Patents Assigned to FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NUMBERG
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Publication number: 20150317796Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-invasive method for predicting the responsiveness of a human subject suffering from inflammatory disease to a treatment with a therapy against said inflammatory disease using brain imaging techniques. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient for the treatment of human subjects suffering from inflammatory disease and being identified as responders to therapy against the inflammatory disease according to the method of the invention. Preferably, this invention relates to a non-invasive method for predicting the responsiveness of a human subject suffering from rheumatoid arthritis to a treatment with TNF-antagonists comprising at least one step of brain imaging, preferably with an fMRI apparatus. The present invention shows that response to TNFi depends on the gestalt of brain activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicants: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nümberg, Universitätsklinikum ErlangenInventors: Georg SCHETT, Andreas HESS
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Publication number: 20150093310Abstract: The invention relates to a filter material which is used, in particular in filters or as a filter for treating and/or purifying gas, in particular for clean room environments. The filter material comprises at least one activated carbon, in particular with reactive and/or catalytic finishing and the activated carbon is present in the form of discrete activated carbon particles, preferably in a spherical and/or grain form. The activated carbon comprises and/or is provided with at least one metal component which contains at least one metal-containing ionic liquid (IL), containing in particular metal ions, preferably based on a metal compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicants: FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NUMBERG, BLUCHER GMBHInventors: Bertram Böhringer, Ilsebill Eckle, Peter Wasserscheid, Daniel Roth
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Publication number: 20140332691Abstract: The present invention relates to a pixel detector (10), comprising a semiconductor sensor layer (12), in which charges can be generated upon interaction with particles to be detected. The semiconductor layer defines an X-Y-plane and has a thickness extending in Z-direction. The detector further comprises a read-out electronics layer (14) connected to said semiconductor layer (12), said read-out electronics layer (14) comprising an array of read-out circuits (20) for detecting signals indicative of charges generated in a corresponding volume of said semiconductor sensor layer (12). The neighbouring read-out circuits (20) are connected by a relative timing circuit configured to determine time difference information between signals detected at said neighbouring read-out circuits (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicants: CERN - EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Numberg, Czech Technical University in Prague Institute of Experimental and Applied PhysicsInventors: Michael Campbell, Thilo Michel, Jan Jakubek
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Publication number: 20130282005Abstract: An integrated catheter navigation system (100) and method (200) that combines anatomical imaging (302, 304) with catheter tip-to force information (306, 308) during an ablation procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicants: SIEMENS CORPORATION, SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-NumbergInventors: Martin Koch, Atilla Peter Kiraly, Norbert Strobel, Alexander Benjamin Brost
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Publication number: 20110282452Abstract: The invention relates to an auxetic material that is composed of a periodic arrangement of three-dimensional structural elements (G, G1, G2, G3) connected to each other, wherein each of the structural elements (G) comprises a first (3) and at least three second supporting elements (4), wherein the first (3) and the second supporting elements (4) are connected at a common node (1) with their one ends, and wherein a first angle (?) between the first supporting element (3) and the second supporting elements (4) is less than 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-NumbergInventors: Carolin Koerner, Peter Heinl, Robert Friedrich Singer
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Publication number: 20100189793Abstract: A transdermal delivery system (TDS) for administering at least one active agent through the skin. The system has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a matrix located between the first and second electrodes. The TDS contains at least one active agent which is either alkaline or acidic. The system is configured such that when applying a voltage to the electrodes, the pH of the matrix, in the case of an alkaline active agent, does not exceed the pH of the active agent and, in case of an acidic active agent, does not fall below the pH of the active agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicants: ACINO AG, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NUMBERGInventors: Elisabeth MEYER, Britta SCHRÕDER, Christine ZOGLMEIER, Ulrich NICKEL