Patents by Inventor Ras Kaas Vestergaard

Ras Kaas Vestergaard 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).

  • Substrate and method for measuring the electro-physiological properties of cell membranes
    Patent number: 7288785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially planar substrate for use in patch clamp analysis of the electrophysiological properties of a cell membrane comprising a glycocalyx, wherein the substrate comprises an aperture having a rim, the rim being adapted to form a gigaseal upon contact with the cell membrane, The invention further provides a method of making such a substrate and method for analysing the electrophysiological properties of a cell membrane comprising a glycocalyx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Sophion Bioscience A/S
    Inventors: Ras Kaas Vestergaard, Niels Willumsen, Nicholas Oswald, Jonatan Kutchinsky, Dirk Reuter, Rafael Taboryski
  • Substrate and method for measuring the electro-physiological properties of cell membranes
    Publication number: 20040005696
    Abstract: The present invention retates to a substantially planar substrate for use in patch clamp analysis of the electrophysiological properties of a cell membrane comprising a glycocalyx, wherein the substrate comprises an aperture having a rim, the rim being adapted to form a gigaseal upon contact with the cell membrane, The invention further provides a method of making such a substrate and method for analysing the electrophysiological properties of a cell membrane comprising a glycocalyx.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Ras Kaas Vestergaard, Niels Willumsen, Nicholas Oswald, Jonatan Kutchinsky, Dirk Reuter, Rafael Taboryski