Patents by Inventor Hans Jakob
Hans Jakob 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: 20240066299Abstract: The invention refers to a device for inhibiting the neural activity of a carotid sinus nerve (CSN) or carotid body of a subject, the device comprising: one or more transducers configured to apply a signal to the CSN or associated carotid body of the subject, optionally at least two such transducers; and a controller coupled to the one or more transducers, the controller controlling the signal to be applied by the one or more transducers, such that the signal inhibits the neural activity of the CSN or carotid body to produce a physiological response in the subject, wherein the physiological response is one or more of the group consisting of: an increase in insulin sensitivity in the subject, an increase in glucose tolerance in the subject, a decrease in (fasting) plasma glucose concentration in the subject, a reduction in subcutaneous fat content in the subject, and a reduction in obesity in the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Silvia Margarida Vilares Santos Conde, Daniel John Chew, Hans Jakob Kristoffer Famm, Maria Pedro Sucena Guarino, Brad Holinski, Sonal Patel
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Patent number: 11577080Abstract: The invention refers to a device for inhibiting the neural activity of a carotid sinus nerve (CSN) or carotid body of a subject, the device comprising: one or more transducers configured to apply a signal to the CSN or associated carotid body of the subject, optionally at least two such transducers; and a controller coupled to the one or more transducers, the controller controlling the signal to be applied by the one or more transducers, such that the signal inhibits the neural activity of the CSN or carotid body to produce a physiological response in the subject, wherein the physiological response is one or more of the group consisting of: an increase in insulin sensitivity in the subject, an increase in glucose tolerance in the subject, a decrease in (fasting) plasma glucose concentration in the subject, a reduction in subcutaneous fat content in the subject, and a reduction in obesity in the subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignees: Presidio Medical, Inc., Faculdade De Ciências Médicas Da Universidade Nova De LisboaInventors: Silvia Margarida Vilares Santos Conde, Daniel John Chew, Hans Jakob Kristoffer Famm, Maria Pedro Sucena Guarino, Brad Holinski, Sonal Patel
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Patent number: 11571574Abstract: Modulation of neural activity in the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) or cervical sympathetic trunk (CST) is effective in treating diseases and conditions mediated by thyroid and parathyroid hormones, in particular diseases associated with calcitonin secretion (e.g. osteoporosis) or diseases associated with thyroxine secretion (e.g. hypothyroid syndrome).Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGYInventors: Hans Jakob Kristoffer Famm, Harumi Hotta, Arun Sridhar
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Publication number: 20210393949Abstract: The invention provides devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for treating and ameliorating inflammation of the gut. In particular, the invention provides devices, apparatuses and methods in which a neuromodulatory signal is delivered a splenic nerve and/or superior mesenteric plexus (SMP). The signal is able to treat inflammatory disorders, e.g., colitis, for example in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicants: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, ACADEMISCH MEDISCH CENTRUMInventors: Daniel John CHEW, Wouter Jacob DE JONGE, Hans Jakob Kristoffer FAMM, Sonal PATEL, Olaf WELTING
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Patent number: 10974041Abstract: The invention provides devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for treating and ameliorating inflammation of the gut. In particular, the invention provides devices, apparatuses and methods in which a neuromodulatory signal is delivered a splenic nerve and/or superior mesenteric plexus (SMP). The signal is able to treat inflammatory disorders, e.g., colitis, for example in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, ACADEMISCH MEDISCH CENTRUMInventors: Daniel John Chew, Wouter Jacob De Jonge, Hans Jakob Kristoffer Famm, Sonal Patel, Olaf Welting
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Patent number: 10869474Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition as a fungicide, wherein said composition comprises at least one compound of formula (I) or formula (II) wherein wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently of each other H, OH or OCH3.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignees: UNIVERSITÄT BASEL, FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR BIOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU (FIBL)Inventors: Matthias Hamburger, Olivier Potterat, Justine Ramseyer, Hans-Jakob Schärer, Barbara Thürig, Lucius Tamm, Thomas Oberhänsli
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Patent number: 10406362Abstract: Methods for treating polycystic ovarian syndrome with a neuromodulation device that modulates sympathetic neural activity are described herein. The neuromodulation device is an apparatus for the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome. In one aspect, the apparatus decreases the neural activity of a postganglionic ovary-innervating sympathetic nerve. Modulation in neural activity may be achieved using an apparatus comprising one or more stimulators each configured to apply a signal to a postganglionic ovary-innervating sympathetic nerve of the patient, a controller coupled to the one or more stimulators, the controller controlling the signal to be applied by each of the one or more stimulators, such that the signal decreases the neural activity of the nerve to produce a physiological and/or biochemical response in the patient, wherein the physiological and/or biochemical response comprises an improvement in one or more symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Galvani Bioeletronics LimitedInventors: Hans Jakob Kristoffer Famm, Hernan E. Lara, Victor Eugene Pikov, Arun Sridhar
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Publication number: 20190262613Abstract: Modulation of neural activity in the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) or cervical sympathetic trunk (CST) is effective in treating diseases and conditions mediated by thyroid and parathyroid hormones, in particular diseases associated with calcitonin secretion (e.g. osteoporosis) or diseases associated with thyroxine secretion (e.g. hypothyroid syndrome).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicants: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of GerontologyInventors: Hans Jakob Kristoffer FAMM, Harumi HOTTA, Arun SRIDHAR
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Publication number: 20190200609Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition as a fungicide, wherein said composition comprises at least one compound of formula (I) or formula (II), wherein R1=formula (IV) or Formula (V), wherein R2, R3, R4; R5, R6 and R7 are independently of each other H, OH or OCH3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Matthias HAMBURGER, Olivier POTTERAT, Justine RAMSEYER, Hans-Jakob SCHÄRER, Barbara THÜRIG, Lucius TAMM, Thomas OBERHÄNSLI
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Publication number: 20180214691Abstract: The present invention provides improved devices, systems and methods to provide for control of bladder function. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, system and/or a method for modulating the neural activity of afferent fibres of the pelvic nerve to bladder function. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to the use of pharmaceutical compositions in patients undergoing neuromodulation therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicants: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, DUKE UNIVERSITYInventors: Hans Jakob Kristoffer FAMM, Warren Murray GRILL, James Arthur HOKANSON, Christopher Lawrence LANGDALE, Arun SRIDHAR
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Publication number: 20180117319Abstract: The invention provides devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for treating and ameliorating inflammation of the gut. In particular, the invention provides devices, apparatuses and methods in which a neuromodulatory signal is delivered a splenic nerve and/or superior mesenteric plexus (SMP). The signal is able to treat inflammatory disorders, e.g., colitis, for example in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicants: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, ACADEMISCH MEDISCH CENTRUMInventors: Daniel John CHEW, Wouter Jacob DE JONGE, Hans Jakob Kristoffer FAMM, Sonal PATEL, Olaf WELTING
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Publication number: 20180043155Abstract: The present invention relates to medical devices and, more particularly, to medical devices that deliver neuromodulating therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicants: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES, UNIVERSITY OF CHILIInventors: Hans Jakob Kristoffer FAMM, Hernan E. LARA, Victor Eugene PIKOV, Arun SRIDHAR
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Publication number: 20170333708Abstract: The invention refers to a device for inhibiting the neural activity of a carotid sinus nerve (CSN) or carotid body of a subject, the device comprising: one or more transducers configured to apply a signal to the CSN or associated carotid body of the subject, optionally at least two such transducers; and a controller coupled to the one or more transducers, the controller controlling the signal to be applied by the one or more transducers, such that the signal inhibits the neural activity of the CSN or carotid body to produce a physiological response in the subject, wherein the physiological response is one or more of the group consisting of: an increase in insulin sensitivity in the subject, an increase in glucose tolerance in the subject, a decrease in (fasting) plasma glucose concentration in the subject, a reduction in subcutaneous fat content in the subject, and a reduction in obesity in the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicants: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA UNIVERSIDADA NOVA DE LISBOAInventors: Silvia Margarida Vilares Santos CONDE, Daniel John CHEW, Hans Jakob Kristoffer FAMM, Maria Pedro Sucena GUARINO, Brad HOLINSKI, Sonal PATEL
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Patent number: 9805216Abstract: This invention relates to a data system that anonymizes personalized event data, by receiving the personalized event data containing an encrypted personal identifier and determining whether an entry exists for the encrypted personal identifier in a key database. The encrypted personal identifier may be associated with a system identifier that uniquely identifies the encrypted personal identifier and is uniquely associated to one system identifier. If no entry is detected in the key database for the received encrypted personal identifier, then a new entry for the key database is generated in which the received encrypted personal identifier is uniquely associated to a new system identifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Eckehard KraskaInventors: Eckehard Kraska, Hans Jakob Thiersch
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Publication number: 20160063278Abstract: This invention relates to a data system that anonymizes personalized event data, by receiving the personalized event data containing an encrypted personal identifier and determining whether an entry exists for the encrypted personal identifier in a key database. The encrypted personal identifier may be associated with a system identifier that uniquely identifies the encrypted personal identifier and is uniquely associated to one system identifier. If no entry is detected in the key database for the received encrypted personal identifier, then a new entry for the key database is generated in which the received encrypted personal identifier is uniquely associated to a new system identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Eckehard Kraska, Hans Jakob Thiersch
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Publication number: 20110192441Abstract: The disclosure relates to a photovoltaic element having a sealing web with at least one photovoltaic module which is mounted on one side of the sealing web and has contact points and electrical connections. The contact points of the photovoltaic module can be arranged on a side facing the sealing web, and the electrical connections can pass through the sealing web.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicants: Sika Technology AG, Solar Integrated Technologies GmbHInventors: Hans-Jakob STREHLER, Werner Hillebrand Hansen, Randall Jurisch, Klaus Schuer
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Patent number: 7743712Abstract: The invention is directed to two coupled vehicles (1) such as railbound vehicles or articulated busses, with a connection with at least one bellows (2) as well as with a coupling device comprising two coupling frames (4, 5), said coupling frames (4, 5) comprising interengaging male and female coupling members (10, 15), a locking member (30) being provided for respectively locking the male coupling members (15) in the female coupling members (10), said locking member (30) being slidably guided by the respective locking member (4, 5), said locking member (30) communicating with a force transmitting member (9) that is slidably guided in the respective one of the coupling frames (4, 5), the force transmitting member (9) transmitting both tensile and shear forces.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Hübner GmbHInventors: Andrè Goebels, Hans-Jakob Rudolph
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Patent number: 7615343Abstract: The invention relates to the detection of the binding of analyte molecules, for example biopolymer molecules, to immobilized capture substance molecules. The invention consists in using semiconductor wafers (chips) with electrical circuits in spatial proximity to a surface area coated with capture substance molecules and loading the binding of the analyte molecules to the capture substance molecules with co-bound electrically conductive nanoparticles so that the nanoparticles can act upon the electrical circuits either through changes in the electrical stray capacitance or by generating electric currents, thus making the binding of the analyte molecules electronically detectable.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Bruker Daltonik, GmbHInventors: Jochen Franzen, Hans-Jakob Baum
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Publication number: 20080307999Abstract: The invention is directed to two coupled vehicles (1) such as railbound vehicles or articulated busses, with a connection with at least one bellows (2) as well as with a coupling device comprising two coupling frames (4, 5), said coupling frames (4, 5) comprising interengaging male and female coupling members (10, 15), a locking member (30) being provided for respectively locking the male coupling members (15) in the female coupling members (10), said locking member (30) being slidably guided by the respective locking member (4, 5), said locking member (30) communicating with a force transmitting member (9) that is slidably guided in the respective one of the coupling frames (4, 5), the force transmitting member (9) transmitting both tensile and shear forces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: Hubner GmbHInventors: Andre Goebels, Hans-Jakob Rudolph
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Publication number: 20080279856Abstract: The invention is related to a method for treating or preventing a disorder resulting from the release of bradykinin in said mammal, particularly a mammal which produces a HBP which binds to a HBP antagonist, e.g. a monoclonal antibody that binds to at least one epitope of human HBP, comprising administering to said mammal a HBP antagonist in an amount effective to decrease the release of bradykinin in a mammal. Furthermore, the invention is directed to methods and kits for determining if a mammal produces HBP that binds to a HBP antagonist, e.g., a monoclonal antibody that binds to at least one epitope of human HBP and a method for detecting an antagonist of HBP.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Hans Jakob Flodgaard, Lennart Lindbom, Soren Bjorn