  G06T2207/20208

Abstract: A computer implemented method for determining a first value of at least a camera parameter of a camera, the method comprising at least the steps of accessing a first image captured by the camera, wherein the first image displays a scene and comprises a first set of pixels, and wherein the scene comprises a first scene region, the first scene region being displayed in a first image portion of the image and generating, for each pixel of the first set of pixels, a respective first data item associated to said each pixel, wherein said respective first data item comprises respective position information associated to said each pixel, said respective position information being indicative of the position in the first image of said each pixel with respect to the location of the first image portion in the first image and determining the first value of the camera parameter by using at least a first plurality of pixels of the first set of pixels, wherein, for each pixel of the first plurality of pixels, the respective position information associated to said each pixel fulfils a first condition.

公开(公告)号：US20230285955A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18118814

申请日：2023-03-08

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Andreas Ratzka

IPC: B01L3/02

CPC classification number: B01L3/0224 ,  B01L3/0279 ,  B01L3/0227 ,  B01L2300/0861 ,  B01L2300/042 ,  B01L2200/0689 ,  B01L2300/0803

Abstract: An air cushion pipette comprises at least one seat configured to releasably hold a pipette tip and a displacement apparatus comprising a displacement chamber including a displacement element configured to be displaced therein. A drive apparatus is coupled to the displacement element and configured to displace the displacement element in the displacement chamber. An overstroke apparatus comprises a lower stop and is configured such that a stop element displaces the lower stop downwards when the stop element presses against the lower stop, wherein the downward displacement of the lower stop is limited to a first overstroke. A displaceable overstroke limiting element is configured to enable the displacement of the lower stop downwards by the first overstroke in a release position and limit said displacement to a second overstroke that is shorter than the first overstroke in a blocking position.

公开(公告)号：US20230271174A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18172161

申请日：2023-02-21

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Julian Bikmohammadi ,  Andreas Ratzka ,  Elena Schmidt ,  Florian Tesch ,  Christian Baasch ,  Christiane Markau ,  Michael Strutz ,  Anne Oehlmann ,  Kevin Höricke ,  Ulrike Gast ,  Olaf Sauer

IPC: B01L3/02

CPC classification number: B01L3/0224 ,  B01L3/0275 ,  B01L2300/026

Abstract: The invention relates to a pipette with a body for receiving a displacement device, the displacement device comprising a displacement chamber and a movable boundary element for bounding a pipetting stroke of the pipette. The pipette furthermore has an operating element for setting the pipetting volume of the pipette by movement of the boundary element in the body and for performing a pipetting operation, the operating element being in operative connection with a piston movable in the displacement chamber of the displacement device. The pipette furthermore comprises a counter for displaying the set pipetting volume and a locking mechanism for locking and/or unlocking volume setting by the operating element.
It is provided that, on actuation of the operating element, the operating element is configured to perform a pipetting operation, to transfer the locking mechanism into a locked position and to lock adjustment of the pipetting volume.

公开(公告)号：US20230044593A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

申请号：US17884156

申请日：2022-08-09

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Florian Tesch ,  Julian Bikmohammadi ,  Peter Molitor ,  Jens Wilmer ,  Burkhardt Reichmuth

IPC: B01L3/02

Abstract: A pipette for use with a pipette tip includes a chassis. An apparatus is coupled to the chassis and is configured to detachably hold at least one pipette tip. A drive apparatus is coupled to the chassis and is configured to displace a displacement element to suck liquid specimens into the pipette tip and eject the specimens from the pipette tip. A tubular pipette housing is configured to surround and connect to the chassis. The longitudinal direction of the chassis is aligned in the longitudinal direction of the pipette housing. The chassis includes multiple chassis elements which are arranged behind one another and are connected to one another. The apparatus for detachably holding at least one pipette tip and the drive apparatus are connected to one or more of the multiple chassis elements.

公开(公告)号：US11536738B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16780808

申请日：2020-02-03

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss ,  Wolf Wente ,  Andreas Thieme ,  Jan-Gerd Frerichs ,  Christiane Markau ,  Jan-Hendrik Hacker

IPC: G01N35/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220401945A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17782866

申请日：2020-12-04

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Matthias Kunsch

IPC: B01L3/02

Abstract: A pipette tip family includes a plurality of pipette tips each including a tip cylinder, each of the plurality of pipette tips further includes a hollow body including a bottom end and a top end such that the bottom end defines a tip opening and the top end defines a mounting opening, a seating region is configured to clamp to the spigot and a cylindrical plunger travel path is defined between the tip opening and the seating region, a tip plunger includes a plunger guided along the plunger travel path and a plunger rod comprising a top end, the plurality of pipette tips of each subfamily are configured to be used for pipetting with pipettes of a pipette type matched thereto and are not configured to be used with pipettes of a pipette type not matched thereto.

公开(公告)号：US12221599B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US16614342

申请日：2018-05-14

Applicant: Eppendorf SE

Inventor： Wolf Wente ,  Christoph Jolie

IPC: C12M1/00 ,  C12M1/34 ,  C12M1/36

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.