Patents by Inventor Guenter M. Zilligen
Guenter M. Zilligen 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).
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Patent number: 11525154Abstract: Devices for detecting microorganism strains or target cellular analytes are provided. The device includes a filter holder, the filter holder comprising a tip portion; a nonwoven article disposed on the tip portion of the filter holder; and an adaptor attacked to the filter holder, the adaptor defining an aperture. Methods of detecting microorganisms and/or cellular analytes in a fluid sample using the devices are also provided. The method includes obtaining the device; placing a lumened or cannulated device in fluid communication with the device; and passing a fluid sample suspected of containing at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte from the lumened or cannulated device through the device and contacting the nonwoven article. The method further includes contacting the nonwoven article with at least one detection reagent and detecting the presence of the at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte concentrated by the nonwoven article.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jobst T. Jaeger, Jeffrey D. Smith, Waleri Wischnepolski, Henning Reuter, Giuseppe M. Bommarito, Manjiri T. Kshirsagar, Scott D. Lehman, Edward I. Stamm, Jr., Guenter M. Zilligen
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Publication number: 20220317158Abstract: Voltage sensor (1) comprising a voltage divider (40) for sensing an AC voltage of a HV/MV power conductor (10). For adjusting the common overall impedance of the low-voltage portion of the voltage divider towards a desired impedance, the low-voltage portion (60) comprises one or more low-voltage impedance elements (110), a plurality of adjustment impedance elements (80) and a plurality of switches. In its connect state, each switch electrically connects an adjustment impedance element in parallel to at least one of the one or more low-voltage impedance elements (110). The overall impedance of the high-voltage portion (50) and the overall impedance of the low-voltage portion (60) of the voltage divider (40) are adapted such that, by bringing one or more of the switches (90) into their connect state, the voltage divider (40) has, for an AC voltage of between 5 and 25 kV phase-to-ground and a frequency of between 40 and 70 Hertz, a dividing ratio of 3077, of 6154, of 6769 or of 10 000.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Gunther A. J. Stollwerck, Mark Gravermann, Bernd Schubert, Christine B. Bund, Mirco Gunjaca, Jens Weichold, Johannes Fink, Michael H. Stalder, Sebastian Eggert-Richter, Harald Westkamp, Willy A. Ahlmann, Guenter M. Zilligen
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Publication number: 20200288951Abstract: Provided is an endoscope port stopper including a first plug comprising a first central axis and a second plug comprising a second central axis, where the first plug is configured to releasably seal a first endoscope port and the second plug is configured to releasably seal a second endoscope port. In some embodiments, port stoppers may further include a third plug and/or a fourth plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: GUENTER M. ZILLIGEN, HENNING REUTER, G. MARCO BOMMARITO
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Publication number: 20200237203Abstract: An endoscope flushing assembly is provided. In some embodiments, the flushing assembly may include an adapter and a stand. In some embodiments, the flushing assembly may further comprise a stopper. In some embodiments, the flushing assembly may further comprise a sample fluid tube. In some embodiments, the flushing assembly may further comprise a fluid receptacle. Also provided are a flushing assembly kit and a method of using the endoscope flushing assembly to evaluate the cleanliness and/or disinfection of an endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: GUENTER M. ZILLIGEN, HENNING REUTER, KARL-HEINZ RECHLITZ, MANUEL STEINBRINK, G. MARCO BOMMARITO
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Patent number: 10482703Abstract: An earplug dispensing mechanism defining a longitudinal axis, and including separator and index assemblies. The separator assembly includes a platform, a guide wall and bores. The guide wall projects from the platform to define a well for receiving earplugs. The bores each extend from an entrance opening to an exit opening. The index assembly is rotatably coupled to the separator assembly, and includes a handle, a plate, and a mixing body. The plate is connected to the handle and defines a dispensing aperture. The mixing body has an upper end, a lower end, and an exterior surface defined by a cone portion and a paddle portion. The cone portion tapers in diameter. The paddle portion projects radially from the cone portion at the lower end. The exterior surface is asymmetrical to encourage earplug mixing within the well, and to impede earplugs from entering a bore open to the dispensing aperture.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: David M. Rudek, Ralf F. Korte, Guenter M. Zilligen
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Publication number: 20180346230Abstract: A manually operable dispenser for dispensing earplugs is provided. An exemplary dispenser includes a first dispensing mechanism portion and a second dispensing mechanism portion that interacts with the first dispensing mechanism portion during rotation of the handle. Interaction between the first dispensing mechanism portion and the second dispensing mechanism affects a rotational resistance (?) at the handle such that rotational resistance (?) varies between a maximum rotational resistance (?max) and a minimum rotational resistance (?min) as the handle is rotated by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Guenter M. ZILLIGEN, Karl-Heinz RECHLITZ, David M. RUDEK
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Publication number: 20180051312Abstract: Devices for detecting microorganism strains or target cellular analytes are provided. The device includes a filter holder, the filter holder comprising a tip portion; a nonwoven article disposed on the tip portion of the filter holder; and an adaptor attacked to the filter holder, the adaptor defining an aperture. Methods of detecting microorganisms and/or cellular analytes in a fluid sample using the devices are also provided. The method includes obtaining the device; placing a lumened or cannulated device in fluid communication with the device; and passing a fluid sample suspected of containing at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte from the lumened or cannulated device through the device and contacting the nonwoven article. The method further includes contacting the nonwoven article with at least one detection reagent and detecting the presence of the at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte concentrated by the nonwoven article.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Jobst T. Jaeger, Jeffrey D. Smith, Waleri Wischnepolski, Henning Reuter, Giuseppe M. Bommarito, Manjiri T. Kshirsagar, Scott D. Lehman, Edward I. Stamm, Jr., Guenter M. Zilligen
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Publication number: 20170200340Abstract: An earplug dispensing mechanism defining a longitudinal axis, and including separator and index assemblies. The separator assembly includes a platform, a guide wall and bores. The guide wall projects from the platform to define a well for receiving earplugs. The bores each extend from an entrance opening to an exit opening. The index assembly is rotatably coupled to the separator assembly, and includes a handle, a plate, and a mixing body. The plate is connected to the handle and defines a dispensing aperture. The mixing body has an upper end, a lower end, and an exterior surface defined by a cone portion and a paddle portion. The cone portion tapers in diameter. The paddle portion projects radially from the cone portion at the lower end. The exterior surface is asymmetrical to encourage earplug mixing within the well, and to impede earplugs from entering a bore open to the dispensing aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: David M. Rudek, Ralf F. Korte, Guenter M. Zilligen
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Publication number: 20170200339Abstract: An earplug dispensing mechanism defining a longitudinal axis, and including a separator assembly and an index assembly. The separator assembly includes a platform, a guide wall and bores. The guide wall projects from the platform to define a well for receiving earplugs from a container. Each bore is open to the well at an entrance opening. The guide wall forms a close, compound curve shape in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and surrounding the entrance openings. The index assembly is rotatably coupled to the separator assembly, and includes a handle, a plate, and a mixing body. The plate is connected to the handle and defines a dispensing aperture. The mixing body is connected to the plate opposite the handle. Rotation of the handle selectively aligns the dispensing aperture with individual ones of the bores, with the guide wall shape funneling earplugs in the well toward the bores.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: David M. Rudek, Ralf F. Korte, Guenter M. Zilligen
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Patent number: 9501890Abstract: A manually operable dispenser for dispensing disposable earplugs. The dispenser includes a housing, an index body, and a plate. The housing forms an opening for receiving earplugs from a container. The index body includes a handle and a hub. The hub forms an upper major face, a lower major face, and a plurality of circumferentially arranged bores. Each of the bores is open to the major faces and is defined by a wall surface extending through a thickness of the hub. At least a portion of the wall surface of each of the bores has an anti-bonding construction. The hub is rotatably mounted within the housing. The plate is connected to the housing, and forms a dispensing aperture. A manually-applied rotational force at the handle selectively aligns respective ones of the bores with the dispensing aperture. The anti-bonding construction promotes sliding, low friction interface with individual earplugs.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: David M. Rudek, Guenter M. Zilligen, Joerg R. Purfuerst
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Patent number: 9412216Abstract: A manually operable dispenser for dispensing disposable earplugs. The dispenser includes a housing, index body, and plate. The housing forms an opening for receiving earplugs from a container. The index body includes a handle, hub, guide cone and shield. The hub forms opposing major faces and a plurality of circumferentially arranged bores. The guide cone projects from the upper major face, tapering in diameter to a leading end. A base of the shield is disposed above the leading end opposite the upper major face. A wall of the shield projects radially outwardly to an edge having a diameter greater than a diameter of the leading end. The shield and the handle are rotationally affixed. The hub is rotatably mounted within the opening. The plate is connected to the housing and forms a dispensing aperture. A manually-applied rotational force at the handle selectively aligns individual ones of the bores with the dispensing aperture.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: David M. Rudek, Guenter M. Zilligen, Joerg R. Purfuerst
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Publication number: 20150179018Abstract: A manually operable dispenser for dispensing disposable earplugs. The dispenser includes a housing, index body, and plate. The housing forms an opening for receiving earplugs from a container. The index body includes a handle, hub, guide cone and shield. The hub forms opposing major faces and a plurality of circumferentially arranged bores. The guide cone projects from the upper major face, tapering in diameter to a leading end. A base of the shield is disposed above the leading end opposite the upper major face. A wall of the shield projects radially outwardly to an edge having a diameter greater than a diameter of the leading end. The shield and the handle are rotationally affixed. The hub is rotatably mounted within the opening. The plate is connected to the housing and forms a dispensing aperture. A manually-applied rotational force at the handle selectively aligns individual ones of the bores with the dispensing aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: David M. Rudek, Guenter M. Zilligen, Joerg R. Purfuerst
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Publication number: 20150179017Abstract: A manually operable dispenser for dispensing disposable earplugs. The dispenser includes a housing, an index body, and a plate. The housing forms an opening for receiving earplugs from a container. The index body includes a handle and a hub. The hub forms an upper major face, a lower major face, and a plurality of circumferentially arranged bores. Each of the bores is open to the major faces and is defined by a wall surface extending through a thickness of the hub. At least a portion of the wall surface of each of the bores has an anti-bonding construction. The hub is rotatably mounted within the housing. The plate is connected to the housing, and forms a dispensing aperture. A manually-applied rotational force at the handle selectively aligns respective ones of the bores with the dispensing aperture. The anti-bonding construction promotes sliding, low friction interface with individual earplugs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: David M. Rudek, Guenter M. Zilligen, Joerg R. Purfuerst
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Patent number: 8485850Abstract: A telecommunications connector (10) comprises an array of contacts (12) connectable to telecommunications wire pairs, the contacts being of a first type or a second type. The first type of contact is shaped so that its contact region (12B) extends in a first direction and the second type of contact is shaped so that its contact region extends in an opposing direction. In an embodiment in the form of an RJ45 jack, to introduce crosstalk compensation, the contacts “3” to “6” in the inner zone of the array are alternately of the first and second types; and the contacts “1”, “2” and “7”, “8” of each pair in the remainder of the array are respectively of the same type but different from the adjacent contact in the inner zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Mathieu Nesme, Guenter M. Zilligen, Christian Weinmann
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Publication number: 20120122353Abstract: A telecommunications connector (10) comprises an array of contacts (12) connectable to telecommunications wire pairs, the contacts being of a first type or a second type. The first type of contact is shaped so that its contact region (12B) extends in a first direction and the second type of contact is shaped so that its contact region extends in an opposing direction. In an embodiment in the form of an RJ45 jack, to introduce crosstalk compensation, the contacts “3” to “6” in the inner zone of the array are alternately of the first and second types; and the contacts “1”, “2” and “7”, “8” of each pair in the remainder of the array are respectively of the same type but different from the adjacent contact in the inner zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Mathieu Nesme, Guenter M. Zilligen, Christian Weinmann
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Patent number: 7677780Abstract: A light guide assembly and method of forming the assembly. The light guide assembly includes an elongate light guide having an optically smooth surface for propagating light along its length and a light emitting region extending along at least a portion of the light guide length. The light emitting region has light extraction structures extending into the elongate light guide to extract or reflect light radially from the light guide. The assembly also includes a light source connector coupled to the light input end of the light guide. The light input end has primary encoding orientation geometry. The light source connector has a first end with secondary encoding orientation geometry, configured to mate with the primary encoding orientation geometry, and an opposing second end configured to accept a light source.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: David J. Lundin, Scott D. Gullicks, Joerg R. Purfuerst, Guenter M. Zilligen
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Publication number: 20080198624Abstract: A light guide assembly and method of forming the assembly. The light guide assembly includes an elongate light guide having an optically smooth surface for propagating light along its length and a light emitting region extending along at least a portion of the light guide length. The light emitting region has light extraction structures extending into the elongate light guide to extract or reflect light radially from the light guide. The assembly also includes a light source connector coupled to the light input end of the light guide. The light input end has primary encoding orientation geometry. The light source connector has a first end with secondary encoding orientation geometry, configured to mate with the primary encoding orientation geometry, and an opposing second end configured to accept a light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: David J. Lundin, Scott D. Gullicks, Joerg Purfuerst, Guenter M. Zilligen