Patents by Inventor Benjamin Scherer
Benjamin Scherer 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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Patent number: 12268857Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors distributed pre-filled and with the springs tensed may be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure sterility of the needle. When the needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container and needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve accommodating the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto the skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange, thereby freeing the travel path for needle movement.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Ypsomed AGInventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20240337576Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring arrangement comprising a containment for a medium as well as to a measuring device for registering a property of the medium. The containment and/or the measuring device have/has, in each case, at least one apparatus, which apparatus includes a window to a lumen of the containment, wherein the window comprises a dielectric material, such as, for example, a glass or a ceramic, wherein the apparatus includes a ferromagnetic marking, which is adapted in case of a partial failure of the window to shed pieces into the medium, wherein a detector for detecting ferromagnetic materials is provided and adapted to check for presence of marking particles in the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Peter Klöfer, Sergey Lopatin, Anh Tuan Tham, Volker Frey, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20240241082Abstract: A sensor arrangement for determining a process variable of a medium in a containment comprises a sensor apparatus, a magnetic field apparatus, and a detection apparatus. The magnetic field apparat produces a magnetic field that penetrates the sensor apparatus, the detection apparatus and partially the medium. The sensor apparatus is embodied such that a magnetic property of a component of the sensor apparatus depends on the process variable, and the magnetic field of the magnetic field apparatus is influenceable by the sensor apparatus as a function of process variable. The detection apparatus is embodied to register a variable related with the magnetic field, especially the magnetic flux density, the magnetic susceptibility or the magnetic permeability, and, based on that variable, to determine the process variable. The sensor apparatus is arranged within an internal volume of the containment and the detection apparatus is arranged outside of the containment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Dietmar Frühauf, Florian Krogmann, Raphael Kuhnen, Pavo Vrdoljak, Peter Klöfer, Benjamin Scherer, Sergey Lopatin, Anh Tuan Tham, Volker Frey
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Publication number: 20240175804Abstract: A gas sensor for determining a concentration of at least one gas in a gas mixture includes: at least one intensity modulatable light source; a measuring section, into which the gas mixture to be investigated can be allowed to flow; and an essentially gas-sealed detection cell, wherein the gas sensor is embodied such that light emitted from the light source is radiated into a measuring section, wherein the intensity of the emitted light is modulated with a modulation frequency, which differs from the resonant frequency of a mode of the acoustic resonance of the detection cell by less than 0.5 times, especially less than 0.25 times, the half-width of the mode. Further, a method for determining the concentration of the at least one gas in the gas mixture uses the gas sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Tobias Meinert, Benjamin Scherer, Marc Winter, Valentin Wittstock
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Patent number: 11879882Abstract: A sensor for determining a measurand dependent on a concentration of a gaseous analyte in a liquid medium includes: a closed measurement chamber with a gas sensor sensitive to the gaseous analyte for generating a measurement signal which is dependent on the concentration of the gaseous analyte in the measurement chamber; a diffusion membrane impermeable to liquid and gas-permeable to the gaseous analyte, which diffusion membrane closes the measurement chamber and includes a medium-contacting second surface; an evaluation unit for determining the measurand on the basis of the measurement signal; and an ultrasound emission unit designed to introduce ultrasonic waves into the medium such that a mixing of the medium is generated in a volume adjacent the medium-contacting second surface. Further disclosed is a method for determining the measurand dependent on the concentration of the gaseous analyte in the liquid medium using the disclosed sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Group Services AGInventors: Tobias Meinert, Benjamin Scherer
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Patent number: 11754539Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for forecasting calibration spectra including a step of providing a machine learning model trained using historical calibration data corresponding to different gas species at different pressures. The computer-implemented method also includes steps of performing a calibration scan of one gas species at one pressure using an analyzer and generating calibration curves for the analyzer corresponding to one or multiple gas species at multiple pressures using the machine learning model and the calibration scan. Thereafter, a spectrum is obtained using the analyzer, and a concentration measurement is generated using the spectrum and at least one of the calibration curves.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Ludlum, Marc Winter, Benjamin Scherer, Xiang Liu
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Publication number: 20230204505Abstract: A device for detection of a gas or of a multi-component gas mixture comprises: an optical capture unit for capturing a field of view; a first light source configured to emit light having a current wavelength within a first wavelength range, wherein the first light source is arranged such that the light emitted impinges on the field of view; a first optical filter arranged between the optical capture unit and the first light source, wherein the first optical filter enables only those wavelengths of the light in a first filter wavelength range to pass; and a control/evaluation unit configured to determine, based on at least one image recorded by the optical capture unit, the distribution of the gas or the gas mixture in the field of view, the composition of the gas or the gas mixture, and/or a concentration of the components of the gas mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Max Bergau, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20230204347Abstract: A stereoscopic measuring device for determining position information of an event location comprises a background surface and a lighting assembly having a first lighting position and a second lighting position for the illumination of the background surface at different angles. The light beams from the lighting positions passing through an event location are projected at spaced-apart projection locations at a projection location distance. The measuring device also includes an imaging apparatus for imaging the projection locations and an evaluation apparatus for detecting an event, for determining the projection location distance and the position information of the event location based on the projection location distance. The event location is a location at which the medium to be detected appears. Its interaction with the light beams changes a property of the projection locations compared to reference conditions in which the medium to be detected is absent or effective in a different way.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Max Bergau, Tobias Meinert, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20230173183Abstract: An injection device including a housing, a needle guard sleeve displaceable relative to the housing, and a spring coupled to the guard sleeve such that the guard sleeve can be moved by the spring distally from a proximal position to an end position, the spring also being coupled to a forward drive element displaceable relative to the housing in a drive direction wherein the spring is tensioned upon a movement of the forward drive element in the forward drive direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer, Ian M. Thompson
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Publication number: 20230069270Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors distributed pre-filled and with the springs tensed may be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure sterility of the needle. When the needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container and needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve accommodating the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto the skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange, thereby freeing the travel path for needle movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20220308030Abstract: A sensor for determining a measurand dependent on a concentration of a gaseous analyte in a liquid medium includes: a closed measurement chamber with a gas sensor sensitive to the gaseous analyte for generating a measurement signal which is dependent on the concentration of the gaseous analyte in the measurement chamber; a diffusion membrane impermeable to liquid and gas-permeable to the gaseous analyte, which diffusion membrane closes the measurement chamber and includes a medium-contacting second surface; an evaluation unit for determining the measurand on the basis of the measurement signal; and an ultrasound emission unit designed to introduce ultrasonic waves into the medium such that a mixing of the medium is generated in a volume adjacent the medium-contacting second surface. Further disclosed is a method for determining the measurand dependent on the concentration of the gaseous analyte in the liquid medium using the disclosed sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Tobias Meinert, Benjamin Scherer
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Patent number: 11426529Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors distributed pre-filled and with the springs tensed may be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure sterility of the needle. When the needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container and needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve accommodating the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto the skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange, thereby freeing the travel path for needle movement.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Ypsomed AGInventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20220134005Abstract: An injection device including a housing, a needle guard sleeve displaceable relative to the housing, and a spring coupled to the guard sleeve such that the guard sleeve can be moved by the spring distally from a proximal position to an end position, the spring also being coupled to a forward drive element displaceable relative to the housing in a drive direction wherein the spring is tensioned upon a movement of the forward drive element in the forward drive direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer, Ian M. Thompson
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Publication number: 20210318280Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for forecasting calibration spectra including a step of providing a machine learning model trained using historical calibration data corresponding to different gas species at different pressures. The computer-implemented method also includes steps of performing a calibration scan of one gas species at one pressure using an analyzer and generating calibration curves for the analyzer corresponding to one or multiple gas species at multiple pressures using the machine learning model and the calibration scan. Thereafter, a spectrum is obtained using the analyzer, and a concentration measurement is generated using the spectrum and at least one of the calibration curves.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Kevin Ludlum, Marc Winter, Benjamin Scherer, Xiang Liu
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Publication number: 20210236733Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors distributed pre-filled and with the springs tensed may be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure sterility of the needle. When the needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container and needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve accommodating the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto the skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange, thereby freeing the travel path for needle movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
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Patent number: 10973988Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors which are sold or distributed filled and with the springs tensed have to be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure the sterility of the injection needle. When such a needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container comprising the injection needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve which accommodates the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto a person's skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange and, thus, freeing the travel path for needle movement.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Ypsomed AGInventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
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Patent number: 10960143Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors which are sold or distributed filled and with the springs tensed have to be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure the sterility of the injection needle. When such a needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container comprising the injection needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve which accommodates the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto a person's skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange and, thus, freeing the travel path for needle movement.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Ypsomed AGInventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20200338274Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors which are sold or distributed filled and with the springs tensed have to be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure the sterility of the injection needle. When such a needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container comprising the injection needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve which accommodates the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto a person's skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange and, thus, freeing the travel path for needle movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
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Publication number: 20200297930Abstract: An injection device including a housing, a needle guard sleeve displaceable relative to the housing, and a spring coupled to the guard sleeve such that the guard sleeve can be moved by the spring distally from a proximal position to an end position, the spring also being coupled to a forward drive element displaceable relative to the housing in a drive direction wherein the spring is tensioned upon a movement of the forward drive element in the forward drive direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer, Ian M. Thompson
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Patent number: 10709840Abstract: An injection device including a housing, a needle guard sleeve displaceable relative to the housing, and a spring coupled to the guard sleeve such that the guard sleeve can be moved by the spring distally from a proximal position to an end position, the spring also being coupled to a forward drive element displaceable relative to the housing in a drive direction wherein the spring is tensioned upon a movement of the forward drive element in the forward drive direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer, Ian M. Thompson