Patents by Inventor Christoph STEIGER

Christoph STEIGER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a building structure, a method relating thereto and a functional part (2) relating thereto, wherein the building structure comprises at least one load transfer part (1), such as a strut or a load-bearing wall, and a ceiling (3) mounted on the load transfer part (1) via a functional part (2), wherein the functional part (2) has a first bearing face (6) pointing towards the load transfer part (1) and in particular supported against the load transfer part (1), wherein the functional part (2) has a second bearing face (7) pointing towards the ceiling (3) and in particular supported against the ceiling (3), wherein the functional part (2) comprises foamed ceramic material, silicone resin and/or mica, or wherein the functional part (2) is made of foamed ceramic material, silicone resin and/or mica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Georg TRAUNER, Christoph STEIGER, Peter KREMNITZER
  • Patent number: 11206824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas delivery device comprising a gas releasing molecule and a gas permeable membrane. The invention also relates to the use of the gas delivery device for delivery of gas to an extracorporeal transplant, extracorporeal cells, a brain-dead transplant donor or foodstuff and in therapy. The invention further relates to the use of a gas permeable and liquid and solid impermeable membrane to separate a gas releasing molecule and its non-gaseous degradation products from an extracorporeal transplant, extracorporeal cells, a brain-dead transplant donor or foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Lorenz Meinel, Christoph Steiger, Christian Wunder
  • Patent number: 10879983
    Abstract: Multiple antennas of a beamformer may simultaneously transmit wireless signals at different frequencies. The signals may comprise synchronized, identical wireless commands, each at a different carrier frequency. The transmitted signals may constructively and destructively interfere with each other at a receiver antenna, to form a beat signal. When the transmitted signals constructively interfere, the beat signal may cause a voltage in the receiver to exceed a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage may be a minimum voltage at which a device, which is operatively connected to the receiver antenna, is able to perform energy harvesting or wireless communication. The beamformer may operate under blind channel conditions, because the transmitted frequencies may be selected in such a way as to maximize peak power delivered under all possible channel conditions. The beamformer may deliver wireless power to a sensor or actuator that is located deep inside bodily tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yunfei Ma, Zhihong Luo, Christoph Steiger, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Fadel Adib
  • Publication number: 20200397965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for combined administration of carbon monoxide (CO) to an ex-vivo fluid and monitoring of the carbon monoxide administration, said method comprising: (i) generating CO by reacting a CO releasing molecule (CORM) with a release triggering molecule; (ii) administering CO to an ex-vivo fluid by contacting the ex-vivo fluid with the CO generated in step (i) via a gas-permeable membrane; (iii) analyzing carbon monoxide and/or a carbon monoxide marker after administering in step (ii) CO to the ex-vivo fluid by complementary monitoring techniques; (iv) adjusting the CO administration based on the analysis of the carbon monoxide or the carbon monoxide marker carried out in step (iii), if necessary. It furthermore relates to an extracorporeal circuit system for use in the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Jakob WOLLBORN, Ulrich GOEBEL, Martin SCHICK, Cornelius HERMANN, Christian WUNDER, Lorenz MEINEL, Christoph STEIGER, Benjamin MERGET
  • Publication number: 20200280356
    Abstract: Multiple antennas of a beamformer may simultaneously transmit wireless signals at different frequencies. The signals may comprise synchronized, identical wireless commands, each at a different carrier frequency. The transmitted signals may constructively and destructively interfere with each other at a receiver antenna, to form a beat signal. When the transmitted signals constructively interfere, the beat signal may cause a voltage in the receiver to exceed a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage may be a minimum voltage at which a device, which is operatively connected to the receiver antenna, is able to perform energy harvesting or wireless communication. The beamformer may operate under blind channel conditions, because the transmitted frequencies may be selected in such a way as to maximize peak power delivered under all possible channel conditions. The beamformer may deliver wireless power to a sensor or actuator that is located deep inside bodily tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yunfei Ma, Zhihong Luo, Christoph Steiger, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Fadel Adib
  • Patent number: 10693544
    Abstract: Multiple antennas of a beamformer may simultaneously transmit wireless signals at different frequencies. The signals may comprise synchronized, identical wireless commands, each at a different carrier frequency. The transmitted signals may constructively and destructively interfere with each other at a receiver antenna, to form a beat signal. When the transmitted signals constructively interfere, the beat signal may cause a voltage in the receiver to exceed a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage may be a minimum voltage at which a device, which is operatively connected to the receiver antenna, is able to perform energy harvesting or wireless communication. The beamformer may operate under blind channel conditions, because the transmitted frequencies may be selected in such a way as to maximize peak power delivered under all possible channel conditions. The beamformer may deliver wireless power to a sensor or actuator that is located deep inside bodily tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Yunfei Ma, Zhihong Luo, Christoph Steiger, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Fadel Adib
  • Publication number: 20190326970
    Abstract: Multiple antennas of a beamformer may simultaneously transmit wireless signals at different frequencies. The signals may comprise synchronized, identical wireless commands, each at a different carrier frequency. The transmitted signals may constructively and destructively interfere with each other at a receiver antenna, to form a beat signal. When the transmitted signals constructively interfere, the beat signal may cause a voltage in the receiver to exceed a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage may be a minimum voltage at which a device, which is operatively connected to the receiver antenna, is able to perform energy harvesting or wireless communication. The beamformer may operate under blind channel conditions, because the transmitted frequencies may be selected in such a way as to maximize peak power delivered under all possible channel conditions. The beamformer may deliver wireless power to a sensor or actuator that is located deep inside bodily tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yunfei Ma, Zhihong Luo, Christoph Steiger, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Fadel Adib
  • Publication number: 20180271086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas delivery device comprising a gas releasing molecule and a gas permeable membrane. The invention also relates to the use of the gas delivery device for delivery of gas to an extracorporeal transplant, extracorporeal cells, a brain-dead transplant donor or foodstuff and in therapy. The invention further relates to the use of a gas permeable and liquid and solid impermeable membrane to separate a gas releasing molecule and its non-gaseous degradation products from an extracorporeal transplant, extracorporeal cells, a brain-dead transplant donor or foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Lorenz MEINEL, Christoph STEIGER, Christian WUNDER
  • Publication number: 20170151278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic gas releasing systems. The system comprises compounds A and B, wherein A is a therapeutic gas releasing molecule, A and B are not in contact with each other in the therapeutic system during storage, and B enhances therapeutic gas release from A when the therapeutic system is administered to a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Lorenz MEINEL, Christoph STEIGER