Patents by Inventor Dieter Wilhelm TRAU

Dieter Wilhelm TRAU 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: 20220117525
    Abstract: The current invention is disclosing a sensor to monitor changes of bilirubin blood levels. The sensor of the current invention includes a bleaching light source(s) and a sensor light source(s) and a detector(s). The invention of the disclosed sensor lies in the bleaching light source in addition to a light source that is used for optical measurement. The bleaching light source is bleaching and photocatalytic, converting bilirubin into water soluble isomers/derivatives that are faster removed from the skin and secreted by the body. As a result, deposited bilirubin is removed in the light path of the sensor light source, and the non-invasive method of the present invention is measuring the bilirubin blood level without interference from deposited bilirubin in tissue, e.g. skin. The non-invasive optical sensor and method may be applied in monitoring the progression of jaundice and to manage jaundice phototherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter Wilhelm TRAU, Shihao LI
  • Publication number: 20210008546
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hand-held device with a removable tip for dispensing an agent and/or sampling a fluid; a tip for use in connection therewith; wherein said tip is additionally provided with at least one abutment member located on the outside of said tip, and a container for use therewith which is adapted to facilitate the removal of tips from said device and to receive same for disposal. The invention further includes a method for attaching and ejecting a tip from said hand-held device by rotating the tip with respect to said device to bring about alignment of the alignment guides until a best fit is achieved; and ejecting the tip from the hand-held device by inserting the tip into said container and aligning said abutment member on said tip with the boundary corresponding to same in said aperture then rotating said tip with respect to said device to eject the tip from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dieter Wilhelm TRAU, Abhinav JAIN, Shihao LI
  • Patent number: 10082884
    Abstract: A method and a hand held laboratory device to control screen navigation on a display instrument such as a smart phone or tablet computer by using predetermined movements of the hand held device caused by the user. The display instrument controls the hand held laboratory device, which allows the user of a hand held device to operate the device without the need of touching the display instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventor: Dieter Wilhelm Trau
  • Patent number: 10018554
    Abstract: A disposable photometric measurement tip comprising a polymer tip, the polymer tip having a capillary filling channel, the capillary filing channel having an opening at a distal end of the polymer tip, a wave guide channel acting as an optical input coupling and a wave guide channel acting as an optical output coupling, each of the wave guide channels having an opening at a proximal end of the polymer tip wherein the capillary filling channel, the wave guide channel acting as an optical input coupling and the wave guide channel acting as an optical output coupling are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventor: Dieter Wilhelm Trau
  • Publication number: 20180169648
    Abstract: A disposable measurement tip for an instrument for measuring at least one parameter of a sample, the measurement tip comprising; a tip body; a filling channel in the tip body for holding the sample to be analyzed and having an opening on one end of the tip body to receive the sample; a population of micro-particles held within the tip body filling channel and which can be mixed with the sample when the sample is received in the filling channel; wherein in use the sample in the tip is illuminated by the instrument and the illumination which impinges on the micro-particles is directed back, by the micro-particles, to the instrument to be detected and to thereby enable the at least one parameter to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Dieter Wilhelm TRAU, Bing Wen TAN
  • Publication number: 20160299577
    Abstract: A method and a hand held laboratory device to control screen navigation on a display instrument such as a smart phone or tablet computer by using predetermined movements of the hand held device caused by the user. The display instrument controls the hand held laboratory device, which allows the user of a hand held device to operate the device without the need of touching the display instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventor: Dieter Wilhelm Trau
  • Publication number: 20160245739
    Abstract: A disposable photometric measurement tip comprising a polymer tip, the polymer tip having a capillary filling channel, the capillary filing channel having an opening at a distal end of the polymer tip, a wave guide channel acting as an optical input coupling and a wave guide channel acting as an optical output coupling, each of the wave guide channels having an opening at a proximal end of the polymer tip wherein the capillary filling channel, the wave guide channel acting as an optical input coupling and the wave guide channel acting as an optical output coupling are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Dieter Wilhelm TRAU