Patents by Inventor Eva Stoffels

Eva Stoffels 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).

  • Device and method for treating cells
    Patent number: 9694193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for treating biological cells in an object, the device comprising: —a single winding coil element; —an electrical generator connected to the single winding coil element, the single winding being configured to be positioned essentially around the object; wherein the electrical generator is configured to discharge into the single winding coil element so that the single winding coil element generates a short duration pulsed electromagnetic field by magnetic induction in the single winding coil element, the electromagnetic field having a field strength that is sufficiently high to affect, preferably increase the permeability of cell membranes and/or intracellular membranes of the biological cells contained in the object when in operation the object is placed inside the single winding coil element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Van Bree, August Johannes Marie Pemen, Eva Stoffels
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CELLS
    Publication number: 20120064594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for treating biological cells in an object, the device comprising: —a single winding coil element; —an electrical generator connected to the single winding coil element, the single winding being configured to be positioned essentially around the object; wherein the electrical generator is configured to discharge into the single winding coil element so that the single winding coil element generates a short duration pulsed electromagnetic field by magnetic induction in the single winding coil element, the electromagnetic field having a field strength that is sufficiently high to affect, preferably increase the permeability of cell membranes and/or intracellular membranes of the biological cells contained in the object when in operation the object is placed inside the single winding coil element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Van Bree, August Johannes Marie Pemen, Eva Stoffels