Patents by Inventor Dominik OBRIST

Dominik OBRIST 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).

  • URINARY PUMPING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220096830
    Abstract: An urinary pumping device for generating a fluid flow through a urethra of a patient includes an activation arrangement configured to induce intermittent compression and release of the urethra, and a mounting structure to mount and unmount the activation arrangement to a body of the patient. The mounting structure is configured to position the activation arrangement on the body of the patient such that the urethra of the patient can be intermittently compressed and released by the activation arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Dominik OBRIST, Francesco CLAVICA, Fiona BURKHARD, Marc SCHNEIDER, Lukas BEREUTER
  • URINARY PUMPING DEVICE WITH AN IMPLANTABLE ACTIVATION ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20220071757
    Abstract: A urinary pumping device (1) for generating a fluid flow through an urethra (22; 220) of a patient (2; 20), comprises an implantable activation arrangement (11) and a control unit (12). The implantable activation arrangement (11) is configured to induce intermittent compression and release of the urethra (22) when being implanted into the patient (2). The control unit (12) is coupled to the activation arrangement (11). The control unit (12) is configured to operate the activation arrangement (11) such that the fluid flow through the urethra (22) is generated by the activation arrangement (11) inducing intermittent compression and release of the urethra (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dominik OBRIST, Francesco CLAVICA, Fiona BURKHARD, Marc SCHNEIDER
  • MICROFLUIDIC CORONARY CIRCULATORY MODEL
    Publication number: 20210366620
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are included that are configured to model microvascular obstruction (MVO) in patients. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a multi-scale model is configured to mimic myocardial microcirculation of coronary vessels. The model includes collaterals configured to provide alternative pathways possibly bypassing the MVO, and configured to model coronary artery compliance for spatially resolved fluid transport through the coronary vessels. The model is configured to simulate the MVO by increasing flow resistance in at least one of the modelled coronary vessels, or by blocking the at least one of the modelled coronary vessels completely. The model is also configured to mimic behavior of fluid transport in the coronary vessels during diagnostics or treatment, to design and optimize therapy protocols for the MVO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: CorFlow Therapeutics AG, Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs, University of Bern
    Inventors: Andre BERNARD, Peter HEEB, Cornelia NEF, Dominik OBRIST, Francesco CLAVICA, Sabrina FREY, Robert S. SCHWARTZ, Jon Helge HOEM, Oliver BLUDAU
  • COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAY INCLUDING RECEPTOR AND SENSOR
    Publication number: 20180353756
    Abstract: A device including a cochlear implant electrode array and an apparatus configured to sense a phenomenon of fluid in a cochlea, wherein the apparatus and the electrode array are a single unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Joris WALRAEVENS, Pieter WISKERKE, Francesca PARIS, Alexander HUBER, Lukas PROCHAZKA, Dominik OBRIST
  • Cochlear implant electrode array including receptor and sensor
    Patent number: 9999770
    Abstract: A device including a cochlear implant electrode array and an apparatus configured to sense a phenomenon of fluid in a cochlea, wherein the apparatus and the electrode array are a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: Cochlear Limited, Universität Zürich
    Inventors: Joris Walraevens, Pieter Wiskerke, Francesca Paris, Alexander Huber, Lukas Prochazka, Dominik Obrist
  • INTERNAL PRESSURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150367130
    Abstract: A device including an implantable sensor having a membrane displaceable in response to physical phenomena outside the sensor, wherein the device is configured to equalize a static pressure difference between an ambient environment and a back volume of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Joris WALRAEVENS, Pieter WISKERKE, Francesca PARIS, Alexander HUBER, Lukas PROCHAZKA, Andrin LANDOLT, Dominik OBRIST
  • COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAY INCLUDING RECEPTOR AND SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150126900
    Abstract: A device including a cochlear implant electrode array and an apparatus configured to sense a phenomenon of fluid in a cochlea, wherein the apparatus and the electrode array are a single unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Joris WALRAEVENS, Pieter WISKERKE, Francesca PARIS, Alexander HUBER, Lukas PROCHAZKA, Dominik OBRIST