Patents by Inventor Marja Pitkänen

Marja Pitkänen 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: 20220192505
    Abstract: In the solution of the invention at least one an electrical response signal from a retina is acquired in a first temperature, at least one electrical response signal from the retina is acquired in at least a second temperature, the second temperature being different than the first temperature. At least the electrical response signal acquired in the second temperature is transformed with a plurality of different transformation parameter values resulting a plurality of different transformed signals. The different transformed signals of the electrical response signal in the second temperature are compared to the electrical response signal and/or the transformed signals acquired from the retina in the first temperature. The transformed electrical response signal which produces the highest similarity measure with the electrical response signal and/or transformed signal acquired from the retina in the first temperature is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Ossi KAIKKONEN, Teemu TURUNEN, Marja PITKÄNEN, Ari KOSKELAINEN
  • Patent number: 11214046
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided bio-based mineral oil barrier coatings and films usable for decreasing mineral oil migration, for example in food packaging materials, and thus improving the safety of the materials facing the mineral oil containing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
    Inventors: Jari Vartiainen, Christiane Laine, Marja Pitkänen, Taina Ohra-Aho, Adina Anghelescu-Hakala
  • Patent number: 10779736
    Abstract: A method and device for non-invasive monitoring of the temperature of the retina and the retinal pigment epithelium inside the eye, particularly during heating of the bottom of the eye, wherein alternating probing short-duration pulses of light, one at wavelength close to the absorption maximum of the photoreceptor cell type and the other at wavelength in the near-infrared region, are directed at the retinal tissue at appropriate time intervals. Photoreceptor cell electrical signals, photoresponses, are recorded using electroretinography (ERG) and the changes in retinal temperature are determined from changes in photoresponse kinetics and changes in photoreceptor sensitivity to the stimuli. The method is especially applicable at temperatures up to 45° C. for humans and for other animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SR
    Inventors: Ari Koskelainen, Marja Pitkänen
  • Publication number: 20190001647
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided bio-based mineral oil barrier coatings and films usable for decreasing mineral oil migration, for example in food packaging materials, and thus improving the safety of the materials facing the mineral oil containing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jari Vartiainen, Christiane Laine, Marja Pitkänen, Taina Ohra-Aho, Adina Anghelescu-Hakala