Patents by Inventor Dirk Hermann

Dirk Hermann 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).

  • Use of preparations comprising exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the prevention and therapy of inflammatory conditions
    Patent number: 9877989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of exosome-preparations derived from neonatal or adult tissue-derived mesenchymal stem-cells (MSCs) for the prevention or for therapy of inflammatory conditions, such as, for example, pre- and postnatally acquired damages of the brain (i.e. neuronal damages) or in complications following stem cell transplantation (“graft vs host-disease”, GvHD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN
    Inventors: Dietrich Wilhelm Beelen, Thorsten Doeppner, Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser, Bernd Giebel, Dirk Hermann, Peter Horn, Matthias Keller, Lambros Kordelas, Anna-Kristin Ludwig, Vera Rebmann
  • Use of Preparations Comprising Exosomes Derived From Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in the Prevention and Therapy of Inflammatory Conditions
    Publication number: 20150190429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of exosome-preparations derived from neonatal or adult tissue-derived mesenchymal stem-cells (MSCs) for the prevention or for therapy of inflammatory conditions, such as, for example, pre- and postnatally acquired damages of the brain (i.e. neuronal damages) or in complications following stem cell transplantation (“graft vs host-disease”, GvHD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Dietrich Wilhelm Beelen, Thorsten Deoppner, Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser, Bernd Giebel, Dirk Hermann, Peter Horn, Matthias Keller, Lambros Kordelas, Anna-Kristin Ludwig, Vera Rebmann
  • Process and device for joining by punching and riveting
    Patent number: 6543115
    Abstract: A method as well as an apparatus manufactures a punch riveted joint, wherein at least two layers are pressed by a holding-down device against the die and a rivet, in particular a semitubular rivet, is provided for joining the layers. The holding-down device is connected by a coupling unit to the punch in such a way that during a punch riveting operation a coupling of the holding-down device to the punch may be varied between a substantially rigid coupling state and an uncoupled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Dieter Mauer, Reinhold Opper, Joachim Möser, Dirk Hermann