Patents by Inventor Hoc Khiem Trieu
Hoc Khiem Trieu 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).
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Patent number: 11571530Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid store for an inhaler (10), in particular for an electronic cigarette product, having an outlet end (53) which can be fluidically connected to a heating element (60) in order to evaporate liquid (50) supplied to the heating element (60) from the liquid store (18). The liquid store (18) has at least one air inlet end (52) and at least one channel (51). The channel (51) extends from the air inlet end (52) to the outlet end (53) through the liquid store (18), wherein the channel (51) is designed to transfer the liquid (50) stored in the liquid store (18) to the outlet end (53) through the channel (51) via capillary forces.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Hoc Khiem Trieu, Karen Kalaydzhyan
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Patent number: 11565060Abstract: An evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprises an electrically operable, in particular planar, heating body which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels which each extend from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body, the heating body being designed to evaporate, by applying a heating voltage, liquid transferred through the microchannels. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, which structure rests flat against and in contact with the heating body and covers all of the microchannels on the inlet side.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Hoc Khiem Trieu, Karen Kalaydzhyan, Sven Bohne
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Publication number: 20220160049Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vaporizer device for an inhaler, preferably for an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one electric vaporizer, at least one electrical line for supplying the vaporizer with electric current, and a carrier for supporting the vaporizer, comprising the application of an electrically conductive adhesive between the vaporizer and the carrier to form an electrical connection of the vaporizer to the electrical line, wherein an additional heating step is carried out to form a eutectic connection between the vaporizer and the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: SVEN BOHNE, ANDRÉ BORN, HOC KHIEM TRIEU
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Patent number: 11272739Abstract: The invention relates to a vaporiser unit for an inhaler, comprising a vaporiser body which consists of an electrically conductive substrate with an inlet side, an outlet side, and a plurality of micro-channels each of which extend through said substrate from the inlet side to the outlet side, and a resistive heating element for vaporising liquid conveyed through said micro-channels. The resistive heating element is formed by the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Rene Schmidt, Marc Kessler, Sven Bohne, Hoc Khiem Trieu, Karen Kalaydzhyan
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Publication number: 20210195952Abstract: An evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprises an electrically operable, in particular planar, heating body which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels which each extend from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body, the heating body being designed to evaporate, by applying a heating voltage, liquid transferred through the microchannels. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, which structure rests flat against and in contact with the heating body and covers all of the microchannels on the inlet side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: HOC KHIEM TRIEU, KAREN KALAYDZHYAN, SVEN BOHNE
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Publication number: 20210186100Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid store for an inhaler (10), in particular for an electronic cigarette product, having an outlet end (53) which can be fluidically connected to a heating element (60) in order to evaporate liquid (50) supplied to the heating element (60) from the liquid store (18). The liquid store (18) has at least one air inlet end (52) and at least one channel (51). The channel (51) extends from the air inlet end (52) to the outlet end (53) through the liquid store (18), wherein the channel (51) is designed to transfer the liquid (50) stored in the liquid store (18) to the outlet end (53) through the channel (51) by means of capillary forces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: HOC KHIEM TRIEU, KAREN KALAYDZHYAN
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Publication number: 20190246696Abstract: The invention relates to a vaporiser unit for an inhaler, comprising a vaporiser body which consists of an electrically conductive substrate with an inlet side, an outlet side, and a plurality of micro-channels each of which extend through said substrate from the inlet side to the outlet side, and a resistive heating element for vaporising liquid conveyed through said micro-channels. The resistive heating element is formed by the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: RENE SCHMIDT, MARC KESSLER, SVEN BOHNE, HOC KHIEM TRIEU, KAREN KALAYDZHYAN
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Publication number: 20170354360Abstract: The invention relates to a medical sensor system (10) for detecting a feature (12), such as an analyte, in a human or animal body. The system (10) includes at least one sensor (14; 34) having a reservoir (18) with a cap (16) designed as a controllable organic membrane (20), wherein (for example) application of a voltage of a particular magnitude, or application of a voltage for a particular time, effects a change in the permeability of the membrane (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Sven Bode, Andreas Bunge, Sarah Biela, Hoc Khiem Trieu
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Patent number: 9687182Abstract: The invention relates to a medical sensor system (10) for detecting a feature (12), such as an analyte, in a human or animal body. The system (10) includes at least one sensor (14; 34) having a reservoir (18) with a cap (16) designed as a controllable organic membrane (20), wherein (for example) application of a voltage of a particular magnitude, or application of a voltage for a particular time, effects a change in the permeability of the membrane (20).Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KGInventors: Sven Bode, Andreas Bunge, Sarah Biela, Hoc Khiem Trieu
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Patent number: 9492109Abstract: A medical sensor system (10, 10?) for detecting at least one characteristic (12) of an human and/or animal body has a sensor (14), a first characteristic carrier (16), and a characteristic carrier receptor (18). The first characteristic carrier (16) differs, in terms of at least one characteristic parameter, from a second characteristic carrier (20) which is present at least at the time of detection. The sensor (14) is preferably located in vivo at the time of detection of the at least one characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Bunge, Sarah Biela, Sven Bode, Joerg Naehring, Hoc Khiem Trieu, Gerald Urban
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Patent number: 9032797Abstract: A sensor device including a mechanical oscillator, an excitation unit which is configured to excite the mechanical oscillator to perform a mechanical oscillation within a non-linear range at a varying excitation frequency, and an evaluation unit configured to detect a jump, arising as a result of anharmonicity, in a resonance oscillation of the mechanical oscillation of the mechanical oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Andreas Goehlich, Hoc Khiem Trieu, Robert Klieber, Carole Jonville
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Publication number: 20120210794Abstract: A sensor device including a mechanical oscillator, an excitation unit which is configured to excite the mechanical oscillator to perform a mechanical oscillation within a non-linear range at a varying excitation frequency, and an evaluation unit configured to detect a jump, arising as a result of anharmonicity, in a resonance oscillation of the mechanical oscillation of the mechanical oscillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Andreas GOEHLICH, Hoc Khiem TRIEU, Robert KLIEBER, Carole JONVILLE
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Publication number: 20120088990Abstract: A medical sensor system (10, 10?) for detecting at least one characteristic (12) of an human and/or animal body has a sensor (14), a first characteristic carrier (16), and a characteristic carrier receptor (18). The first characteristic carrier (16) differs, in terms of at least one characteristic parameter, from a second characteristic carrier (20) which is present at least at the time of detection. The sensor (14) is preferably located in vivo at the time of detection of the at least one characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: Andreas Bunge, Sarah Biela, Sven Bode, Joerg Naehring, Hoc Khiem Trieu, Gerald Urban
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Publication number: 20120088994Abstract: The invention relates to a medical sensor system (10) for detecting a feature (12), such as an analyte, in a human or animal body. The system (10) includes at least one sensor (14; 34) having a reservoir (18) with a cap (16) designed as a controllable organic membrane (20), wherein (for example) application of a voltage of a particular magnitude, or application of a voltage for a particular time, effects a change in the permeability of the membrane (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: Sven Bode, Andreas Bunge, Sarah Biela, Hoc Khiem Trieu
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Patent number: 8153059Abstract: A chip-holder for holding a micro-fluidic chip has a fixer for detachably fixing the micro-fluidic chip in the chip-holder and at least one process control device configured to support control or monitoring of a chemical process in the micro-fluidic chip, wherein the chip-holder is configured such that the process control device and the micro-fluidic chip are directly and detachably coupled when the micro-fluidic chip is fixed in the chip-holder. Such a chip-holder brings along the advantage that the micro-fluidic chip can easily be removed and exchanged while the process control device can be reused. This reduces running costs of a chemical microreactor system drastically and allows for a very flexible usage of a chemical microreactor system.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Hoc Khiem Trieu, Michael Bollerott, Martin Kemmerling, Robert Hildebrand, Jan Van Hest, Kaspar Koch, Pieter Nieuwland, Teris A. Van Beek, Ernst J. R. Sudhölter, Remko M. Boom, Anja E. M. Janssen, Floris Rutjes
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Patent number: 8143908Abstract: A biosensor for measuring a concentration of an analyte within a medium includes an electrical charge storage and a resistive layer including an electrical resistance which changes upon contact with the analyte. The electrical charge storage includes a sensor electrode, and the resistive layer may be contacted with the medium and is arranged between the medium and the sensor electrode such that during contact with the medium, a number of the electrical charges stored in the electrical charge storage pass the resistive layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Sinan Uenluebayir, Hoc-Khiem Trieu
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Patent number: 8011250Abstract: An apparatus including a chamber having a chamber opening, a plunger which is movable within the chamber so as to change a chamber volume, which is defined by the plunger and a chamber wall and which adjoins the chamber opening, includes a measurer for measuring a pressure within the chamber or for measuring a force F, F being the force which acts upon the plunger so as to change the chamber volume.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.v.Inventors: Hoc Khiem Trieu, Peter Wiebe, Robert Klieber
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Publication number: 20100211168Abstract: A visual prosthesis for an eye having a lens and a retina has first, second and third substrate parts. The first substrate part has a coil and is fixable in the lens. The second substrate part has stimulation electrodes and connection lines and is fixable to the retina. The third substrate part has a processing unit and connects the first and second substrate parts to each other, the processing unit being electrically connected to the coil and to the stimulation electrodes and being configured to convert a signal generated in the coil by an electromagnetic wave to a stimulation impulse and pass same on via the connection line to the stimulation electrodes. The first substrate part is foldable relative to the third substrate part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Michael Goertz, Hoc Khiem Trieu, Wilfried Mokwa
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Publication number: 20100089167Abstract: An apparatus including a chamber having a chamber opening, a plunger which is movable within the chamber so as to change a chamber volume, which is defined by the plunger and a chamber wall and which adjoins the chamber opening, includes a measurer for measuring a pressure within the chamber or for measuring a force F, F being the force which acts upon the plunger so as to change the chamber volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Hoc Khiem Trieu, Peter Wiebe, Robert Klieber
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Publication number: 20090302190Abstract: A chip holder for holding a fluidic chip and for providing a fluid connection thereto has a guide adapted such that the fluidic chip can be slid into the chip holder in a guiding direction. The chip holder further has a fastener adapted to press a fluidic connection toward the fluidic chip, such that the fluidic chip is fixed within the chip holder. The guide and the fastener are adapted such that the guiding direction and the direction in which the fluidic connection is pressed exhibit an angle in the range between 45° and 135°, including 45° and 135°. A fluidic system has a chip holder and a fluidic chip inserted therein. A chip holder system has a chip holder and an extension module attached thereto such that the extension module is in contact with the fluidic chip, when the fluidic chip is inserted in the chip holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., NIJMEGEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hoc Khiem Trieu, Johann Slotkowski, Robert Klieber, Jan Cornelis Maria Van Hest, Kaspar Koch, Floris Petrus Johannes Theodorus Rutjes, Pieter Nieuwland, Peter Wiebke