Patents by Inventor Peter Tijssen
Peter Tijssen 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).
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Patent number: 11147707Abstract: The invention provides fluid warming apparatus comprising: a fan; a heater, the fan and the heater being configured to generate a heated fluid flow having a principle flow direction and an inhomogeneous temperature distribution in a distribution direction perpendicular to the said principle flow direction; and a plurality of temperature sensors offset from each other in the said distribution direction, wherein at least two of the temperature sensors are configured to measure temperatures of respective portions of the heated fluid flow having different temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: THE SURGICAL COMPANY INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Peter Tijssen, Robertus Gerardus Van Oudenallen, Jasper Keuning, Bert Van Den Berg
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Publication number: 20180363071Abstract: The present invention provides methods for detecting viral infectivity and content in an enzyme preparation. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to methods for producing a pharmaceutical pancreatic enzyme composition. In additional embodiments, the invention relates to detecting infectious porcine parvovirus (PPV) and determining PPV content in pancreatic enzyme preparations (PEPs), including pancrelipase preparations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Peter Tijssen, Jozsef Szelei, Zoltan Zadori
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Patent number: 10087493Abstract: The present invention provides methods for detecting viral infectivity and content in an enzyme preparation. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to methods for producing a pharmaceutical pancreatic enzyme composition. In additional embodiments, the invention relates to detecting infectious porcine parvovirus (PPV) and determining PPV content in pancreatic enzyme preparations (PEPs), including pancrelipase preparations.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: APTALIS PHARMA CANADA ULCInventors: Peter Tijssen, Jozsef Szelei, Zoltan Zadori
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Publication number: 20180028353Abstract: The invention provides forced air warming apparatus for providing air to a patient temperature regulation tool for regulating the temperature of a patient, the forced air warming apparatus comprising: a housing; an air pressurising device provided within the housing, the air pressurising device being configured to receive an air intake and to pressurise air from the air intake; and a suspension configured to restrict transfer to the housing of vibrations caused by the air pressurising device pressurising the said air from the air intake.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Jeroen WIJLENS, Wouter NIJLAND, Joris BRONCKHORST, Gerrit OVERWEG, Peter TIJSSEN, Ron VAN OUDENALLEN
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Publication number: 20180008456Abstract: The invention provides fluid warming apparatus comprising: a fan; a heater, the fan and the heater being configured to generate a heated fluid flow having a principle flow direction and an inhomogeneous temperature distribution in a distribution direction perpendicular to the said principle flow direction; and a plurality of temperature sensors offset from each other in the said distribution direction, wherein at least two of the temperature sensors are configured to measure temperatures of respective portions of the heated fluid flow having different temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Peter TIJSSEN, Ron VAN OUDENALLEN, Jasper KEUNING, Bert VAN DEN BERG
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Patent number: 9748136Abstract: A method for forming an electrically conductive via in a substrate that includes the steps of: forming a through hole in a first substrate; bringing a first surface of a second substrate into contact with the first surface of the first substrate, such that the through hole in the first substrate is covered by the first surface of the second substrate; filling the through hole in the first substrate with an electrically conductive material by electroplating to form the electrically conductive via, and removing the second substrate, wherein the first surface of the first and the second substrate each have a surface roughness Ra of less than 2 nm, preferably less than 1 nm, more preferably less than 0.5 nm, and the first surface of the first and the second substrate are brought in direct contact with each other, such that a direct bond is formed there between.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Micronit Microfluidics B.V.Inventors: Ronny Van 'T Oever, Marko Theodoor Blom, Jeroen Haneveld, Johannes Oonk, Peter Tijssen
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Publication number: 20170183223Abstract: The invention relates to method for bonding at least two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, by using an intermediate thin film metal layer for providing the bonding, said method comprising the following steps of: a) providing said two substrates; b) depositing said thin film metal layer on at least a part of a surface of a first substrate of the two substrates; c) bringing a surface of the second substrate into contact with said thin film metal layer on said surface of the first substrate such that a bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate is provided; and d) at least locally strengthening the bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate. The invention also relates to a device comprising two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, and an intermediate thin film metal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Ronny VAN 'T OEVER, Marko Theodoor BLOM, Jeroen HANEVELD, Johannes OONK, Marinus Bernardus OLDE RIEKERINK, Peter TIJSSEN, Hendrik Jan Hildebrand TIGELAAR, Jean-Noël FEHR, Jean-Christophe ROULET, Amitava GUPTA
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Patent number: 9573804Abstract: The invention relates to method for bonding at least two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, by using an intermediate thin film metal layer for providing the bonding, said method comprising the following steps of: a) providing said two substrates; b) depositing said thin film metal layer on at least a part of a surface of a first substrate of the two substrates; c) bringing a surface of the second substrate into contact with said thin film metal layer on said surface of the first substrate such that a bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate is provided; and d) at least locally strengthening the bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate. The invention also relates to a device comprising two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, and an intermediate thin film metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Micronit Microfluidics B.V.Inventors: Ronny Van 'T Oever, Marko Theodoor Blom, Jeroen Haneveld, Johannes Oonk, Marinus Bernardus Olde Riekerink, Peter Tijssen, Hendrik Jan Hildebrand Tigelaar, Jean-Noël Fehr, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Amitava Gupta
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Publication number: 20150262874Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming an electrically conductive via in a substrate and such a substrate comprising an electrically conductive, said method comprising the steps, to be performed in suitable sequence, of: a) providing a first substrate as said substrate; b) forming a through hole in said first substrate; c) providing a second substrate; d) bringing a first surface of said second substrate into contact with said first surface of said first substrate, such that said through hole in said first substrate is covered by said first surface of said second substrate; e) filling said through hole in said first substrate with an electrically conductive material by means of electroplating for forming said electrically conductive via, and f) removing said second substrate, wherein said first surface of said first substrate and said first surface of said second substrate each have a surface roughness R a of less than 2 nm, preferably less than 1 nm, more preferably less than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Ronny Van'T Oever, Marko Theodoor Blom, Jeroen Haneveld, Johannes Oonk, Peter Tijssen
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Publication number: 20140335301Abstract: The invention relates to method for bonding at least two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, by using an intermediate thin film metal layer for providing the bonding, said method comprising the following steps of: a) providing said two substrates; b) depositing said thin film metal layer on at least a part of a surface of a first substrate of the two substrates; c) bringing a surface of the second substrate into contact with said thin film metal layer on said surface of the first substrate such that a bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate is provided; and d) at least locally strengthening the bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate. The invention also relates to a device comprising two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, and an intermediate thin film metal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Ronny Van 'T Oever, Marko Theodoor Blom, Jeroen Haneveld, Johannes Oonk, Marinus Bernardus Olde Riekerink, Peter Tijssen, Hendrik Jan Hildebrand Tigelaar, Jean-Noël Fehr, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Amitava Gupta
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Patent number: 8603784Abstract: The invention relates to infectious clones of parvovirus B19, methods of cloning infectious B19 clones, and methods of cloning viral genomes that have secondary DNA structures that are unstable in bacterial cells. A B19 infectious clone and methods of producing B19 infectious clones are useful for producing infectious virus. Infectious virus is useful for identifying and developing therapeutically effective compositions for treatment and/or prevention of human parvovirus B19 infections.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Institut National de Rechesche ScientifiqueInventors: Kevin Edward Brown, Ning Zhi, Peter Tijssen, Zoltan Zadori
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Publication number: 20130050639Abstract: An ophthalmic lens including an electro-active optical element including a substrate; a liquid crystalline material; and at least one first layer. The at least one first layer can include a layer of silicon oxide (SiOx) disposed between the liquid crystalline material and the substrate, and deposited onto a surface of the substrate at an oblique angle in reference to a plane normal to the mean surface of the substrate facing the liquid crystalline material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: PixelOptics, Inc.Inventors: Anita Trajkovska, Joshua N. Haddock, Ronald Blum, Amitava Gupta, Marko Theodoor Blom, Peter Tijssen
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Publication number: 20100136514Abstract: The invention relates to infectious clones of parvovirus B19, methods of cloning infectious B19 clones, and methods of cloning viral genomes that have secondary DNA structures that are unstable in bacterial cells. A B19 infectious clone and methods of producing B19 infectious clones are useful for producing infectious virus. Infectious virus is useful for identifying and developing therapeutically effective compositions for treatment and/or prevention of human parvovirus B19 infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicants: Government of the US, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Kevin Edward Brown, Ning Zhi, Peter Tijssen, Zoltan Zadori
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Patent number: 7598071Abstract: The invention relates to infectious clones of parvovirus B19, methods of cloning infectious B19 clones, and methods of cloning viral genomes that have secondary DNA structures that are unstable in bacterial cells. A B19 infectious clone and methods of producing B19 infectious clones are useful for producing infectious virus. Infectious virus is useful for identifying and developing therapeutically effective compositions for treatment and/or prevention of human parvovirus B19 infections.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Institut National de Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Kevin Brown, Ning Zhi, Peter Tijssen, Zoltan Zadori
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Publication number: 20090226414Abstract: The present invention provides methods for detecting viral infectivity and content in an enzyme preparation. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to methods for producing a pharmaceutical pancreatic enzyme composition. In additional embodiments, the invention relates to detecting infectious porcine parvovirus (PPV) and determining PPV content in pancreatic enzyme preparations (PEPs), including pancrelipase preparations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: Axcan Pharma Inc.Inventors: Peter Tijssen, Jozsef Szelei, Zoltan Zadori
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Publication number: 20060008469Abstract: The invention relates to infectious clones of parvovirus B19, methods of cloning infectious B19 clones, and methods of cloning viral genomes that have secondary DNA structures that are unstable in bacterial cells. A B19 infectious clone and methods of producing B19 infectious clones are useful for producing infectious virus. Infectious virus is useful for identifying and developing therapeutically effective compositions for treatment and/or prevention of human parvovirus B19 infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Kevin Brown, Ning Zhi, Peter Tijssen, Zoltan Zadori
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Patent number: 6015795Abstract: This invention relates to the identification of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus group II (BVDV-II) nucleic acid sequences (e.g., gp53 sequences), to methods of using the nucleic acid sequences for detecting BVD-II virus in animal sera, to polypeptide viral antigens derived from the sequences and immunoreactive with sera from animals infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhea group II (BVD-II) virus, to polynucleotide sequences which encode these polypeptide antigens, to an expression system capable of producing the polypeptide antigens, to vaccines containing the polypeptide antigens, to methods of using the polypeptide antigens for detecting BVD-II virus antibodies in animal sera, and to antibodies directed against these polypeptide antigens.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1998Date of Patent: January 18, 2000Assignee: Biostar, Inc.Inventors: Jan van den Hurk, Peter Tijssen
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Patent number: 5709865Abstract: This invention relates to the identification of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus group II (BVDV-II) nucleic acid sequences (e.g., gp53 sequences), to methods of using the nucleic acid sequences for detecting BVD-II virus in animal sera, to polypeptide vital antigens derived from the sequences and immunoreactive with sera from animals infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhea group II (BVD-II) virus, to polynucleotide sequences which encode these polypeptide antigens, to an expression system capable of producing the polypeptide antigens, to vaccines containing the polypeptide antigens, to methods of using the polypeptide antigens for detecting BVD-II virus antibodies in animal sera, and to antibodies directed against these polypeptide antigens.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1995Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Biostar Inc.Inventors: Jan van den Hurk, Peter Tijssen