Patents by Inventor Eva Schaeffer

Eva Schaeffer 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).

  • Patent number: 9322490
    Abstract: A micro-valve for controlling fluid flows and a sealing device for sealing off cavities in a microfluid system, in particular in a lab-on-a-chip system, and also a method for the production thereof. A valve body or a sealing element bears with a sealing surface against a sealing surface of a substrate, the valve body or the sealing element is pressed with the sealing surface thereof in a fluid-tight manner against the sealing surface of the substrate by means of a pressure-exerting ring, and the pressure-exerting ring is cohesively connected to the substrate. The pressure-exerting ring and/or the valve body or the sealing element are at least partially elastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FĂ–RDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E. V.
    Inventors: Eva Schaeffer, Volkmar Stein
  • Patent number: 8911688
    Abstract: A microvalve for controlling fluid flows, and a sealing device for sealing cavities in a microfluidic system, particularly in a lab-on-a-chip system, and a method for the production thereof. A sealing surface of a valve body, or a sealing element, respectively, rests on a sealing surface of a substrate and is pressed against the sealing surface of the substrate in a fluid-tight manner by means of a clamping element. The clamping element and/or the valve body, or the sealing element, respectively, are at least partially elastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Rainer Gransee, Eva Schaeffer, Klaus-Stefan Drese, Silvio Kraus, Tobias Baier, Felix Schmitz
  • Patent number: 8887754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a rotary valve and an actuating device for the rotary valve. The invention further relates to a related flow system having a rotary valve. The flow system is in particular a micro-flow system. The system comprises at least two separate components, wherein the one component is a rotary valve comprising a hollow cylindrical mount (2), a cylindrical valve body (5) located in the mount, and openings (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) for at least two channels at the bottom of the mount (2). The other component comprises an actuating device (9) that is provided with pressing means, by means of which the valve body (5) can be pressed to the bottom of the mount (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Qiagen GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Dahlke, Markus Jeziorski, Hans Robert Attig, Jan Claussen, Eva Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20120160355
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a rotary valve and an actuating device for the rotary valve. The invention further relates to a related flow system having a rotary valve. The flow system is in particular a micro-flow system. The system comprises at least two separate components, wherein the one component is a rotary valve comprising a hollow cylindrical mount (2), a cylindrical valve body (5) located in the mount, and openings (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) for at least two channels at the bottom of the mount (2). The other component comprises an actuating device (9) that is provided with pressing means, by means of which the valve body (5) can be pressed to the bottom of the mount (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: QIAGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Dahlke, Markus Jeziorski, Hans Robert Attig, Jan Claussen, Eva Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20110114869
    Abstract: A micro-valve for controlling fluid flows and a sealing device for sealing off cavities in a microfluid system, in particular in a lab-on-a-chip system, and also a method for the production thereof. A valve body or a sealing element bears with a sealing surface against a sealing surface of a substrate, the valve body or the sealing element is pressed with the sealing surface thereof in a fluid-tight manner against the sealing surface of the substrate by means of a pressure-exerting ring, and the pressure-exerting ring is cohesively connected to the substrate. The pressure-exerting ring and/or the valve body or the sealing element are at least partially elastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INSTITUT FUR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH
    Inventors: Eva Schaeffer, Volkmar Stein
  • Publication number: 20110104024
    Abstract: A microvalve for controlling fluid flows, and a sealing device for sealing cavities in a microfluidic system, particularly in a lab-on-a-chip system, and a method for the production thereof. A sealing surface of a valve body, or a sealing element, respectively, rests on a sealing surface of a substrate and is pressed against the sealing surface of the substrate in a fluid-tight manner by means of a clamping element. The clamping element and/or the valve body, or the sealing element, respectively, are at least partially elastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Institut Fur Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Gransee, Eva Schaeffer, Klaus-Stefan Drese, Silvio Kraus, Tobias Baier, Felix Schmitz