Patents by Inventor Ferdinand von Sturm

Ferdinand von Sturm 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).

  • Method for the generation of hydrogen
    Patent number: 4146446
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for generating hydrogen through the electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions, wherein a cathode material is used which binds hydrogen to its surface in a potential range which is more positive than the reversible hydrogen potential, or which incorporates the hydrogen into its crystal lattice; subsequently, the bound hydrogen is liberated from the cathode material through supply of thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ferdinand von Sturm
  • Device for measuring sugar concentration
    Patent number: 4140963
    Abstract: A device for measuring sugar concentration, particularly in a body liquid, for example, blood of a patient is characterized in that an electrochemical glucose cell is used to produce an electrical signal corresponding to the sugar concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Raghavendra Rao, Ferdinand VON Sturm
  • Method and apparatus for measuring the concentration of carbon monoxide
    Patent number: 4013522
    Abstract: A method for determining the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air along with a measuring electrode for carrying out the method in which the degree of inhibition of an electrochemical reaction caused by the carbon monoxide, in particular the inhibition of a cathodic oxygen reduction, is determined. Preferably the measurement is made with the electric potential held constant and the change in current taking place during inhibition used as a measure of concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Nischik, Ferdinand VON Sturm
  • Pacemaker with biofuel cell
    Patent number: 3941135
    Abstract: An improved heart pacemaker of the type which includes a stimulating electrode and a counter electrode, a pulse generator and which has an implantable glucose/oxygen biofuel cell as an energy supply, in which pacemaker the area of the glucose electrode of the biofuel cell is made larger than that of the stimulating electrode and the stimulating electrode is in electrically conductive connection with the glucose electrode and thus at the same potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ferdinand von Sturm, Gerhard Richter