Patents by Inventor Robert Maurer
Robert 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).
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Patent number: 11936038Abstract: An anode active material for lithium ion batteries includes one or more unaggregated silicon particles having a mass-based chlorine content of from 5 to 200 ppm and a volume-weighted particle size distribution having diameter percentiles d50 of from 0.5 ?m to 10.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Jürgen Pfeiffer, Eckhard Hanelt, Harald Hertlein, Karl Hesse, Robert Maurer
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Patent number: 11717284Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Patent number: 11578212Abstract: Silicon particles with a reduced and/or delayed propensity to generate hydrogen gas by reaction with water in aqueous inks for preparing lithium ion battery anodes are prepared by milling silicon, preferably in an oxidative atmosphere, followed by heat treating at an elevated temperature in vacuum or an inert atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Dominik Jantke, Robert Maurer
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Publication number: 20220093227Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing diabetes patient treatment guidance for a patient in which a biochemical data set is obtained. The biochemical data set comprises test results from a single blood draw of the patient including at least three measurements selected from the set: a high-sensitivity c-reactive protein test, an adiponectin level test, an intact proinsulin level test, an insulin level test, a C-peptide test, a HbA1c test, and an eGFR level test. A demographic data set for the patient is also obtained that comprises the patient's gender and diabetes stage. The biochemical data set and demographic data set is run against one or more rules to determine a first patient therapy pattern. Then, a report is prepared based on an identity of the first therapy patient pattern. The report sets priorities among intervention classes for the patient based on the identity of the first patient pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Robert MAURER, Barry GINSBERG
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Publication number: 20210371665Abstract: Silicon particles with a reduced and/or delayed propensity to generate hydrogen gas by reaction with water in aqueous inks for preparing lithium ion battery anodes are prepared by milling silicon, preferably in an oxidative atmosphere, followed by heat treating at an elevated temperature in vacuum or an inert atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AGInventors: Dominik JANTKE, Robert MAURER
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Publication number: 20210376315Abstract: An anode active material for lithium ion batteries includes one or more unaggregated silicon particles having a mass-based chlorine content of from 5 to 200 ppm and a volume-weighted particle size distribution having diameter percentiles d50 of from 0.5 ?m to 10.0 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Jürgen Pfeiffer, Eckhard Hanelt, Harald Hertlein, Karl Hesse, Robert Maurer
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Patent number: 11107565Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing diabetes patient treatment guidance for a patient in which a biochemical data set is obtained. The biochemical data set comprises test results from a single blood draw of the patient including at least three measurements selected from the set: a high-sensitivity c-reactive protein test, an adiponectin level test, an intact proinsulin level test, an insulin level test, a C-peptide test, a HbA1c test, and an eGFR level test. A demographic data set for the patient is also obtained that comprises the patient's gender and diabetes stage. The biochemical data set and demographic data set is run against one or more rules to determine a first patient therapy pattern. Then, a report is prepared based on an identity of the first therapy patient pattern. The report sets priorities among intervention classes for the patient based on the identity of the first patient pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: TIGAR HEALTH, INC.Inventors: Robert Maurer, Barry Ginsberg
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Patent number: 10939907Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Publication number: 20210007735Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Publication number: 20200006759Abstract: The invention relates to core-shell composite particles, wherein the shell is based on carbon and is nonporous and the core is a porous aggregate containing a plurality of silicon particles, carbon and optionally further components, where the silicon particles have average particle sizes (d50) of from 0.5 to 5 ?m and are present in the core in a proportion of ?80% by weight, based on the total weight of the core-shell composite particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Sefer Ay, Robert Maurer, Jürgen Stohrer, Jennifer Wegener
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Publication number: 20190131007Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing diabetes patient treatment guidance for a patient in which a biochemical data set is obtained. The biochemical data set comprises test results from a single blood draw of the patient including at least three measurements selected from the set: a high-sensitivity c-reactive protein test, an adiponectin level test, an intact proinsulin level test, an insulin level test, a C-peptide test, a HbA1c test, and an eGFR level test. A demographic data set for the patient is also obtained that comprises the patient's gender and diabetes stage. The biochemical data set and demographic data set is run against one or more rules to determine a first patient therapy pattern. Then, a report is prepared based on an identity of the first therapy patient pattern. The report sets priorities among intervention classes for the patient based on the identity of the first patient pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Robert MAURER, Barry GINSBERG
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Publication number: 20190088933Abstract: The invention relates to methods for processing electrode materials for batteries, characterized in that a) mixtures containing active material particles, one or more binders and one or more dispersion liquids are dried, whereby active material particles in the form of dispersible granulates (active material granulates) are obtained, and b) the active material particles obtained in step a) in the form of dispersible granulates are mixed with one or more solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Robert MAURER, Rebecca Bernhard, Daniel Braunling, Eckhard Hanelt
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Publication number: 20180235606Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Patent number: 10004494Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Ethicon, LLCInventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Publication number: 20160157859Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Patent number: 9332982Abstract: The present invention provides improved medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing improved medical devices. In some embodiments, the improved medical devices can include improved surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the improved surgical needles can be manufactured with two or more different coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Improved methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Ethicon, LLCInventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Patent number: 9266145Abstract: The present invention provides improved medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing improved medical devices. In some embodiments, the improved medical devices can include improved surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the improved surgical needles can be manufactured with two or more different coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Improved methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Ethicon, LLCInventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Patent number: 9259219Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Ethicon, LLCInventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Patent number: 9221075Abstract: The present invention provides improved medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing improved medical devices. In some embodiments, the improved medical devices can include improved surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the improved surgical needles can be manufactured with two or more different coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Improved methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes
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Patent number: 9034415Abstract: The present invention provides improved medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing improved medical devices. In some embodiments, the improved medical devices can include improved surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the improved surgical needles can be manufactured with two or more different coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Improved methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Robert Maurer, S. Neil Bar, Eric Hinrichs, Michael Hamilton, Thomas Wilkes