Patents by Inventor Liesbeth Micholt

Liesbeth Micholt 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).

  • Microneedle
    Patent number: 9551698
    Abstract: The electronic device for sensing and/or actuating comprises a device surface to which an biological cell (40) is applied, further comprising a sensor and/or an actuator (25), and an access channel (20) with a channel port (21), said channel port being located in said surface. The access channel (20) is designed such that the biological cell (40) can enter the access channel (20) to thereby provide access to the sensor (25). Particularly the cell (40) forms a protruding portion (41) by entering the access channel (20), which portion is sensed. The access channel (20) may be provided with a specific sensor port at which the sensor (25) is present. The device may be used for sensing or actuating biological cells, such as neurons, for instance in electroporation treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Roeland Huys, Wolfgang Eberle, Dries Braeken, Liesbeth Micholt
  • Microneedle
    Publication number: 20130045528
    Abstract: The electronic device for sensing and/or actuating comprises a device surface to which an biological cell (40) is applied, further comprising a sensor and/or an actuator (25), and an access channel (20) with a channel port (21), said channel port being located in said surface. The access channel (20) is designed such that the biological cell (40) can enter the access channel (20) to thereby provide access to the sensor (25). Particularly the cell (40) forms a protruding portion (41) by entering the access channel (20), which portion is sensed. The access channel (20) may be provided with a specific sensor port at which the sensor (25) is present. The device may be used for sensing or actuating biological cells, such as neurons, for instance in electroporation treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U. LEUVEN R&D, IMEC
    Inventors: Roeland Huys, Wolfgang Eberle, Dries Braeken, Liesbeth Micholt