Patents Assigned to University of Hamburg
  • Eardrum transducer with nanoscale membrane
    Patent number: 10715939
    Abstract: A transducer supported by the eardrum provides a piezoelectric material exchanging energy with the eardrum through a nanoscale membrane, the latter serving to boost the coupling between the piezoelectric material and the eardrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Hamburg
    Inventors: Max Lagally, Abhishek Bhat, Frank Flack, Shelley Scott, Robert H. Blick
  • Planar high-speed molecule sequencer
    Patent number: 10605800
    Abstract: A molecule sequencer uses a planar nanochannel for aligning molecules to flow past impedance interrogation electrodes mounted across the channel for rapid sequencing. The electrodes may be fixed to the channel walls to provide improved registration by co-fabrication with the channel. Extended channel length over normally used nanopores can provide improved control of longer molecules and allow parallel sequencers to be readily fabricated on a single substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Hamburg
    Inventors: Robert H. Blick, Abhishek Bhat, Paul Gwozdz
  • Radio-frequency nanopore sensor
    Patent number: 9488600
    Abstract: An electrically conductive nanoscale sensor includes a nanoscale pore that may be employed as a first antenna to provide precise localized measurements of the impedance-altering characteristics of a molecule such as DNA or RNA or the like passing through the pore. The use of radiofrequency measurements via a second antenna communicating with the first antenna promises high-speed analysis of long molecules (polymers).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Hamburg
    Inventors: Robert H. Blick, Abhishek Bhat, Paul Gwozdz
  • Mass spectrometer detector using optically active membrane
    Patent number: 9329126
    Abstract: A detector suitable for mass spectroscopy uses a thin membrane that converts the kinetic energy of impinging molecules into corresponding photons, the latter detected with a suitable photosensor. The arrival of molecules at the membrane is detected by detection of the corresponding photons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Hamburg, The University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Robert H. Blick, Jonathan Rodriguez, Hyunseok Kim, Zlatan Aksamija, Wolfgang Hansen, Christian Heyn