Patents by Inventor Friedhelm Serwane

Friedhelm Serwane 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).

  • TUNABLE NEURONAL NETWORK AND AN ARTIFICIAL EYE
    Publication number: 20240159733
    Abstract: A measurement device 100 comprises neuronal, in particular retinal, tissue 110 grown from stem cells, the neuronal tissue 110 having a three-dimensional shape neuronal cells that change an electric potential in cells of the neuronal tissue 110 in response to influences that act on the neuronal cells, and a read-out device 130 that is configured to measure neuronal responses of the neuronal tissue 110 via changes in the electric potential generated by the neuronal cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Friedhelm SERWANE, Joachim SPATZ
  • Ferrofluid droplets as in situ mechanical actuators and rheometers in soft materials and biological matter
    Patent number: 10149630
    Abstract: Presented herein are methods of using ferrofluid droplets as mechanical actuators that work across length scales of nanometers to millimeters. These novel actuators and methods of using them can be used to determine mechanical properties of soft materials. The actuators allow calculation of a soft material's viscosity, elastic modulus, and other mechanical properties. The methods and devices of the invention may be employed in biological materials, including live cells and tissues, and may be used to profile the mechanical properties of such living materials or to manipulate biological processes therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Otger Campás, Friedhelm Serwane
  • TUNABLE NEURONAL NETWORK AND AN ARTIFICIAL EYE
    Publication number: 20180164279
    Abstract: A measurement device 100 comprises neuronal, in particular retinal, tissue 110 grown from stem cells, the neuronal tissue 110 having a three-dimensional shape neuronal cells that change an electric potential in cells of the neuronal tissue 110 in response to influences that act on the neuronal cells, and a read-out device 130 that is configured to measure neuronal responses of the neuronal tissue 110 via changes in the electric potential generated by the neuronal cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Friedhelm SERWANE, Joachim SPATZ
  • Ferrofluid droplets as in situ mechanical actuators and rheometers in soft materials and biological matter
    Publication number: 20160116394
    Abstract: Presented herein are methods of using ferrofluid droplets as mechanical actuators that work across length scales of nanometers to millimeters. These novel actuators and methods of using them can be used to determine mechanical properties of soft materials. The actuators allow calculation of a soft material's viscosity, elastic modulus, and other mechanical properties. The methods and devices of the invention may be employed in biological materials, including live cells and tissues, and may be used to profile the mechanical properties of such living materials or to manipulate biological processes therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Otger Campás, Friedhelm Serwane