Patents by Inventor Han Zou
Han Zou 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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Publication number: 20180271752Abstract: A system for administering a medicament includes a plurality of capsules, a capsule dispenser, and a capsule activator. Each of the capsules includes a reservoir containing a medicament and an outlet in communication with the reservoir through which the medicament exits the capsule. The capsule dispenser releasably contains the ingestible capsules and is adapted to dispense the capsules to a user in accordance with a predetermined schedule. The capsule activator activates the dispensed capsules prior to administration to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Ventzeslav Petrov Iordanov, Hans Zou, Christoph Wanke, Klaas Kerkhof, Jeffrey A. Shimizu
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Patent number: 10046109Abstract: A drug delivery device (50) is provided comprising a drug reservoir (10) and a piston (11). The drug reservoir (10) is provided for comprising a drug and comprises a flexible wall (22) and a dispensing hole (15) for dispensing the drug into an environment of the drug de delivery device (50). The piston (11) is provide for pressing against the flexible wall (22) to compress the drug reservoir (10) for pushing an amount of the drug through the dispensing hole (15). An adhesion interface (51) between a surface of the piston (11) and the flexible wall (22) prevents sliding between the surface of the piston (11) and the flexible wall (22).Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Progenity, Inc.Inventors: Hans Zou, Jeff Shimizu, Johan Frederik Dijksman
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Publication number: 20180200426Abstract: A medicament delivery device, which comprises a driving mechanism and a housing (1) having a reservoir (2), which is at least partly filled with a substance and which is sealed at least on one side with a flexible wall (21). The driving mechanism is adapted to press a piston (23) against the flexible wall (21) thereby releasing the substance from the reservoir (2) through an opening (25) in the reservoir (2). This provides for a safe and reliable medicament delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: JOHAN FREDERIK DIJKSMAN, FRITS TOBI DE JONGH, MICHEL GERARDUS PARDOEL, ANKE PIERIK, JUDITH MARGREET RENSEN, JEFF SHIMIZU, HANS ZOU, REMUS ALBU, VENTZESLAV IORDANOV, HANS MARC BERT BOEVE
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Patent number: 9918904Abstract: A system for administering a medicament includes a plurality of capsules, a capsule dispenser, and a capsule activator. Each of the capsules includes a reservoir containing a medicament and an outlet in communication with the reservoir through which the medicament exits the capsule. The capsule dispenser releasably contains the ingestible capsules and is adapted to dispense the capsules to a user in accordance with a predetermined schedule. The capsule activator activates the dispensed capsules prior to administration to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Stoco 10 GmbHInventors: Ventzeslav Petrov Iordanov, Hans Zou, Christoph Wanke, Klaas Kerkhop, Jeffrey A. Shimizu
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Patent number: 9878094Abstract: A medicament delivery device, which comprises a driving mechanism and a housing (1) having a reservoir (2), which is at least partly filled with a substance and which is sealed at least on one side with a flexible wall (21). The driving mechanism is adapted to press a piston (23) against the flexible wall (21) thereby releasing the substance from the reservoir (2) through an opening (25) in the reservoir (2). This provides for a safe and reliable medicament delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2007Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: STOCO 10 GMBHInventors: Johan Frederik Dijksman, Frits Tobi De Jongh, Michel Gerardus Pardoel, Anke Pierik, Judith Margreet Rensen, Jeff Shimizu, Hans Zou, Remus Albu, Ventzeslav Iordanov, Hans Marc Bert Boeve
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Publication number: 20170288550Abstract: A buck-boost power converter includes an inductor driver section, a pulse width modulated (PWM) section, and a switch control section. The inductor driver includes a first switch to selectively couple an input to a first node of an inductor, a second switch to selectively couple the first node of the inductor to a ground node, a third switch to selectively couple a second node of the inductor to the ground node, and a fourth switch to selectively couple the second node of the inductor to an output, and a pulse width modulated (PWM) to generate a PWM control signal responsive to an output level of the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Jinseok PARK, Han ZOU, Kedar Bharat PATEL
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Patent number: 9744139Abstract: An ingestible capsule (10) is provided for delivery of a drug, the capsule (10) comprises a first module (11) and a second module (12). The first module (11) has at least one drug compartment (13) for comprising an amount of the drug. The drug compartment (13) is sealed by a foil (14) with an embedded conducting heating wire (15). The second (12) module comprises electronics (18) for providing an electrical pulse to the heating wire (15) in order to open the drug compartment (13) by melting the foil (14). The first module (11) and second module (12) comprise interoperable connection means (19) for securing the first module (11) to the second module (12) such that the heating wire (15) is electronically coupled to the electronics (18).Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Stoco 10 GmbHInventors: Johan Frederik Dijksman, Anke Pierik, Frits Tobi De Jongh, Jeff Shimizu, Hans Zou, Lucian Remus Albu, Olaf Weiner
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Patent number: 9687638Abstract: The invention relates to a swallowable medication capsule capable 200 of dispensing fluid medicine stored in a medication compartment 211 through a valveless exit hole 207. A vent hole 206 enables ventilation of an actuator cavity 212 which houses an actuator used for displacing a surface 205 which separates the medication cavity 211 and the actuator cavity 212. By locating the vent and exit holes close to each other so that contact with contracting parts of the gastrointestinal tract and the exterior surface 221 is not able to prohibit a pressure passageway between the vent and exit holes, creation of a pressure difference of pressures in the medication and actuator cavity is prohibited.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Medimetrics Personalized Drug DeliveryInventors: Hans Zou, Jeff Shimizu
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Patent number: 9616206Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic pill (102) for delivery of a medication (104) inside a mammal. The electronic pill (102) comprises a reservoir (106) for releasing the medication (104) in response to a predefined level of pressure. Furthermore a primary elastic element (108) is comprised for applying said predefined level of pressure to the reservoir (106) via a piston (110) upon release from the piston (110) of its constrained position. The piston (110) in its turn, when in constrained position, induces a predefined level of stress in the primary elastic element (108) by accordingly deforming it. The electronic pill (102) comprises a mechanism (114) for changing, upon actuation, from a constraining configuration in which the piston (110) is maintained at its constrained position to a releasing configuration in which the piston (110) is released.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Medimetrics Personalized Drug DeliveryInventors: Michel Gerardus Pardoel, Hans Zou, Jeff Shimizu
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Patent number: 9550050Abstract: An electronic capsule (100) is provided. The capsule (100) has a discrete drive element (300) comprising: a housing (109), electronics for making the electronic capsule (100) operable, a pumping mechanism (115) for dosing and displacing a substance, a power source (105) for powering the electronic capsule (100) and enabling the electronics and the pumping mechanism (115) to operate, and a locking mechanism (130); and a discrete payload element (200) comprising: a housing (109), a reservoir (210) for storing the substance, one or more openings (250) in the housing (109) for releasing the substance from the reservoir (210) and a locking mechanism (230) for engaging the drive element locking mechanism (130). Engagement of the drive element locking mechanism (130) with the payload element locking mechanism (230) secures the drive element (300) to the payload element (200), thereby making the electronic capsule (100) operable and specific.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Medimetrics Personalized Drug Delivery B.V.Inventors: Johan Frederik Dijksman, Anke Pierik, Judith Margreet Rensen, Jeff Shimizu, Hans Zou, Michel Pardoel, Frits Tobi De Jongh
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Publication number: 20160235663Abstract: A capsule includes a compressible reservoir and a gas generating unit disposed in a housing. A threshold valve seals an opening in the housing, through which contents of the reservoir may exit the capsule. Gas generated by the gas generating unit increases pressure in the capsule, thereby compressing the reservoir. When a pressure acting on the threshold valve reaches a threshold pressure, the threshold valve opens, releasing contents of the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Hans Zou, Jeffrey A. Shimizu, Ventzeslav Petrov Iordanov, Klaas Kerkhof, Christoph Wanke
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Patent number: 9325194Abstract: In one embodiment, a power supply controller may be formed including configuring the power supply controller to use an error signal and a ramp signal to control a duty cycle of a switching control signal that is configured to control first and second switches to charge a battery, and configuring the power supply controller to selectively offset a dc value of the ramp signal responsively to detecting the adapter current is greater than a first value wherein offsetting the dc value of the ramp signal changes the duty cycle of the switching control signal to supply current from the battery to a load.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Han Zou, Thomas Duffy, Eduardo Velarde
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Patent number: 9236076Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording disk includes a template layer below a Ru or Ru alloy underlayer, with a granular Co alloy recording layer formed on the underlayer. substrate. The template layer comprises nanoparticles spaced-apart and partially embedded within a polymer material, with the nanoparticles protruding above the surface of the polymer material. A seed layer covers the surface of the polymer material and the protruding nanoparticles and an underlayer of Ru or a Ru alloy covers the seed layer. The protruding nanoparticles serve as the controlled nucleation sites for the Ru or Ru alloy atoms. The nanoparticle-to-nanoparticle distances can be controlled during the formation of the template layer. This enables control of the Co alloy grain diameter distribution as well as grain-to-grain distance distribution.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Bruce Alvin Gurney, Ricardo Ruiz, Manfred Ernst Schabes, Kentaro Takano, Shi-Ling Chang Wang, Qing Zhu, Han Zou
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Patent number: 9227011Abstract: A sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes having a miniature size and a lower power consumption and a coating exterior to the electrodes, wherein the coating interacts with a target condition thereby producing a change in an electrical property of the electrodes, wherein the change is transduced into an electrical signal by the electrodes. Further a system for medication delivery comprising such sensor and a pill.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Medimetrics Personalized Drug Delivery B.V.Inventors: Jeff Shimizu, Hans Zou, Johan Frederik Dijksman, Anke Pierik, Judith Margaret Rensen
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Patent number: 9224412Abstract: A continuous-media perpendicular magnetic recording disk has a granular recording layer (RL) with controlled grain pitch distribution and controlled long range ordering of the grains. The disk includes a substrate with a template layer for the RL that comprises a blend of at least two different sized nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a nanoparticle core with attached polymer ligands. The nanoparticle cores protrude above the surface of the template layer to provide a nonplanar surface topology. The blend of two sizes of nanoparticles causes the RL to have low grain pitch distribution and a disruption of long range ordering so that there are no large magnetic rafts. One of the nanoparticles types has a diameter greater than 105% of the diameter of the other nanoparticle type and is present in the total blend of nanoparticles of between about 5% and 35% or between about 55% and 90%.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Bruce Alvin Gurney, Ricardo Ruiz, Shi-Ling Chang Wang, Qing Zhu, Han Zou
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Publication number: 20150272830Abstract: A system for administering a medicament includes a plurality of capsules, a capsule dispenser, and a capsule activator. Each of the capsules includes a reservoir containing a medicament and an outlet in communication with the reservoir through which the medicament exits the capsule. The capsule dispenser releasably contains the ingestible capsules and is adapted to dispense the capsules to a user in accordance with a predetermined schedule. The capsule activator activates the dispensed capsules prior to administration to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Ventzeslav Petrov Iordanov, Hans Zou, Christoph Wanke, Klaas Kerkhop, Jeffrey A. Shimizu
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Publication number: 20150221330Abstract: A continuous-media perpendicular magnetic recording disk has a granular recording layer (RL) with controlled grain pitch distribution and controlled long range ordering of the grains. The disk includes a substrate with a template layer for the RL that comprises a blend of at least two different sized nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a nanoparticle core with attached polymer ligands. The nanoparticle cores protrude above the surface of the template layer to provide a nonplanar surface topology. The blend of two sizes of nanoparticles causes the RL to have low grain pitch distribution and a disruption of long range ordering so that there are no large magnetic rafts. One of the nanoparticles types has a diameter greater than 105% of the diameter of the other nanoparticle type and is present in the total blend of nanoparticles of between about 5% and 35% or between about 55% and 90%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: HGST Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Bruce Alvin Gurney, Ricardo Ruiz, Shi-Ling Chang Wang, Qing Zhu, Han Zou
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Patent number: 9067011Abstract: A device for placement in an environment, particularly a humid environment, for delivery of medication to said environment. The device comprises a reservoir (103) having an orifice (104), a conveying unit for conveying a reservoir's content (106) through the orifice (104) and an actuator arrangement for driving the conveying unit. In order to provide a reliable delivery of medication in a humid environment, the conveying unit comprises an auger (110) extending in the reservoir (103).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Medimetrics Personalized Drug Delivery B.V.Inventors: Hans Zou, Jeff Shimizu, Lucian R. Albu, Johan F. Dijksman
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Publication number: 20150141967Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic pill (102) for delivery of a medication (104) inside a mammal. The electronic pill (102) comprises a reservoir (106) for releasing the medication (104) in response to a predefined level of pressure. Furthermore a primary elastic element (108) is comprised for applying said predefined level of pressure to the reservoir (106) via a piston (110) upon release from the piston (110) of its constrained position. The piston (110) in its turn, when in constrained position, induces a predefined level of stress in the primary elastic element (108) by accordingly deforming it. The electronic pill (102) comprises a mechanism (114) for changing, upon actuation, from a constraining configuration in which the piston (110) is maintained at its constrained position to a releasing configuration in which the piston (110) is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Medimetrics Personalized Drug DeliveryInventors: Michel Gerardus Pardoel, Hans Zou, Jeff Shimizu
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Publication number: 20150076902Abstract: In one embodiment, a power supply controller may be formed including configuring the power supply controller to use an error signal and a ramp signal to control a duty cycle of a switching control signal that is configured to control first and second switches to charge a battery, and configuring the power supply controller to selectively offset a dc value of the ramp signal responsively to detecting the adapter current is greater than a first value wherein offsetting the dc value of the ramp signal changes the duty cycle of the switching control signal to supply current from the battery to a load.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Han Zou, Thomas Duffy, Eduardo Velarde