Robert E Krug

US Patent:

7410615, Aug 12, 2008

Filed:

Jan 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/347085

Inventors:

Robert E. Krug - Naperville IL, US
William Austhof - Oswego IL, US
Dennis Makowski - Yorkville IL, US
Daniel L. Bantz - Naperville IL, US
Marek Turewicz - Lake Forest IL, US

Assignee:

PERKINELMER LAS, Inc. - Waltham PA

International Classification:

B01L 3/02
B01L 3/00

US Classification:

422100, 422103, 436180

Abstract:

A system for dispensing microdrops of reagent in small, precisely metered quantities maintains the fluid reagent to be dispensed in a reservoir under a controlled pressure. The reagent is dispensed through multiple nozzles connected to solenoid-actuated valves that control the flow of the reagent from the reservoir to the nozzles. Each valve is connected to one of the nozzles and electrical pulses are supplied separately to each of the valves to separately control the opening and closing of each valve to dispense predetermined quantities of the reagent through each nozzle at predetermined times.

US Patent:

8158083, Apr 17, 2012

Filed:

Jul 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/169148

Inventors:

Robert E. Krug - Naperville IL, US
William Austhof - Oswego IL, US
Dennis Makowski - Yorkville IL, US
Daniel L. Bantz - Naperville IL, US

Assignee:

PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. - Waltham MA

International Classification:

B01L 3/02
G01N 1/10

US Classification:

422509, 422500, 422501, 422504, 422521, 422537, 422539, 436180

Abstract:

A system for dispensing microdrops of reagent in small, precisely metered quantities maintains the fluid reagent to be dispensed in a reservoir under a controlled pressure. The reagent is dispensed through multiple nozzles connected to solenoid-actuated valves that control the flow of the reagent from the reservoir to the nozzles. Each valve is connected to one of the nozzles and electrical pulses are supplied separately to each of the valves to separately control the opening and closing of each valve to dispense predetermined quantities of the reagent through each nozzle at predetermined times.

US Patent:

8614789, Dec 24, 2013

Filed:

Feb 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/032303

Inventors:

David Noblett - Naperville IL, US
Robert E. Krug - Naperville IL, US
Steven Liebold - Palatine IL, US
Mark Francis Krol - Painted Post NY, US
David Andrew Pastel - Horseheads NY, US
Ravi Marala - Painted Post NY, US
Dawn Neumann - Naperville IL, US

Assignee:

PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc - Waltham MA
Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

G01N 21/01

US Classification:

356244, 356614, 356246, 356440

Abstract:

The invention is a microplate mounting system for mounting a microplate relative to an optical reader to control an angle of incidence of an interrogation beam at the microplate and includes a reference plane with at least one set of mount features that engage one or both of the bottom of the microplate and the skirt of the and a first positioning mechanism that provides a reversible and predetermined separation in the z direction between a plane formed by the bottom of the microplate and the reader, to control the angle of incidence of the interrogation beam at the microplate by reversibly controlling the relative positioning of the microplate in the z direction through the engagement between the bottom and/or skirt of the microplate and the at least one set of mount features.