Patents by Inventor René Rossi

René Rossi 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: 20230114145
    Abstract: A composite multi-layer textile, comprising at least one nanofibre layer with nanofibres with diameters below 100 nm and one support layer with microfibres with diameters below three microns, wherein the layers were produced by electrospinning. The multi-layer textile shows a general transmittance at #=550 nm greater than 60%, which shows improved properties concerning transparency, breathability and robustness. This is achieved in that the at least one nanofibre layer and the support layer are fused, forming solid domains in the multi-layer textile, at closed areas of a pattern used in the production process, wherein the solid domains are separated from each other or connected, showing defined shapes, with regular or irregular spatial distribution, while the fibre morphology of nanofibres of the nanofibre layer and microfibres of support layer is preserved on top of the open areas beside the solid domains, attaining a general transmittance greater than that given by the sum of the individual layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: EMPA EIDGENÖSSISCHE MATERIALPRÜFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Davide Barana, Giuseppino Fortunato, Anne Géraldine Guex, René Rossi, Thierry Pelet, Klaus Schönenberger, Sacha Sidjanski, Diane Baatard
  • Patent number: 11006866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in the blood or tissue of a an animal or a human, particularly a premature infant, wherein for measuring said concentration the device comprises a means (30) comprising at least a first and a second permeability with respect to said analyte, wherein the first permeability for said analyte differs from the second permeability for the analyte. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH, EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS—UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
    Inventors: Lukas Baumann, Katrin Scholler, Markus Rothmaier, Lukas Scherer, Rene Rossi, Damien Paul Joseph Henri De Courten, Martin Wolf
  • Publication number: 20170202492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in the blood or tissue of a an animal or a human, particularly a premature infant, wherein for measuring said concentration the device comprises a means (30) comprising at least a first and a second permeability with respect to said analyte, wherein the first permeability for said analyte differs from the second permeability for the analyte. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH, EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANS TALT
    Inventors: Lukas BAUMANN, Katrin SCHOLLER, Markus ROTHMAIER, Lukas SCHERER, Rene ROSSI, Damien Paul Joseph Henri DE COURTEN, Martin WOLF
  • Publication number: 20170065107
    Abstract: A thermally insulating single or multipart multilayer covering jacket for covering a person, includes a body side and an outer side. The covering jacket contains a transfer layer, a blocking layer, and a storage layer arranged between the transfer layer and the blocking layer. The transfer layer is arranged so as to face the body side and is water-permeable in the direction of the storage layer and water-impermeable in the direction away from the storage layer. The blocking layer is arranged so as to face the outer side and is water-impermeable in the direction away from the storage layer, and the blocking layer forms an intermediate space for storing condensed water which is formed from the steam transferred into the storage layer through the transfer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Marcel Schubiger, Walter Krummenacher, Martin Camenzind, Matthew Morrissey, Markus Weder, René Rossi