Patents by Inventor Steen Hansen
Steen Hansen 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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Publication number: 20240037967Abstract: A blood analyser and related methods, in particular a method of analysing a blood sample is disclosed. The blood analyser comprises a memory, an interface, and one or more processors. The blood analyser is configured to obtain image data of a prepared blood sample; select a first image associated with a first image plane of the prepared blood sample from the image data; characterize the first image, wherein the characterization of the first image comprises to determine a first set of cell regions belonging to the first image plane; select a first distal image associated with a first distal image plane on a distal side of the first image plane, and determine a first distal set of distal cell regions associated with the first set of cell regions; and determine a first cell parameter for each cell region of the first set of cell regions based on the first distal set of distal cell regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Thomas Steen HANSEN, Ida HOLLESEN, Heine HANSEN, Peter Emil LARSEN, Thomas Jonasson BJÄRÄNG
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Publication number: 20240032530Abstract: A blood sampler is disclosed. The blood sampler contains a solid mixture comprising a compound selected from iloprost, beraprost, treprostinil, cicaprost, carbacyclin, EP 157 ((Z)-7-[(1R,2R,3R,4S)-3-[(Z)-benzhydryloxyiminomethyl]-2-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-enyl]hept-5-enoic acid), FK-788 (2-[[(6R)-6-(diphenylcarbamoyloxymethyl)-6-hydroxy-7,8-dihydro-5H-naphthalen-1-yl]oxy]acetic acid), and taprostene, as well as any stereoisomers and salts thereof, wherein said compound is dispersed in a matrix of a water-soluble polymer material and/or a sugar.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Kristian Mdeom HANSEN, Thomas Steen HANSEN, Melanie Andrea BURKHARDT
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Publication number: 20240036066Abstract: A method of preparation of a blood sample with a reagent for hematology is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Thomas Steen HANSEN, Heine HANSEN, Melania Andrea BURKHARDT, Willy Lindegaard ANDERSEN
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Publication number: 20230371378Abstract: A method (100) for producing a temperature sensor (200), the method (100) comprising: providing (101) a cable (103), wherein electrical conductor portions (105) are protruding from an end of the cable (103); connecting (107) at least one temperature sensor element (109) to the electrical conductor portions (105) protruding from the cable (103); providing (111) a sensor capsule (113); connecting (115) a proximal end surface of the sensor capsule (113) to the end of the cable (103), so that the sensor capsule (113) surrounds the at least one temperature sensor element (109); providing (117) at least one drain opening (119) in the sensor capsule (113) near a connection area (121) of the cable (103) and the sensor capsule (113); filling (123) up a volume (125) of the sensor capsule (113) with a thermally conducting ceramic filler (127); connecting (129) an end cap (131) to a distal end surface (133) of the sensor capsule (113); sealing (135) the drain opening (119).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Michael Taszarek, Christian Eggert Mortensen, Sten Davidsen, Mogens Steen Hansen
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Patent number: 11629368Abstract: The present application discloses a planar enzyme sensor for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a solution comprising a substrate of an electrically insulating material supporting an electrode layer of an electrically conductive material. The substrate and electrode layer have a plurality of layers disposed thereon which include an enzyme layer and a microporous outer layer covering the enzyme layer, wherein the outer layer comprises a continuous phase of a water-resistant polymer (e.g. a polyvinylacetate or an acrylate copolymer), a protein (e.g. an enzyme) embedded in the continuous phase, and possibly polytetrafluoroethylene particles. The enzyme and the polytetrafluoroethylene particles provide a controlled porosity to the outer membrane.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: RADIOMETER MEDICAL APSInventors: Thomas Kjaer, Thomas Steen Hansen, Lydia Dahl Clausen
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Publication number: 20220205975Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining a blood gas parameter and/or a basic metabolic panel parameter in a blood sample comprising combining the blood sample with an anti-coagulant and an anti-platelet agent, and determining said blood gas parameter and/or parameter in the sample. In some aspects, the invention relates to determining said parameters in samples that have been subjected to pre-analytical stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Thomas Steen HANSEN, Ida HOLLESEN, Melanie Andrea BURKHARDT
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Patent number: 11209382Abstract: A method of calibrating a device for measuring the concentration of creatinine in a sample including one or more enzyme modulators, the method comprising: determining sensitivities of the device for each of two or more calibration solutions, wherein each calibration solution has a different amount of enzyme modulator; determining a degree of modulation for each of the two or more calibration solutions; determining a degree of modulation for a sample to be measured; and calculating the sensitivity of the device for the sample, wherein said calculating comprises modifying the sensitivity of one of the two or more calibration solutions by a function comprising the determined degrees of modulation.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Radiometer Medical APSInventors: Thomas Steen Hansen, Thomas Kjaer, Thomas Pedersen Nygaard
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Publication number: 20210262971Abstract: Processes for preparing ion selective membranes are presented which have selectivity for a primary analyte (in particular magnesium) as well as another ion (in particular calcium), wherein said process comprises addition of a) an ionophore (in particular 1,10-phenanthroline), b) a lipophilic salt containing said primary analyte (in particular hemi-magnesium bis[4-octylphenyl]phosphate) and c) a lipophilic salt containing said other ion (in particular hemi-calcium bis[4-octylphenyl]phosphate). Also, ion selective membranes are presented which are prepared using said processes, in particular to membranes selective for magnesium ions. In further aspects, electrodes and potentiometric sensors are presented comprising such membranes and the use thereof for determining ion concentrations in samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Thomas Steen HANSEN, Thomas Pedersen NYGAARD, Peter Jakobsen NEILSON, Kristian Medom HANSEN, Palle SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20210231601Abstract: Magnesium ion selective electrode membranes and the preparation thereof. The membranes are rendered highly selective for magnesium ions by the addition of acidic groups to the preferably PVC membrane, either by introducing a lipophilic compound comprising an acidic group covalently linked to a C4-C18 alkyl-substituted phenyl group (e.g. bis-4-octylphenyl phosphoric acid) into the membrane comprising the magnesium selective ionophore (e.g. a neutral ionophore 1,10-phenanthroline derivative) or by covalently linking an acidic (e.g. a carboxylic) group to the ionophore (e.g. a 1,10- phenanthroline derivative).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Thomas Pedersen NYGAARD, Palle SCHNEIDER, Peter Jakobsen NEILSON, Thomas Steen HANSEN, Thomas LAURSEN
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Patent number: 10969358Abstract: A method of calibrating a device for measuring the concentration of creatinine in a sample including one or more enzyme modulators, the device comprising an enzyme layer, the method comprising: determining sensitivities of the device for each of one or more calibration solutions; determining a degree of modulation for the sample to be measured, determining a degree of modulation for each calibration solution; wherein said determining of each of the degrees of modulation comprises estimating the concentration of an enzyme modulator in the enzyme layer of the device; and calculating the sensitivity of the device for the sample, wherein the said calculating comprises adjusting the sensitivity of the device for each calibration solution by a factor comprising the determined degrees of modulation of the sample and the calibration solution.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: RADIOMETER MEDICAL APSInventors: Thomas Steen Hansen, Thomas Pedersen Nygaard
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Publication number: 20200248224Abstract: The present application discloses a planar enzyme sensor for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a solution comprising a substrate of an electrically insulating material supporting an electrode layer of an electrically conductive material. The substrate and electrode layer have a plurality of layers disposed thereon which include an enzyme layer and a microporous outer layer covering the enzyme layer, wherein the outer layer comprises a continuous phase of a water-resistant polymer (e.g. a polyvinylacetate or an acrylate copolymer), a protein (e.g. an enzyme) embedded in the continuous phase, and possibly polytetrafluoroethylene particles. The enzyme and the polytetrafluoroethylene particles provide a controlled porosity to the outer membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Thomas KJAER, Thomas Steen HANSEN, Lydia Dahl Clausen
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Patent number: 10597695Abstract: The invention relates to a mutant polypeptide having creatine amidinohydrolase activity, where the polypeptide both retains thermostable activity in the presence of reagents that modify thiol groups. The invention further relates to methods for producing the mutant polypeptide; and to a sensor comprising the mutant polypeptide for use in the measurement of creatinine in samples of physiological fluids. Additionally, the invention teaches how to use the mutant polypeptide to enhance the life-time of a creatinine sensor, and a method for producing the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: RADIOMETER MEDICAL APSInventors: Palle Schneider, Jens Østergaard, Thomas Steen Hansen
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Publication number: 20180340207Abstract: The invention relates to a mutant polypeptide having creatine amidinohydrolase activity, where the polypeptide both retains thermostable activity in the presence of reagents that modify thiol groups. The invention further relates to methods for producing the mutant polypeptide; and to a sensor comprising the mutant polypeptide for use in the measurement of creatinine in samples of physiological fluids. Additionally, the invention teaches how to use the mutant polypeptide to enhance the life-time of a creatinine sensor, and a method for producing the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Palle SCHNEIDER, Jens ØSTERGAARD, Thomas Steen HANSEN
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Patent number: 10078501Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, a user interface component and a domain specific language (DSL) type generation system configured to control the user interface component to display type generation user input mechanisms, detect user actuation of the type generation user input mechanisms, and, in response to the detected user actuation, generate a set of DSL types and relations between types in the set, and wherein the domain specific language type generation system is configured to output the set of DSL types and relations for use in a use environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Suriya Narayanan, Nitinkumar Shah, Liang Yu, Jakob Steen Hansen, Ian Beck, Tomasz Kaminski
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Patent number: 10067755Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, an upgrade system configured to detect a user upgrade input indicating that a base version of a computing system is to be upgraded, by applying a set of upgrade changes to the base version, to obtain an upgraded version of the computing system, a difference generation system configured to retrieve a customized version of the base version of the computing system and identify that the customized version corresponds to the base version with customizations applied, a combining engine configured to obtain the customizations applied to the base version and the upgrade changes, and combine the customizations with the upgrade changes to obtain a full set of changes, and a difference application engine configured to apply the full set of changes to the base version of the computing system to obtain a customized, upgraded version of the computing system.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tomasz Kaminski, Suriya Narayanan, Jakob Steen Hansen, Robert Badawy, Andrew William Jewsbury, Nitinkumar Shah, Ian Beck, Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20180202963Abstract: A method of calibrating a device for measuring the concentration of creatinine in a sample including one or more enzyme modulators, the device comprising an enzyme layer, the method comprising: determining sensitivities of the device for each of one or more calibration solutions; determining a degree of modulation for the sample to be measured, determining a degree of modulation for each calibration solution; wherein said determining of each of the degrees of modulation comprises estimating the concentration of an enzyme modulator in the enzyme layer of the device; and calculating the sensitivity of the device for the sample, wherein the said calculating comprises adjusting the sensitivity of the device for each calibration solution by a factor comprising the determined degrees of modulation of the sample and the calibration solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Radiometer Medical ApSInventors: Thomas Steen HANSEN, Thomas Pedersen NYGAARD
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Publication number: 20170363568Abstract: A method of calibrating a device for measuring the concentration of creatinine in a sample including one or more enzyme modulators, the method comprising: determining sensitivities of the device for each of two or more calibration solutions, wherein each calibration solution has a different amount of enzyme modulator; determining a degree of modulation for each of the two or more calibration solutions; determining a degree of modulation for a sample to be measured; and calculating the sensitivity of the device for the sample, wherein said calculating comprises modifying the sensitivity of one of the two or more calibration solutions by a function comprising the determined degrees of modulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Thomas Steen HANSEN, Thomas KJAER, Thomas Pedersen NYGAARD
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Publication number: 20160274889Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, an upgrade system configured to detect a user upgrade input indicating that a base version of a computing system is to be upgraded, by applying a set of upgrade changes to the base version, to obtain an upgraded version of the computing system, a difference generation system configured to retrieve a customized version of the base version of the computing system and identify that the customized version corresponds to the base version with customizations applied, a combining engine configured to obtain the customizations applied to the base version and the upgrade changes, and combine the customizations with the upgrade changes to obtain a full set of changes, and a difference application engine configured to apply the full set of changes to the base version of the computing system to obtain a customized, upgraded version of the computing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Tomasz Kaminski, Suriya Narayanan, Jakob Steen Hansen, Robert Badawy, Andrew William Jewsbury, Nitinkumar Shah, Ian Beck, Liang Yu
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Publication number: 20160274872Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, a user interface component and a domain specific language (DSL) type generation system configured to control the user interface component to display type generation user input mechanisms, detect user actuation of the type generation user input mechanisms, and, in response to the detected user actuation, generate a set of DSL types and relations between types in the set, and wherein the domain specific language type generation system is configured to output the set of DSL types and relations for use in a use environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Suriya Narayanan, Nitinkumar Shah, Liang Yu, Jakob Steen Hansen, Ian Beck, Tomasz Kaminski
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Patent number: 9184474Abstract: There is provided an accumulator unit for insertion into a portable electronic device. The accumulator unit has an integrated charging unit and a charging port. The charging port is freely accessible in the inserted and non-inserted condition of the accumulator unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Dirk Reymann, Elmar Schulze, Niels Christian Steen Hansen, Dirk Krätzer