Patents by Inventor Angel Lopez-Mras

Angel Lopez-Mras 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).

  • Method for the mask-etching of a piercing element
    Patent number: 10842425
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the mask-etching of a piercing element having an elongate shaft, a distally protruding tip, a proximal holding part, and a laterally open collecting channel that collects bodily fluid and extends along the shaft as far as the area of the tip, wherein a side of a double-sided etching mask is applied respectively to the two sides of a substrate and, under the action of an etching agent, the piercing element is formed as a part made by chemical blanking, wherein a channel side of the etching mask is provided with a channel etching slit for unilateral etching of the collecting channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Marzellinus Zipfel, Angel Lopez-Mras
  • METHOD FOR THE MASK-ETCHING OF A PIERCING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170086726
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the mask-etching of a piercing element having an elongate shaft, a distally protruding tip, a proximal holding part, and a laterally open collecting channel that collects bodily fluid and extends along the shaft as far as the area of the tip, wherein a side of a double-sided etching mask is applied respectively to the two sides of a substrate and, under the action of an etching agent, the piercing element is formed as a part made by chemical blanking, wherein a channel side of the etching mask is provided with a channel etching slit for unilateral etching of the collecting channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Marzellinus Zipfel, Angel Lopez-Mras
  • Method for the mask-etching of a piercing element
    Patent number: 9522566
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the mask-etching of a piercing element having an elongate shaft, a distally protruding tip, a proximal holding part, and a laterally open collecting channel that collects bodily fluid and extends along the shaft as far as the area of the tip, wherein a side of a double-sided etching mask is applied respectively to the two sides of a substrate and, under the action of an etching agent, the piercing element is formed as a part made by chemical blanking, wherein a channel side of the etching mask is provided with a channel etching slit for unilateral etching of the collecting channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Marzellinus Zipfel, Angel Lopez-Mras
  • Method for the mask-etching of a piercing element
    Publication number: 20140207022
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the mask-etching of a piercing element having an elongate shaft, a distally protruding tip, a proximal holding part, and a laterally open collecting channel that collects bodily fluid and extends along the shaft as far as the area of the tip, wherein a side of a double-sided etching mask is applied respectively to the two sides of a substrate and, under the action of an etching agent, the piercing element is formed as a part made by chemical blanking, wherein a channel side of the etching mask is provided with a channel etching slit for unilateral etching of the collecting channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Marzellinus Zipfel, Angel Lopez-Mras