Patents by Inventor Erik Lunde

Erik Lunde 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: 20090036873
    Abstract: A device for stimulating the healing of a wound comprises a separating means having a fluid inlet and a gas outlet. The separating means may constitute a collecting container for collecting fluid pumped from the wound. A pump for applying negative pressure comprises pump head and a drive unit. The pump head is connected to the gas outlet of the separating means, and the pump head is detachably attached to the drive unit, so that in use the fluid inlet of the separating means is connected to a wound cover, e.g. via a conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: COLOPLAST A/S
    Inventors: Brian Nielsen, Jesper Mads Bartroff Frederiksen, Truels Sterm Larsen, Erik Lund Jepsen, Niels Hvid, Klaus Budig
  • Publication number: 20090030383
    Abstract: A suction system for removal of fluids from a surface, e.g. a wound site, the system comprising a cover (1) attachable to a circumference of the surface to form an enclosed suction space sealed from ambient space. The system further comprises a pump (4) in fluid communication with the enclosure via a tube (2) to provide a pressure difference between a suction pressure in the enclosure and an air pressure of an ambient space. To provide an improvement over the known systems and to facilitate pressure measurement, the system comprises flushing means (11) to clean the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Truels Sterm Larsen, Erik Lund Jepsen, Niels Hvid
  • Publication number: 20090012484
    Abstract: A pump for pumping fluid matter from a treatment site in or on a living being comprises three compartments. A motor-driven pumping element is provided for generating a negative pressure within a wound cover at or near the treatment site, and a motor for providing a driving force to the pumping element is provided in the a first one of the compartments. The pumping element is comprised in a second compartment, and a container for collecting liquid pumped from the treatment site is comprised or integrated in a third compartment. The second compartment is detachably connected to the first and/or third compartment, and the third compartment is detachably connected to the first and/or the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Brian Nielsen, Jesper Mads Bartroff Frederiksen, Truels Sterm Larsen, Erik Lund Jepsen, Niels Hvid, Klaus Budig
  • Publication number: 20090005746
    Abstract: A suction system for removal of exudate from a wound comprises a wound cover which is attachable to a wound circumference of a living being thereby to form an enclosure, and a pump in fluid communication with the enclosure to provide a pressure difference between a negative pressure in the enclosure and an air pressure of an ambient space. A deflectable member is arranged such with respect to the enclosure that the pressure difference may cause deflection of the deflectable member, and a pressure sensing device is located outside the enclosure and arranged to provide a signal in response to the pressure or the deflection of the deflectable member. The deflectable member forms an essentially air tight barrier between the sensor and the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Brian Nielsen, Jesper Mads Bartroff Frederiksen, Truels Sterm Larsen, Erik Lund Jepsen, Niels Hvid, Klaus Budig
  • Publication number: 20080048306
    Abstract: A processor for making porous silicon or processing other substrates has first and second chamber assemblies. The first and second chamber assemblies include first and second seals for sealing against a wafer, and first and second electrodes, respectively. The second seal is moveable towards and away from a wafer in the processor, to move between a wafer load/unload position, and a wafer process position. The second electrode may move with the second seal. A light source shines light onto the first side of the wafer. The processor may be pivotable from a substantially horizontal orientation, for loading and unloading a wafer, to a substantially vertical orientation, for processing a wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Nigel Stewart, Daniel J. Woodruff, Paul R. McHugh, Gregory J. Wilson, Kyle M. Hanson, Erik Lund, Steven L. Peace
  • Publication number: 20080003781
    Abstract: A processor for making porous silicon or processing other substrates has first and second chamber assemblies. The first and second chamber assemblies include first and second seals for sealing against a wafer, and first and second electrodes, respectively. The first and/or second seal is moveable towards and away from a wafer in the processor, to move between a wafer load/unload position, and a wafer process position. The first electrode may move along with the first seal, and the second electrode may move along with the second seal. A light source shines light onto the first side of the wafer. The processor may be pivotable from a substantially horizontal orientation, for loading and unloading a wafer, to a substantially vertical orientation, for processing a wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel J. Woodruff, Paul R. McHugh, Gregory J. Wilson, Kyle M. Hanson, Nigel Stewart, Erik Lund, Steven L. Peace
  • Patent number: 7005010
    Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes an inner chamber pivotably supported within an outer chamber. The inner chamber has an opening to allow liquid to drain out. A motor pivots the inner chamber to bring the opening at or below the level of liquid in the inner chamber. As the inner chamber turns, liquid drains out. Workpieces within the inner chamber are supported on a holder or a rotor, which may be fixed or rotating. Multi processes may be performed within the inner chamber, reducing the need to move the workpieces between various apparatus and reducing risk of contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Semitool, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Bergman, Dana Scranton, Erik Lund, Worm Lund
  • Patent number: 6806194
    Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes a head attached to a head lifter. A workpiece is supported in the head between an upper rotor and a lower rotor. A base has a bowl for containing a liquid. The head is movable by the head lifter from a first position vertically above the bowl, to a second position where the workpiece is at least partially positioned in the bowl. The bowl has a contour section with a sidewall having a radius of curvature which increases adjacent to a drain outlet in the bowl, to help rapid draining of liquid from the bowl. The head has a load position, where the rotors are spaced apart by a first amount, and a process position, where the rotors are engaged and sealed against each other. For rapid evacuation of fluid, the head also has a fast drain position, where the rotors are moved apart sufficiently to create an annular drain gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Semitool. Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Z. Wirth, Steven L. Peace, Erik Lund
  • Publication number: 20040023276
    Abstract: The present invention features nucleic acids and polypeptides encoding LXR-Ligand Induced I (LXRLI1). Treatment of human cells with acetylpodocarpic dimer, a LXR-agonist compound, results in an increase in LXRLI1 gene expression. The cDNA sequence of LXRLI1 is provided by SEQ ID NO 1. The amino acid sequence for LXRLI1 is provided by SEQ ID NO 2. The present invention also defines an LXR-ligand induced gene and provides methods for using gene expression profiles of this set of LXR regulated genes to measure LXR activity in a subject, to diagnose a disease or disorder involving LXR activity, to screen for compounds that change the activity of LXR and to classify LXR ligands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Teresa R. Ward, Mao Mao, Peter S. Linsley, Erik Lund
  • Publication number: 20030176067
    Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes a head attached to a head lifter. A workpiece is supported in the head between an upper rotor and a lower rotor. A base has a bowl for containing a liquid. The head is movable by the head lifter from a first position vertically above the bowl, to a second position where the workpiece is at least partially positioned in the bowl. The bowl has a contour section with a sidewall having a radius of curvature which increases adjacent to a drain outlet in the bowl, to help rapid draining of liquid from the bowl. The head has a load position, where the rotors are spaced apart by a first amount, and a process position, where the rotors are engaged and sealed against each other. For rapid evacuation of fluid, the head also has a fast drain position, where the rotors are moved apart sufficiently to create an annular drain gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Semitool, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Z. Wirth, Steven L. Peace, Erik Lund
  • Publication number: 20030145880
    Abstract: Within the foodstuffs, the pharmaceutical and corresponding industries, it is of the utmost importance that the insides of tanks and the equipment existing herein can be held completely clean without the risk of undesired bacterial growth, cross-contamination etc. Equipment for the cleaning of tanks comprises a submerged pipe with a nozzle head mounted on the bottom, through which nozzles cleaning fluid is sprayed from below and upwards, while at the same time the nozzles are rotated and turned around inside the tank. In order to ensure an effective cleaning of this submerged equipment, according to the invention this equipment is configured so that cleaning fluid is constantly led out over the pipe (7) which extends down into the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Erik Lund Jepsen, Klaus Thogersen, Gunner Monrad Sie
  • Patent number: 6548411
    Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes a head attached to a head lifter. A workpiece is supported in the head between an upper rotor and a lower rotor. A base has a bowl for containing a liquid. The head is movable by the head lifter from a first position vertically above the bowl, to a second position where the workpiece is at least partially positioned in the bowl. The bowl has a contour section with a sidewall having a radius of curvature which increases adjacent to a drain outlet in the bowl, to help rapid draining of liquid from the bowl. The head has a load position, where the rotors are spaced apart by a first amount, and a process position, where the rotors are engaged and sealed against each other. For rapid evacuation of fluid, the head also has a fast drain position, where the rotors are moved apart sufficiently to create an annular drain gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Semitool, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Z. Wirth, Steven L. Peace, Erik Lund
  • Patent number: 6533841
    Abstract: Filter plates in an electro-filter are cleaned using nozzles which, during spraying, are displaced longitudinally with the side edges of the filter plates while at the same time being rotated. The nozzles are mounted in a plane slightly different from the plane of the filter plates to enable the spray jets to reach the furthermost areas of the plates when the nozzles are at the greatest angle of incidence during washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Toftejorg A/S
    Inventor: Erik Lund Jepsen
  • Publication number: 20020083960
    Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes a head attached to a head lifter. A workpiece is supported in the head between an upper rotor and a lower rotor. A base has a bowl for containing a liquid. The head is movable by the head lifter from a first position vertically above the bowl, to a second position where the workpiece is at least partially positioned in the bowl. The bowl has a contour section with a sidewall having a radius of curvature which increases adjacent to a drain outlet in the bowl, to help rapid draining of liquid from the bowl. The head has a load position, where the rotors are spaced apart by a first amount, and a process position, where the rotors are engaged and sealed against each other. For rapid evacuation of fluid, the head also has a fast drain position, where the rotors are moved apart sufficiently to create an annular drain gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Semitool, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Z. Wirth, Steven L. Peace, Erik Lund
  • Patent number: 6125544
    Abstract: A pruning saw includes an elongated sawblade which has a line of cutting teeth. Opposite sides of the blade extending between the line of teeth and the back edge are concave. A thinnest waist between the concave sides is located closer to the line of teeth than to the back where the blade has its maximum height. A front edge of the blade forms a rounded corner where it intersects the back edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Sandvik Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Eckhard Eriksson, Nils-Erik Lund
  • Patent number: 5839259
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling a dental floss product formed of a bobbin of wound thread, a dispenser case, and a dispenser insert for rotatably supporting the bobbin of wound thread when positioned within the dispenser case. The dispenser insert is detachably mounted in an insert loading area of a singular dispenser assembly fixture, and the dispenser case is detachably mounted in a dispenser case loading area of the singular dispenser assembly fixture. The bobbin of wound thread is next loaded onto the dispenser insert while the dispenser insert is mounted in the insert loading area. The dispenser insert with the bobbin of wound thread loaded thereon is then detached from the insert loading area, and the dispenser insert with the bobbin of wound thread loaded thereon is loaded into the dispenser case while the dispenser case is mounted in the dispenser case loading area. The lid of the loaded dispenser case is then closed, and the dispenser case is detached from the dispenser case loading area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Prospero, Erik Lunde, Harry Swanson, Lee Adams
  • Patent number: 5715852
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the inside surfaces of a tank with a jet of fluid from a nozzle lowered into the interior of the tank. The nozzle is capable of being rotated around a first axis and also capable of being swivelled upward and downward in an oscillating movement around a second axis at right angles to the first axis in a predetermined manner. A drive mechanism for the nozzle includes a turbine driven by a stream of fluid with a drive connected to the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Toftejorg A/S
    Inventor: Erik Lund Jepsen
  • Patent number: 5695137
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for holding a wound bobbin core and a tail end of a thread wound on the bobbin core. A vertical bobbin post is rigidly secured to the upper surface of a pallet. The bobbin core is detachably secured to the vertical bobbin post. A tail gripping post and a tail gripping wire are provided for grasping the tail end of the thread wound on the bobbin core when the bobbin core is secured on the vertical bobbin post. The tail gripping post is also rigidly secured to the upper surface of the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Prospero, Erik Lunde, Harry Swanson, Lee Adams
  • Patent number: D436013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Eckhard Eriksson, Nils-Erik Lund, Sture B{umlaut over (a)}ckman
  • Patent number: D430785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Eckhard Eriksson, Nils-Erik Lund, Sture Backman