Patents by Inventor Jan-Bernd Hovener

Jan-Bernd Hovener 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).

  • Method and apparatus for hydrogenation and hyperpolarization of tracer molecules for magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 11493584
    Abstract: In a method (100 to 208) in which hyperpolarizable tracer molecules (20, 88 to 98) are hydrogenated and then optionally also hyperpolarized for magnetic resonance imaging, it is provided that, in a first method step (104, 202), a hydrogen solution (10, 12, 4) having a saturation factor of at least 50% be prepared and that the hydrogenation reaction (186 to 190, 206) not be triggered until a subsequent, second method step (106, 204). An apparatus (1) with which the method of the invention (100 to 208) is executable is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAT FREIBURG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Jan-Bernd Hovener, Jurgen Hennig, Stephan Berner
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYDROGENATION AND HYPERPOLARIZATION OF TRACER MOLECULES FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20210165062
    Abstract: In a method (100 to 208) in which hyperpolarizable tracer molecules (20, 88 to 98) are hydrogenated and then optionally also hyperpolarized for magnetic resonance imaging, it is provided that, in a first method step (104, 202), a hydrogen solution (10, 12, 4) having a saturation factor of at least 50% be prepared and that the hydrogenation reaction (186 to 190, 206) not be triggered until a subsequent, second method step (106, 204). An apparatus (1) with which the method of the invention (100 to 208) is executable is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Jan-Bernd Hovener, Jurgen HENNIG, Stephan BERNER