Patents by Inventor Mannes Minekus

Mannes Minekus 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).

  • In vitro model of an in vivo digestive tract
    Patent number: 5525305
    Abstract: A reactor system suitable in particular for a model of a gastrointestinal tract comprises one or more units (1), each having two or more pressure chambers (2, 3) and in each of the pressure chambers a hose (5) made of flexible material and open at both ends, which hoses are fixed with their ends sealed in such a way that the spaces (6) between the wall of the pressure chambers and the hoses are closed. Connectors (8, 9) are also present for supplying a gas or liquid to and discharging it from the spaces (6) between the wall of the pressure chambers and the hoses, and couplers are present for coupling the pressure chambers to each other and/or to end pieces or intermediate pieces (4). Finally, connectors (10, 11) are present in the end pieces or intermediate pieces for supplying constituents to and discharging them from the hoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Mannes Minekus, Robert Havenaar