Patents by Inventor Lorenz GRÜNERBEL

Lorenz GRÜNERBEL 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).

  • Publication number: 20230125011
    Abstract: A gas detection module includes: a fixed seat, a gas sensor including a detection chamber, and a micro pump. The micro pump includes a pump chamber, a first communication port, and a second communication port. The first and second communication ports are in communication with the pump chamber. The gas sensor and the micro pump are arranged side by side on the fixed seat, the fixed seat is provided with a first and a second fluid port that are both in communication with the outside of the fixed seat, the first fluid port is in communication with the detection chamber, the second fluid port is in communication with the second communication port, a flow channel is further formed on the fixed seat. One end of the flow channel is in communication with the first fluid port, and the other end is in communication with the first communication port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Liliang Zheng, Martin Richter, Lorenz Grünerbel
  • Publication number: 20230121697
    Abstract: What is suggested is a micromembrane pumping device for pumping a fluid, having: a pump chamber to which an inlet valve, an outlet valve, and a membrane device for varying a volume of the pump chamber are associated, wherein the membrane device has a plate-shaped actuator for deforming the membrane device; and influencing means for influencing the plate-shaped actuator and the volume of the pump chamber; wherein the membrane device has a plate-shaped membrane body limiting the pump chamber; wherein the plate-shaped actuator is arranged on a side of the plate-shaped membrane body facing away from the pump chamber; wherein the plate-shaped actuator is mounted to and electrically insulated from the plate-shaped membrane body by an electrically insulating glue layer; wherein at least one embedded portion of a support body at or in which a deformation sensor for detecting a deformation of the membrane device is arranged, is arranged within the glue layer to detect the volume of the pump chamber; wherein the influe
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Agnes BUSSMANN, Lorenz GRUENERBEL, Christian WALD, Sebastian KIBLER
  • Patent number: 11624741
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sensor arrangement comprises a first micropump, e.g. a microfluidic or peristaltic pump, having a normally closed (NC) safety valve, e.g. at the micropump output, a second micropump, e.g. microfluidic or peristaltic pump, having a normally closed (NC) safety valve, e.g. at the micropump output, and a sensor having a sensor chamber, e.g. a sensor cavity or sensor volume, with a sensor element, e.g. an active sensitive region or layer, in the sensor chamber, wherein the sensor is configured to provide a sensor output signal based on a condition of the fluid, e.g. a gas or liquid, in the sensor chamber. The sensor chamber of the sensor is fluidically coupled between the first and second micropump, and the first and second micropump are configured to provide a defined operation mode of the sensor arrangement based on the respective activation or operation condition of the first and second micropump for providing (1.) a defined negative fluid pressure in the sensor chamber, (2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Martin Richter, Lorenz Grünerbel, Sebastian Kibler, Agnes Bußmann, Yuecel Congar, Henry Leistner
  • Publication number: 20230096689
    Abstract: Drug delivery system including: a reservoir having a meander shape or spiral shape, the reservoir including an inlet and a filter; a capacitance measurement device configured to determine a parameter of the reservoir; and a micropump configured to deliver a fluid from the reservoir to an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Martin RICHTER, Thomas THALHOFER, Lorenz GRUENERBEL
  • Publication number: 20230029038
    Abstract: An implant which includes: a housing having a chamber; and a sensor unit; a first membrane covering the chamber at a first pressure side and a second membrane covering the chamber at a second pressure side; the chamber includes a pressure transfer device being in contact to the first and second membrane and to the sensor unit arranged within the chamber between the first and second membrane, wherein a sensor control unit arranged within the housing; wherein the sensor unit is configured to determine a pressure difference between a pressure at the first pressure side of the chamber and a pressure at the second pressure side chamber of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Martin RICHTER, Lorenz GRÜNERBEL, Sebastian KIBLER
  • Publication number: 20210382024
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sensor arrangement comprises a first micropump, e.g. a microfluidic or peristaltic pump, having a normally closed (NC) safety valve, e.g. at the micropump output, a second micropump, e.g. microfluidic or peristaltic pump, having a normally closed (NC) safety valve, e.g. at the micropump output, and a sensor having a sensor chamber, e.g. a sensor cavity or sensor volume, with a sensor element, e.g. an active sensitive region or layer, in the sensor chamber, wherein the sensor is configured to provide a sensor output signal based on a condition of the fluid, e.g. a gas or liquid, in the sensor chamber. The sensor chamber of the sensor is fluidically coupled between the first and second micropump, and the first and second micropump are configured to provide a defined operation mode of the sensor arrangement based on the respective activation or operation condition of the first and second micropump for providing (1.) a defined negative fluid pressure in the sensor chamber, (2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Martin RICHTER, Lorenz GRÜNERBEL, Sebastian KIBLER, Agnes BUßMANN, Yuecel CONGAR, Henry LEISTNER