Patents by Inventor Matthias Maurer

Matthias Maurer 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).

  • HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES AND RELATED APPARATUSES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120175299
    Abstract: A method that includes producing a strand by extruding a textile pulp at an extrusion rate that correlates with a first removal speed of the strand to generate a hollow fiber membrane, transporting the hollow fiber membrane at the first removal speed, and elongating the hollow fiber membrane by transporting the hollow fiber membrane at a second removal speed that is 0.5 to 50% higher than the first removal speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Maurer
  • FILTER DEVICE COMPRISING HETEROGENEOUSLY DISTRIBUTED HOLLOW FIBERS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120043271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter apparatus having a cylindrical housing and a plurality of hollow fibers, with the hollow fibers being combined to form a bundle in the housing and being embedded and held in each case at the end sides in a molding compound. The invention furthermore relates to a method for the manufacture of a filter apparatus, to a rotation apparatus and its use for the manufacture of a filter apparatus as well as to a dialysis machine having a filter apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventor: Matthias Maurer