Patents by Inventor Jorgen Madsen
Jorgen Madsen 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: 11091711Abstract: A separator system for treating a gas from a biomass gasification system, including: first and second cyclones, where the first cyclone includes an inlet for receiving a gas from a biomass gasification unit, the first cyclone being arranged for removing particulate matter from the gas from the biomass gasification unit in order to provide a first cleaner gas, piping arranged to lead the first cleaner gas to the second cyclone, where the second cyclone is arranged to remove particulate matter from the first cleaner gas in order to provide a second cleaner gas, a pipe arranged to lead the second cleaner gas to a special piping element, the latter including a burner, thereby providing a third cleaned gas, and a gas distribution unit arranged to lead the third cleaned gas to one or more tar reformer units. Also, a method of treating a gas from a biomass gasification system.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/SInventors: Jørgen Madsen, Erik Gambarini, Erik Løgsted-Nielsen
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Publication number: 20210236025Abstract: A patient compliance system is provided that includes a patient monitoring material for determining movement activity associated with a joint of the patient. The patient monitoring material includes at least one sensor for sensing the movement activity and a transmitter. The system also includes a device having a receiver and a processor. The transmitter transmits the movement activity to the receiver, and the processor determines parameters associated with compliance with a rehabilitation/physical therapy program based on the movement activity. A method for monitoring movement activity of a patient is also provided. The method includes sensing movement activity associated with a joint of the patient via at least one sensor embedded within or attached to a patient monitoring material that surrounds the joint; transmitting the movement activity to a device; and determining parameters associated with compliance with a rehabilitation/physical therapy program based on the movement activity via a processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Marc Comtois, Arne Jorgen Madsen, Steve S. Khalaj, Joost L. Mulders, Bridget F. Kuske
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Publication number: 20210050098Abstract: Methods and systems for managing patient health data are provided. A patient data tracking system is provided that aggregates patient data to create one or more patient data sets. The system analyzes and/or sorts the patient data set(s) to selectively provide information to different entities. As one example, the system can generate a benchmark for one or more patient outcomes from the aggregate patient data, and the aggregate benchmark(s) can be compared to patient outcomes for a patient population, i.e., a subset of the aggregate patient data, to help a physician and/or healthcare organization monitor patient outcomes, develop treatment protocols for a patient population, or the like. Further, the system may generate one or more notifications to a caregiver based on patient outcomes, which can enable proactive intervention and follow-up with the patient and thereby help improve patient care and outcomes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Jeanette Sterner, Arne Jørgen Madsen, Kathy M. Muir, Julyana Z. Tanudjaja
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Publication number: 20200190417Abstract: A separator system for treating a gas from a biomass gasification system, including: first and second cyclones, where the first cyclone includes an inlet for receiving a gas from a biomass gasification unit, the first cyclone being arranged for removing particulate matter from the gas from the biomass gasification unit in order to provide a first cleaner gas, piping arranged to lead the first cleaner gas to the second cyclone, where the second cyclone is arranged to remove particulate matter from the first cleaner gas in order to provide a second cleaner gas, a pipe arranged to lead the second cleaner gas to a special piping element, the latter including a burner, thereby providing a third cleaned gas, and a gas distribution unit arranged to lead the third cleaned gas to one or more tar reformer units. Also, a method of treating a gas from a biomass gasification system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: HALDOR TOPSØE A/SInventors: Jørgen MADSEN, Erik GAMBARINI, Erik LØGSTED-NIELSEN
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Publication number: 20200037625Abstract: Disclosed is a centrifugal pump for pumping a heat-sensitive fluid foodstuff, comprising a volute casing having an inlet port and an outlet port for the heat sensitive fluid, the volute casing enclosing an impeller comprising a disc operably associated with an end of a shaft, said disc having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, said first surface facing the inlet of the casing and being provided with vanes, wherein the second surface of the disc of the impeller is exposed to a cooling medium. The centrifugal pump is suitable for reducing the built-up of fouling on the surface of the impeller disc facing the inlet of the casing and being provided with vanes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Bent PEDERSEN, Knud THORSEN, Jørgen MADSEN, Ole POULSEN
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Patent number: 10415315Abstract: A process for drilling a well into the seafloor at an offshore drilling location, in particular in arctic regions, the process comprising: drilling a top hole part of the well during a winter season where the water at the drilling location is at least partly covered by ice; and initiating drilling a lower part of the well extending into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation during a subsequent off-winter season where the water is less ice infested than during the winter season.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MAERSK DRILLING A/S.Inventor: Jens Jørgen Madsen
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Patent number: 10252291Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a medical device element by means of extrusion or injection molding and to medical devices comprising such extruded or injection molded medical device elements. The medical device elements (e.g. tubes, wires, lines, stents, catheters, guides, endodontic instruments, needles, trocars for e.g. laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic accessories, surgical instruments, guide wires) are characterized by a prefabricated shaped article or a thermoplastic substrate polymer having thereon a layer of a covalently cross-linked coating composition of a thermoplastic matrix polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. The method involves a coating composition comprising a thermoplastic matrix polymer, a hydrophilic polymer, and one or more photo-initiator(s), e.g. covalently linked to molecules of the thermoplastic matrix polymer and/or to molecules of the hydrophilic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Niels Jorgen Madsen, Egon Triel, Bo Rud Nielsen, Carsten Hoj
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Publication number: 20180322943Abstract: Methods and systems for managing patient health data are provided. A patient data tracking system is provided that aggregates patient data to create one or more patient data sets. The system analyzes and/or sorts the patient data set(s) to selectively provide information to different entities. The patient data may be secured such that the patient data set(s) are stored and/or disseminated in compliance with one or more applicable governmental or organizational regulations. As one example, the system can provide targeted information to a physician and healthcare organization that can help the physician and healthcare organization direct a patient's pain management therapy, develop treatment protocols for a patient population, or the like. The platform may use one or more dashboards to disseminate targeted information to the different entities. The dashboards may present information regarding an individual patient or one or more patient populations, e.g., aggregate patient population data or trends.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Dustin Johnson, Marc Comtois, Kunal M. Amin, Kenneth C. Hsu, Arne Jørgen Madsen, Bao-Tram N. Pham
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Publication number: 20180155987Abstract: A process for drilling a well into the seafloor at an offshore drilling location, in particular in arctic regions, the process comprising: drilling a top hole part of the well during a winter season where the water at the drilling location is at least partly covered by ice; and initiating drilling a lower part of the well extending into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation during a subsequent off-winter season where the water is less ice infested than during the winter season.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventor: Jens Jørgen MADSEN
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Patent number: 9895687Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst regeneration process for a tar reforming catalyst within a catalyst bed in a tar reformer. The process comprises the steps of:—Admitting a main gas stream with controlled temperature and oxygen content to an inlet into the tar reformer;—Passing the main gas stream through the catalyst bed to form an oxygen depleted gas stream;—Exiting the oxygen depleted gas stream from the tar reformer; and—Recycling at least a part of the oxygen depleted gas stream exiting from the tar reformer back into said main gas stream upstream said tar reformer. The temperature of said main gas stream at the inlet is controlled to be within the range from about 500° C. to about 1000° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventors: John Bøgild Hansen, Jørgen Madsen, Klas Jerker Andersson
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Publication number: 20170252739Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst regeneration process for a tar reforming catalyst within a catalyst bed in a tar reformer. The process comprises the steps of:—Admitting a main gas stream with controlled temperature and oxygen content to an inlet into the tar reformer;—Passing the main gas stream through the catalyst bed to form an oxygen depleted gas stream;—Exiting the oxygen depleted gas stream from the tar reformer; and—Recycling at least a part of the oxygen depleted gas stream exiting from the tar reformer back into said main gas stream upstream said tar reformer. The temperature of said main gas stream at the inlet is controlled to be within the range from about 500° C. to about 1000° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: John Bøgild Hansen, Jørgen Madsen, Klas Jerker Andersson
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Patent number: 9611202Abstract: Process for the preparation of dimethyl ether product by catalytic conversion of synthesis gas to dimethyl ether comprising the steps of contacting a stream of synthesis gas comprising carbon dioxide in a dimethyl ether synthesis step in one or more reactors and with one or more catalysts active in the formation of methanol and dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether and forming a product mixture comprising dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide and unconverted synthesis gas; cooling and separating the product mixture into a first liquid phase comprising dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide being dissolved in the formed dimethyl ether, and into a first gaseous phase comprising unconverted synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; passing the first liquid phase to a scrubbing zone and contacting the phase with a liquid sorbent being effective in absorption of carbon dioxide; and withdrawing a dimethyl ether product being depleted in carbon dioxide from the scrubbing zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventors: Finn Joensen, Jorgen Madsen, Poul Erik Højlund Nielsen
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Publication number: 20150232401Abstract: Process for the preparation of dimethyl ether product by catalytic conversion of synthesis gas to dimethyl ether comprising the steps of contacting a stream of synthesis gas comprising carbon dioxide in a dimethyl ether synthesis step in one or more reactors and with one or more catalysts active in the formation of methanol and dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether and forming a product mixture comprising dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide and unconverted synthesis gas; cooling and separating the product mixture into a first liquid phase comprising dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide being dissolved in the formed dimethyl ether, and into a first gaseous phase comprising unconverted synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; passing the first liquid phase to a scrubbing zone and contacting the phase with a liquid sorbent being effective in absorption of carbon dioxide; and withdrawing a dimethyl ether product being depleted in carbon dioxide from the scrubbing zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventors: Finn Joensen, Jorgen Madsen, Poul Erik Højlund Nielsen
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Patent number: 8946449Abstract: Novel photoinitiators provide for polyurethane formation, in which a photoinitiator moiety and a tertiary amine are incorporated into the photoinitiator structure, and thus the polyurethane polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Niels Jørgen Madsen, Petr Sehnal, David George Anderson, Christian B. Nielsen
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Patent number: 8932662Abstract: The application discloses a method for the preparation (by extruding, injection molding or powder coating and subsequent cross-linking by irradiation with UV or visible light) of a medical device element involving a coating composition comprising: a) as the only polymer constituent(s), at least 50% by weight of poly(ethylene oxide)(s) optionally in combination with non-thermoplastic hydrophilic polymer(s), and b) low molecular weight scaffold(s) having a plurality of photo-initiator moieties covalently linked thereto and/or covalently incorporated therein, wherein the photo-initiator moieties constitute 0.01-20% by weight of the combined amount of the poly(ethylene oxide)(s), any non-thermoplastic hydrophilic polymers and the low molecular weight scaffolds.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Bo Rud Nielsen, Carsten Hoj, Christian Benedikt Nielsen, Niels Jorgen Madsen
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Patent number: 8728508Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of a cross-linked hydrophilic coating of a hydrophilic polymer on a substrate polymer surface of a medical device, involving the use of a polymer solution comprising 1-20% by weight of a hydrophilic polymer, 0-5% by weight of additive(s), and the balance of a vehicle with plasticizing effect on the hydrophilic polymer, wherein the vehicle comprises at least one plasticizer having a solubility in water of at least 6 g/L, a boiling point above 210° C. at 760 mmHg, and Hansen ?H parameter of less than 20. Furthermore, the invention provides a medical device, e.g. a catheter or guide wire, provided with such a hydrophilic coating. The invention also provides the use of specific polymer solution for the preparation of a cross-linked hydrophilic coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Bo Rud Nielsen, Niels Jorgen Madsen
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Publication number: 20130296454Abstract: A polyacrylate is obtained by radical polymerization of at least one acrylate monomer (Ac) in the presence of a polymeric photoinitiator. The polymeric photoinitiator is a co-polymer of at least one photoinitiator monomer (A) with at least one monomer (B), and optional additional monomers (C). Rapid polymerization of the acrylate monomer is provided. A method produces a polyacrylate using the polymeric photoinitiator as described, and a polymeric photoinitiator is used as the photoinitiator of radical polymerization of acrylate monomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Niels Jørgen Madsen, Petr Sehnel, David George Anderson, Christian B. Nielsen
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Publication number: 20130239481Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of a gaseous syn-fuel having a heating value in the same range as natural gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventors: Poul Erik Højlund Nielsen, Jørgen Madsen
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Publication number: 20130158151Abstract: The invention provides a method for the manufacture of a gel precursor. The method comprising the steps of combining a polymeric photoinitiator of the general formula (I): with one or more gel-forming polymers and/or gel-forming monomers to form a matrix composition, and curing the matrix composition obtained in the first step by exposing it to UV radiation. The invention also relates to the gel precursor itself, a method for the manufacture of a hydrophilic gel, the hydrophilic gel itself and a medical device comprising or coated with said gel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: COLOPLAST A/SInventors: Christian B. Nielsen, Niels Jørgen Madsen, Bo Rud Nielsen
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Patent number: 8067474Abstract: A process for the preparation of hydrocarbon products comprising the steps of a) providing a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; (b) reacting at least part of the synthesis gas to an oxygenate mixture comprising methanol and dimethyl ether in presence of one or more catalysts which together catalyse a reaction of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to oxygenates at a pressure of at least 3 MPa; (c) withdrawing from step (b) a reaction mixture comprising amounts of methanol, dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide and water together with unreacted synthesis gas and cooling the reaction mixture to obtain a liquid phase with the amounts of methanol, dimethyl ether and water and simultaneously dissolving carbon dioxide in the liquid phase; (d) separating the carbon dioxide containing liquid phase from a remaining gaseous phase comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide; (e) evaporating and reacting the liquid phase being withdrawn from step (d) in presence of a catalyst being active in the conversType: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Haldor Topsøe A/SInventors: Poul Erik Højlund Nielsen, Finn Joensen, John Bøgild Hansen, Esben Lauge Sørensen, Jørgen Madsen, Rachid Mabrouk