Patents by Inventor Beat Müller
Beat Müller 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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Publication number: 20240115810Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
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Patent number: 8383332Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for the diagnosis and treatment guidance of a bacterial infection in patients suffering from an acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, comprising the determination of the level of Procalcitonin (PCT) or a fragment thereof having at least 12 amino acid residues in a sample of a bodily fluid from said patient and the correlation of the determined level to the diagnosis of a bacterial infection in said patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: B.R.A.H.M.S. GmbHInventors: Andreas Bergmann, Oliver Hartmann, Frauke Hein, Beat Müller
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Publication number: 20120270245Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing and/or stratifying the risk of infections or chronic diseases of the respiratory tract and lungs, particularly lower respiratory tract infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In said method, provasopressin (proAVP) or fragments or partial peptides thereof, especially copeptin or neurophysin II, is/are determined. The invention further relates to suitable biomarker combinations for in-vitro diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BRAHMS GmbHInventors: Andreas Bergmann, Nils Morgenthaler, Jana Papassotiriou, Joachim Struck, Beat Müller
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Patent number: 8158368Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing and/or stratifying the risk of infections or chronic diseases of the respiratory tract and lungs, particularly lower respiratory tract infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In said method, provasopressin (proAVP) or fragments or partial peptides thereof, especially copeptin or neurophysin II, is/are determined. The invention further relates to suitable biomarker combinations for in-vitro diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: B.R.A.H.M.S. GmbHInventors: Andreas Bergmann, Nils Morgenthaler, Jana Papassotiriou, Joachim Struck, Beat Müller
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Patent number: 8088313Abstract: A measured amount of a material that is crosslinkable by impingement of a suitable form of energy, especially UV light, is introduced into a two-part mould of which the cavity determines the shape of a moulding to be produced. The two mould halves are held a small distance from one another so that a thin annular gap is formed between them, which gap is in communication with the mould cavity and through which gap excess material can escape. The crosslinking is triggered by impingement of the selected form of energy, the impingement being spatially restricted to the cavity by suitable masking so that material disposed outside the mould cavity is not crosslinked. In that manner mouldings are obtained that do not require subsequent mechanical processing, and the mould is reusable. The process is especially, but not, however, exclusively, suitable for the manufacture of contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Peter Hagmann, Sharla Borghorst, John Golby, Peter Herbrechtsmeier, Otto Kretzschmar, Bernhard Seiferling, Norbert Söllner, Beat Müller
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Publication number: 20110086831Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for the diagnosis and treatment guidance of a bacterial infection in patients suffering from an acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, comprising the determination of the level of Procalcitonin (PCT) or a fragment thereof having at least 12 amino acid residues in a sample of a bodily fluid from said patient and the correlation of the determined level to the diagnosis of a bacterial infection in said patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: B.R.A.H.M.S GmbhInventors: Andreas Bergmann, Oliver Hartmann, Frauke Hein, Beat Müller
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Publication number: 20100041064Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing and/or stratifying the risk of infections or chronic diseases of the respiratory tract and lungs, particularly lower respiratory tract infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In said method, provasopressin (proAVP) or fragments or partial peptides thereof, especially copeptin or neurophysin II, is/are determined. The invention further relates to suitable biomarker combinations for in-vitro diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: BRAHMS AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Bergmann, Nils Morgenthaler, Jana Papassotiriou, Joachim Struck, Beat Müller
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Patent number: 7566754Abstract: The invention relates to novel crosslinkable copolymers which are obtainable by (a) copolymerizing at least one hydrophilic monomer having one ethylenically unsaturated double bond and at least one crosslinker comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in the presence of a chain transfer agent having a functional group; and (b) reacting one or more functional groups of the resulting copolymer with an organic compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group. The crosslinkable copolymers of the invention are especially useful for the manufacture of biomedical mouldings, for example ophthalmic mouldings such as in particular contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Beat Müller, Alain Laurent, Veerle Coessens, Aaldert Rens Molenberg
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Patent number: 7268189Abstract: The invention relates to novel crosslinkable copolymers which are obtainable by (a) copolymerizing at least one hydrophilic monomer having one ethylenically unsaturated double bond and at least one crosslinker comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in the presence of a chain transfer agent having a functional group; and (b) reacting one or more functional groups of the resulting copolymer with an organic compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group. The crosslinkable copolymers of the invention are especially useful for the manufacture of biomedical mouldings, for example ophthalmic mouldings such as in particular contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Beat Müller, Alain Laurent, Veerle Coessens, Aaldert Rens Molenberg
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Patent number: 7238750Abstract: The invention relates to novel crosslinkable copolymers which are obtainable by (a) copolymerizing at least one hydrophilic monomer having one ethylenically unsaturated double bond and at least one crosslinker comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in the presence of a chain transfer agent having a functional group; and (b) reacting one or more functional groups of the resulting copolymer with an organic compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group. The crosslinkable copolymers of the invention are especially useful for the manufacture of biomedical mouldings, for example ophthalmic mouldings such as in particular contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Beat Müller, Alain Laurent, Veerle Coessens, Aaldert Rens Molenberg
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Publication number: 20070036850Abstract: Film-coated tablet, consisting of a tablet core with a film coating, or granules containing as active ingredient a pyridylpyrimidine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of this compound, preferably imatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of imatinib, preferably imatinib monomethanesulfonate, wherein (i) the tablet cores and the granules have been produced by pressing of the starting materials and, prior to pressing of the starting materials, at least one of them has been dry-granulated, preferably compacted; (ii) the tablet cores and granule cores contain the active ingredient in a proportion of 25% by weight to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of the tablet cores or granule cores, together with (iii) at least one filler-binder, and optionally contain other additives; and (iv) the mean particle size distribution of at least 80% of the active ingredient is in the range from 0.01 mm to 1.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Lambert Röhrich, Beat Müller
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Patent number: 7091283Abstract: The invention relates to novel crosslinkable copolymers which are obtainable by (a) copolymerizing at least one hydrophilic monomer having one ethylenically unsaturated double bond and at least one crosslinker comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in the presence of a chain transfer agent having a functional group; and (b) reacting one or more functional groups of the resulting copolymer with an organic compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group. The crosslinkable copolymers of the invention are especially useful for the manufacture of biomedical mouldings, for example ophthalmic mouldings such as in particular contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Beat Müller, Alain Laurent, Veerle Coessens, Aaldert Rens Molenberg
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Patent number: 6800225Abstract: A measured amount of a material that is crosslinkable by impingement of a suitable form of energy, especially UV light, is introduced into a two-part mould of which cavity determines the shape of a moulding to be produced. The two mould halves are held a small distance from one another so that a thin annular gap is formed between them, which gap is in communication with the mould cavity and through which gap excess material can escape. The crosslinking is triggered by impingement of the selected form of energy, the impingement being spatially restricted to the cavity by suitable masking so that material disposed outside the mould cavity is not crosslinked. In that manner mouldings are obtained that do not require subsequent mechanical processing, and the mould is reusable. The process is especially, but not, however, exclusively, suitable for the manufacture of contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1994Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Peter Hagmann, Sharla Borghorst, John Golby, Peter Herbrechtsmeier, Otto Kretzschmar, Bernhard Seiferling, Norbert Söllner, Beat Müller
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Patent number: 6407145Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for the manufacture of mouldings, especially contact lenses, in which a soluble prepolymer comprising crosslinkable groups is crosslinked in solution, and also to mouldings, especially contact lenses, obtainable in accordance with that process. The present invention relates also to novel prepolymers that can be used in the process according to the invention, especially derivatives of a polyvinyl alcohol having a molecular weight of at least about 2000 that, based on the number of hydroxy groups of the polyvinyl alcohol, comprise from approximately 0.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1998Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Novartis AGInventor: Beat Müller
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Patent number: 6303687Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of moldings, in particular contact lenses, in which a water-soluble crosslinkable polymer is crosslinked in solution, and to moldings, in particular contact lenses, obtainable by this process.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Novartis AGInventor: Beat Müller
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Patent number: 6265509Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for the production of mouldings, in particular contact lenses, in which a soluble prepolymer comprising units containing a crosslinkable group and at least one unit containing a modifier is crosslinked in solution, and to mouldings, in particular contact lenses, obtainable by this process. The present invention likewise relates to novel prepolymers which can be employed in the novel process, in particular derivatives of a polyvinyl alcohol having a molecular weight of at least about 2000 which comprises from about 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Novartis AGInventor: Beat Müller
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Patent number: 4653016Abstract: In providing digital filters for remote control receivers, in particular, for audio-frequency centralized ripple control receivers in an economic manner, it is advantageous to be able to use a processor unit with as low a bit number as possible (for example, an 8-bit microcomputer). In a conventional design of a filter according to the prior art, the dynamic range which is provided with an 8-bit processor element is insufficient in ensuring a perfect operation of the filter when a quality factor Q of about 30 is needed for the intended purpose of use and, on the other hand, when the dynamic range of the wanted signal which is given in practice is taken into consideration. A solution is indicated which overcomes these difficulties, which particularly involves the selected arrangement of zeros in the pass-band of the filter.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1983Date of Patent: March 24, 1987Assignee: Zellweger Uster, Ltd.Inventor: Beat Mueller