Patents by Inventor Gunter Mathar

Gunter Mathar 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: 7838306
    Abstract: An adsorbent for whole blood in the form of essentially spherical non-aggregated particles. The adsorbent comprises a porous carrier material having an average pore size of ?1.5 ?m, whereby a maximum of 50% of the pore volume may be in pores having a pore size of >1.5 ?m, whereby the outer surfaces of the porous carrier material have at least one surface modification M1 so that the outer surface essentially does not interact with blood cells, and the inner surfaces of the porous carrier material, e.g., the surfaces of the pores of the porous carrier material, have at least one surface modification M2 which interacts with substances present in blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hanno Baumann, Franz-Josef Gerner, Michael Hoffmann, Roland Horres, Andreas Kokott, Hans-Peter Leinenbach, Gunter Mathar, Wolfgang Metzger, Veit Otto, Walter Ruger, Martin Schimmel