Patents by Inventor Guido Huybrechts

Guido Huybrechts 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).

  • Gastrointestinal probe
    Patent number: 6615066
    Abstract: Gastrointestinal probe (2) comprising a sensitive material (4) which is able to be connected to electrical or optical readout means or measurement means (10) characterized in that said sensitive material (4) undergoes an irreversible change when it is submitted to the cumulative action of the external medium, in such a manner that the irreversible change can be measured and/or recorded by said electrical or optical readout means or measurement means (10). The present invention concerns also the production process of the gastrointestinal probe according to the invention and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: IMEC vzw
    Inventors: Guido Huybrechts, Gaston Van Trappen
  • Gastrointestinal probe
    Publication number: 20020042560
    Abstract: Gastrointestinal probe (2) comprising a sensitive material (4) which is able to be connected to electrical or optical readout means or measurement means (10) characterized in that said sensitive material (4) undergoes an irreversible change when it is submitted to the cumulative action of the external medium, in such a manner that the irreversible change can be measured and/or recorded by said electrical or optical readout means or measurement means (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Guido Huybrechts, Gaston Van Trappen
  • Gastrointestinal probe
    Patent number: 6006121
    Abstract: Gastrointestinal probe (2) comprising a sensitive material (4) which is able to be connected to electrical or optical readout devices or measurement devices (10) such that the sensitive material (4) undergoes an irreversible change when it is submitted to the cumulative action of the external medium, in such a manner that the irreversible change can be measured and/or recorded by said electrical or optical readout devices or measurement devices (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: IMEC vzw
    Inventors: Gaston Vantrappen, Guido Huybrechts