Patents by Inventor Erik Sommer

Erik Sommer 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).

  • Inhalation nebulizer
    Patent number: 8596264
    Abstract: The inhalation nebulizer according to the invention has a liquid reservoir, whose surface facing the liquid to be nebulized has a surface structure comprising protrusions and indentations, of which at least the protrusions consist of hydrophobic materials or permanently hydrophobized materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Pari GmbH Spezialisten für effektive Inhalation
    Inventor: Erik Sommer
  • USE OF BACTERIA FOR THE SENSING AND KILLING OF CANCER CELLS
    Publication number: 20110293567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of cancer therapy. Specifically, a chemotaxis fusion-receptor that directs bacteria towards tumors is disclosed. Further encompassed by the present invention is a bacterial cell that comprises at least one chemotaxis fusion-receptor and, preferably, a killing module for the destruction of tumor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG, DKFZ DEUTCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN RECHTS
    Inventors: Roland Eils, Philip Hundeshagen, Yara Reis, Daniela Richter, Jens Keienburg, Michaela Reichenzeller, Michael Flossdorf, David Kentner, Erik Sommer, Victor Sourjik, Barbara Di Ventura, Philip Bayer, Yin Cai, Maximilian Hörner, Stephen Kraemer, Pascal Krämer, Andreas Kühne, Christian Moritz, Maria Renner, Dominik Niopek, Kathrin Nussbaum, Kolja Schleich, Markus Stahlberg, Anna Stöckl, Chenchen Zhu, Marika Ziesack, Adjana Eils, Nikita Vladimirov
  • Apparatus and method for recognizing objects
    Patent number: 7995206
    Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing objects with a laser light source and a light receiver has an at least partly reflective wall and an interspace between the laser light source and the wall, through which an object can be moved or in which an object can be placed. A movable mirror device is arranged between the laser light source and the wall in such a way that light emitted by the laser light source can be directed onto the wall. In a method for recognizing objects a mirror device directs the light onto an at least partly reflective wall and is controlled in such a way that the wall is irradiated by the light. The light receiver detects the light reflected from the wall and, in the process, registers an object moving or placed between the laser light source and the wall by way of a change in the reflected light detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: BITS Zwickau Büromat IT-Systeme GmbH, PETROTEST Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Schulz, Erik Sommer, Michael Schmidt, Marko Wohlfahrt, Jan Richtsteiger, Thomas Bartsch, Falk Schneider
  • Apparatus and Method for Recognizing Objects
    Publication number: 20090201508
    Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing objects with a laser light source and a light receiver has an at least partly reflective wall and an interspace between the laser light source and the wall, through which an object can be moved or in which an object can be placed. A movable mirror device is arranged between the laser light source and the wall in such a way that light emitted by the laser light source can be directed onto the wall. In a method for recognizing objects a mirror device directs the light onto an at least partly reflective wall and is controlled in such a way that the wall is irradiated by the light. The light receiver detects the light reflected from the wall and, in the process, registers an object moving or placed between the laser light source and the wall by way of a change in the reflected light detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicants: BUROMAT IT SYSTEME ZWICKAU GMBH, PETROTEST INSTRUMENTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Schulz, Erik Sommer, Michael Schmidt, Marko Wohlfahrt
  • Inhalation nebulizer
    Publication number: 20030089366
    Abstract: The inhalation nebulizer according to the invention has a liquid reservoir, whose surface facing the liquid to be nebulized has an artificial surface structure comprising protrusions and indentations, of which at least the protrusions consist of hydrophobic materials or permanently hydrophobized materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventor: Erik Sommer