Patents by Inventor Christian Hofer
Christian Hofer 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: 20240183653Abstract: A method and a device can be used for optically measuring a thread on an end of a metal pipe by at least one measuring head which is fastened to a manipulator. The measuring head is preferably freely positionable in relation to the metal pipe and has at least one optical measuring path for measuring the thread and at least one position detector. The method includes at least the following method steps: A) providing the metal pipe in a measurement position; B) determining the spatial position of a longitudinal axis of the metal pipe by means of the at least one position detector before and/or while the measuring head is positioned in a measurement position; C) aligning the measuring head parallel to the longitudinal axis of the metal pipe before and/or while the measuring head is positioned in the measurement position; and D) carrying out the optical thread measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: SMS group GmbHInventors: Michael HÖFER, Frank D'HONE, Christian HOLLÄNDER
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Publication number: 20240092853Abstract: The present invention generally relates to pH-dependent mutant interleukin-2 polypeptides that exhibit reduced IL-2 receptor binding at neutral pH and retained IL-2 receptor binding at reduced pH. In addition, the invention relates to immunoconjugates comprising said pH-dependent mutant IL-2 polypeptides, polynucleotide molecules encoding the pH-dependent mutant IL-2 polypeptides or immunoconjugates, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotide molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the pH-dependent mutant IL-2 polypeptides or immunoconjugates, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Lorenzo DEHO, Christian GASSNER, Sylvia HERTER, Thomas HOFER, Ralf HOSSE, Adrian HUGENMATTER, Christian KLEIN, Florian LIMANI, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Melanie OBBA, Bianca SCHERER, Pablo UMANA
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Publication number: 20240097648Abstract: A package comprising an acoustic device, a polymer frame coupled to the acoustic device, a plurality of frame interconnects located in the polymer frame, where the plurality of frame interconnects are coupled to the acoustic device, a polymer cap layer coupled to the acoustic device though the polymer frame, where the polymer cap layer is configured as a cap for the acoustic device, a plurality of cap interconnects located in the polymer cap layer, where the plurality of cap interconnects are coupled to the plurality of frame interconnects, and a cavity located between the acoustic device and the polymer cap layer. The acoustic device includes a substrate and an acoustic element coupled to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Sebastian BRUNNER, Changhan Hobie YUN, Stefan Leopold HATZL, Manuel HOFER, Horst DROESCHER, Christian HOFFMANN
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Patent number: 11607544Abstract: A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: NSTIM SERVICES GMBHInventors: Oskar Aszmann, Hans Dietl, Andreas Goppelt, Christian Hofer, Michael Friedrich Russold, Ernesto Urbano
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Publication number: 20220083392Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing Trans-Cloud infrastructure deployment include receiving an input from a user, the input comprising a Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) template and input parameters for instantiation via a graphical user interface (GUI), applying the input parameters to the TOSCA template, creating a directed acyclic graph of the TOSCA template based on defined relationships; and executing the instantiated model through API calls to orchestration engine based on the order defined in the acyclic graph. The TOSCA template and input parameters can specify a region for deployment and/or server plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Christian HOFER, Javier PEREZ-GRIFFO, Pablo BANOS, Alberto DEL VALLE
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Publication number: 20220054043Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating usage data of at least one orthopaedic device which is equipped with sensors for detecting properties, states, or changes in properties or states, wherein the sensors are connected to a transmitter directly or via a storage device and the transmitter transmits the sensor data provided by the sensors to an evaluation unit in a computer network in which the sensor data is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Erik Albrecht-Laatsch, Alexander Pappe, Dirk Seifert, Alexander Glier, Philipp Kampas, Christian Hofer, Mario Koppe, Christopher Bartels-Sellering, Jens Drieseberg, Martin Schmidt, Robert Kaitan, Markus Schachinger, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Sven Faulhaber, Jörg Krukenberg, Katharina Olze, Andreas Eichler, Florian Gishamer, Bernhard Prochaska, Christian Kovacs, Eva-Maria Fink, Gregory Lyle Schneider, Sebastian Amsüss
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Publication number: 20190224479Abstract: A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: NSTIM SERVICES GMBHInventors: Oskar ASZMANN, Hans DIETL, Andreas GOPPEL, Christian HOFER, Michael Friedrich RUSSOLD, Ernesto URBANO
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Publication number: 20180028390Abstract: An orthopedic system having at least one stimulation electrode for activating at least one muscle, an orthotic or prosthetic device, which may be placed on a patient's body and secured there with at least one joint by which a proximal and a distal component of the orthotic or prosthetic device are connected to each other in swivelling fashion, at least one adjustable resistance device which is arranged between the distal component and the proximal component and with which a motion resistance against a swivelling of the proximal component relative to the distal component is adjustable, sensors for detecting of forces positions, accelerations and/or torques, and a control device which is coupled to the sensors and the resistance device, processes sensor values of the sensors and adjusts the resistance device in dependence on the sensor values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Hans DIETL, Roland AUBERGER, Michael Friedrich RUSSOLD, Christian HOFER
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Patent number: 5954035Abstract: In a venting arrangement for a crankcase of an internal combustion engine including a centrifugal separator having a rotatable housing with an inlet channel for the admission of an oil-air mixture and an exit channel for the discharge of air from which the oil has been removed, the inlet channel extends essentially in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the housing, but in spaced relationship from the axis so that oil which has been separated from the oil-air mixture moves, subjected to centrifugal forces, radially outwardly at a 90.degree. angle to the generally axial oil-air mixture flow through the separator.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1999Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Daimler Chrysler AGInventors: Christian Hofer, Thomas Kettner, Siegfried Weber, Roland Weik