Patents by Inventor Benjamin R. SIMONA

Benjamin R. SIMONA 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).

  • ELECTROCHEMICALLY ENGINEERED SURFACE OF HYDROGELS, PARTICULARLY PEG HYDROGELS, FOR ENHANCED CELLULAR PENETRATION
    Publication number: 20210032412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer structure (1) formed by at least a polymer, wherein said structure (1) comprises a volume (2) and a surface (3), wherein said polymer comprises a plurality of polymer chains connected by linkings, characterized by a linking density, wherein said linking density increases, particularly monotonously, from the surface (3) into the volume (2) of the polymer structure (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH, ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Vincent MILLERET, Benjamin R. SIMONA, Janos VOROS, Martin EHRBAR
  • Method, device and system for spatially controlling the formation of a hydrogel electrochemically
    Patent number: 10385170
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a device and a system for producing particularly a hydrogel (200) and for controlling an enzymatically catalyzed formation of a covalent bond in a solution, wherein said covalent bond is formed between a first compound (20) comprising a first moiety (21) and a second compound (22) comprising a second moiety (23), wherein the first and the second moiety (21, 23) are a substrate of an enzyme wherein said enzyme catalyzes the formation of a covalent bond between the first and the second moiety (21, 23), and wherein a voltage is applied to the solution for spatially controlling said formation, wherein said voltage is adjusted such that it induces electrolysis of said solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH
    Inventors: Vincent Milleret, Benjamin R. Simona, Janos Voros, Martin Ehrbar
  • ELECTROCHEMICALLY ENGINEERED SURFACE OF HYDROGELS, PARTICULARLY PEG HYDROGELS, FOR ENHANCED CELLULAR PENETRATION
    Publication number: 20160244574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer structure (1) formed by at least a polymer, wherein said structure (1) comprises a volume (2) and a surface (3), wherein said polymer comprises a plurality of polymer chains connected by linkings, characterized by a linking density, wherein said linking density increases, particularly monotonously, from the surface (3) into the volume (2) of the polymer structure (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH, ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Vincent MILLERET, Benjamin R. SIMONA, Janos VOROS, Martin EHRBAR
  • METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SPATIALLY CONTROLLING THE FORMATION OF A HYDROGEL ELECTROCHEMICALLY
    Publication number: 20160230197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a device and a system for producing particularly a hydrogel (200) and for controlling an enzymatically catalysed formation of a covalent bond in a solution, wherein said covalent bond is formed between a first compound (20) comprising a first moiety (21) and a second compound (22) comprising a second moiety (23), wherein the first and the second moiety (21, 23) are a substrate of an enzyme wherein said enzyme catalyzes the formation of a covalent bond between the first and the second moiety (21, 23), and wherein a voltage is applied to the solution for spatially controlling said formation, wherein said voltage is adjusted such that it induces electrolysis of said solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicants: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH, ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Vincent MILLERET, Benjamin R. SIMONA, Janos VOROS, Martin EHRBAR