Patents by Inventor Luca Müller

Luca Müller 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 for manufacturing an active structure for a radiation detector and polymeric mold for the method
    Patent number: 12181795
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a scintillation detector structure including the steps of forming a plurality of first structures into a surface of a substrate to form a patterned substrate, filling the plurality of first structures and covering the surface of the substrate with a polymeric material, hardening the polymeric material and first removing the hardened polymeric material from the substrate to obtain a polymeric mold with a patterned surface having a plurality of second structures, performing a surface cleaning treatment and a silanization of the patterned surface of the polymeric mold, filling the plurality of second structures and covering the patterned surface of the polymeric mold with a moldable scintillation material, polymerizing the scintillation material while exerting a pressure on the scintillation material, and second removing the polymerized scintillation material from the plurality of second structures of the polymeric mold to obtain scintillation detector active structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Veronica Leccese, Michele Caldara, Marcello Pagano, Arnaud Bertsch, Luca Müller, Alessandro Mapelli, Fabrizio Carbone
  • Method for Manufacturing an Active Structure for A Radiation Detector and Polymeric Mold for the Method
    Publication number: 20230418154
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a scintillation detector structure including the steps of forming a plurality of first structures into a surface of a substrate to form a patterned substrate, filling the plurality of first structures and covering the surface of the substrate with a polymeric material, hardening the polymeric material and first removing the hardened polymeric material from the substrate to obtain a polymeric mold with a patterned surface having a plurality of second structures, performing a surface cleaning treatment and a silanization of the patterned surface of the polymeric mold, filling the plurality of second structures and covering the patterned surface of the polymeric mold with a moldable scintillation material, polymerizing the scintillation material while exerting a pressure on the scintillation material, and second removing the polymerized scintillation material from the plurality of second structures of the polymeric mold to obtain scintillation detector active structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Veronica Leccese, Michele Caldara, Marcello Pagano, Arnaud Bertsch, Luca Müller, Alessandro Mapelli, Fabrizio Carbone