Patents by Inventor Ralph Muller

Ralph Muller 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: 20170236970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing doping regions in a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor component, wherein the method includes the following steps: A) implanting a first dopant of a first doping type into at least one implantation region in the semiconductor layer, which implantation region adjoins a first side of the semiconductor layer; B) applying a doping layer, which contains a second dopant of a second doping type, indirectly or directly at least to the first side of the semiconductor layer, wherein the first and the second doping type are opposite; C) by the effect of heat, simultaneously driving the second dopant from the doping layer into the semiconductor layer and performing one or more of the processes of at least partially activating the implanted dopant in the implantation region and/or performing at least partial recovery of crystal damage in the semiconductor layer, which crystal damage was produced by the implantation, and/or driving in the first dopant from the implantatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Martin Hermle, Christian Reichel, Jan Benick, Ralph Muller, Julian Schrof
  • Patent number: 8082924
    Abstract: An immobilizing device for immobilizing a body part includes a bag which is filled with a granular material and is placed over the body part, an outer shell in which the bag is mounted and a hollow space formed between the outer shell and the bag for receiving pressured air in order to produce a force on the bag for immobilizing the body part. The device provides combined advantages over conventional devices, such as almost no absorption of x-rays, a perfect fit for every kind of body part, comfort for a patient, reusability, low cost, neutral smell, very light weight and easy application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ETH Zuerich
    Inventors: Patrizia Fischer, Thomas Müller, Ralph Müller
  • Publication number: 20100078034
    Abstract: An immobilizing device for immobilizing a body part includes a bag which is filled with a granular material and is placed over the body part, an outer shell in which the bag is mounted and a hollow space formed between the outer shell and the bag for receiving pressured air in order to produce a force on the bag for immobilizing the body part. The device provides combined advantages over conventional devices, such as almost no absorption of x-rays, a perfect fit for every kind of body part, comfort for a patient, reusability, low cost, neutral smell, very light weight and easy application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Eth Zurich
    Inventors: Patrizia Fischer, Thomas Müller, Ralph Müller
  • Patent number: 7455967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, and to a corresponding device, for analyzing chemical or biological samples in which chemical or biological samples and/or targets (probes) are applied in the form of individual defined spots to an outer cylindrical jacket surface of a support, or are aliquoted in the form of fluid droplet into drill holeswhick are chased in the jacket surface of the support. The support is inserted into a recess in a retainer, which recess is essentially complementary to the cylindrical jacket surface, the samples and/or targets are acted upon by way of physical and/or chemical interactions, and the correspondingly modified spots are then analyzed. The present invention provides an analytical system which provides unambiguously defined reaction volumes, which is easy to standardize and which can be automated to a high degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Axaron Bioscience AG
    Inventor: Ralph Müller
  • Publication number: 20040053327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, and to a corresponding device, for analyzing chemical or biological samples in which chemical or biological samples and/or targets (probes) are applied in the form of individual defined spots to an outer cylindrical jacket surface of a support, or are aliquoted in the form of fluid droplets into drill holes which are chased in the jacket surface of the support. The support is inserted into a recess in a retainer, which recess is essentially complementary to the cylindrical jacket surface, the samples and/or targets are acted upon by way of physical and/or chemical interactions, and the correspondingly modified spots are then analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Ralph Muller
  • Patent number: 6140048
    Abstract: System and method for distinguishing at least two types of molecule groups that are bound to analyte molecules and which have different fluorescent characteristics. The system performs differentiation using time-resolved fluorescence measurement and includes a light source that exposes a first sample volume to light that is suitable for exciting the at least two types of molecule groups to fluorescence. The system also includes a detector for detecting fluorescence radiation emitted from a second sample volume that at least partially overlaps the first sample volume, and a control unit that is designed to activate the light source for a time interval T.sub.1 and, after time interval T.sub.2 has passed, to activate the detector for a time interval T.sub.3. According to this system, the illumination and detection of emitted fluorescence radiation is performed at least 1,000 times per millisecond, the detector signals recorded with a recording unit during time interval T.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Muller, Markus Sauer, Christoph Zander