Patents by Inventor Stefan Zimmermann

Stefan Zimmermann 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: 20240119870
    Abstract: A system includes a container and a security label. The container is divisible into a plurality of parts and has a container body and a removable container closure. The security label has a first label section and a second label section forming respective parts of a common material web and a severing element which is arranged between the first and second label section with respect to a longitudinal axis of the security label. The security label is applied to the container such that the first label section is attached to the container body and the second label section surrounds the container closure. The second label section is formed such that the security label is closed along an edge line above the container closure by gluing and/or welding such that the second label section encloses the removable container closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas HOFENAUER, Nadine LAMPKA, Stefan KRAUSS, Ursula SCHROEPF, Peter ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11912692
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted S-alaninate derivatives and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular vascular disorders, preferably thrombotic or thromboembolic disorders and/or thrombotic or thromboembolic complications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Beck, Stefanie Mesch, Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Nils Pfaff, Stefanie Zimmermann, Markus Follmann, Elisabeth Kersten, Guillaume Levilain, Kartrin Partikel, Andreas Peter Broehl, Stefan Heitmeier, Julia Dietze-Torres, Lutz Lehmann, Kersten Matthias Gericke, Frank Süßmeier, Lars Bärfacker, Alexander Hillisch, Adrian Tersteegen, Anja Buchmüller, Christoph Gerdes
  • Patent number: 11845044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a liquid sample situated in a receptacle, wherein an attachment device is attached to the receptacle such that at least one fluid line protrudes into the liquid sample and a fluid is directly dispensed into the liquid sample through the fluid line and/or a portion of the liquid sample is aspirated into the fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CYTENA BIOPROCESS SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonas Schöndube, Cheng-Han Tsai, Andre Gross, Stefan Zimmermann, Peter Koltay
  • Publication number: 20230369001
    Abstract: In an embodiment an ionization detector includes a gate-insulator-substrate electron-emission structure (GIS-EE) configured to emit low-energy electrons, a sample chamber configured for at least one gas to be detected, the sample chamber being adjacent to the GIS-EE and a measuring unit configured to detect and/or select charged particles, wherein the charged particles are due to the emitted electrons and/or comprise the emitted electrons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Bachmann, Andreas Schels, Florian Herdl, Stefan Zimmermann, Simon Edler, Erik Bunert
  • Publication number: 20220390414
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ion mobility spectrometer (1) having an ionization chamber (13), with at least one ionization source (3) and at least one drift chamber (14) arranged downstream of the ionization chamber (13) in a desired drift direction (D) of the ions, wherein the ionization chamber (13) is connected to a feed duct (4) through which a sample gas to be analysed can be fed into the ionization chamber (13), characterized in that the ion mobility spectrometer (1) has a discharge duct (5) separate from the feed duct (4), which discharge duct is connected to the ionization chamber (13) and through which the sample gas can be discharged from the ionization chamber (13), wherein a) the ion mobility spectrometer (1) is configured to operate the ionization chamber (13) substantially field-free, at least during an ionization phase, and, in an injection phase, to move ions by means of an electric field out of the ionization chamber (13) into the drift chamber (14) and/or b) the ionization source (3) is desig
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan ZIMMERMANN, Ansgar KIRK
  • Publication number: 20220376660
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical circuit in the form of a transimpedance amplifier stage, and to a method for operating this circuit. The invention furthermore relates to a circuit containing at least one signal amplifier that has at least one output connection, at least one input connection or at least one pair of differential input connections and at least two voltage supply connections, one of which may also be an earth or ground connection, wherein the signal amplifier has at least one additional connection that is connected internally to at least one of the input connections or the input connection via at least one further component, for example a diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ansgar KIRK, Stefan Zimmermann, Cornelius WENDT
  • Patent number: 11448615
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ion transport device which is designed to transport ions by means of an electric field. The ion transport device has an ion transport channel in which an ion transport chamber is formed. In order to generate the electric field, the ion transport device has a plurality of field generating electrodes which are arranged one behind the other along the length of the ion transport channel in order to move ions through the ion transport chamber in a transport direction. The invention additionally relates to an ion mobility spectrometer and to a mass spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER
    Inventors: Stefan Zimmermann, Ansgar Kirk, Alexander Bohnhorst
  • Patent number: 11366078
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber, wherein: —the first ion gate is designed as a field switching ion gate having at least a first counter electrode and a first injection electrode; wherein—a first ionization chamber is formed between the first counter electrode and the first injection electrode, into which first ionization chamber ions to be analyzed by ion mobility spectrometry can be fed from an ionization source. The invention also relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber and a second drift chamber separated from the first drift chamber and a second switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the second drift chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER
    Inventors: Stefan Zimmermann, Ansgar Kirk, André Ahrens, Moritz Hitzemann, Martin Lippmann
  • Patent number: 11293899
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber, wherein:—the first ion gate is designed as a field switching ion gate having at least a first counter electrode and a first injection electrode; wherein—a first ionization chamber is formed between the first counter electrode and the first injection electrode, into which first ionization chamber ions to be analyzed by ion mobility spectrometry can be fed from an ionization source. The invention also relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber and a second drift chamber separated from the first drift chamber and a second switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the second drift chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAT HANNOVER
    Inventors: Stefan Zimmermann, Ansgar Kirk, Martin Lippmann, Alexander Bohnhorst
  • Publication number: 20210164940
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber, wherein: —the first ion gate is designed as a field switching ion gate having at least a first counter electrode and a first injection electrode; wherein—a first ionization chamber is formed between the first counter electrode and the first injection electrode, into which first ionization chamber ions to be analyzed by ion mobility spectrometry can be fed from an ionization source. The invention also relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber and a second drift chamber separated from the first drift chamber and a second switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the second drift chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan ZIMMERMANN, Ansgar KIRK, Martin LIPPMANN, Alexander BOHNHORST
  • Publication number: 20210164939
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber, wherein: —the first ion gate is designed as a field switching ion gate having at least a first counter electrode and a first injection electrode; wherein—a first ionization chamber is formed between the first counter electrode and the first injection electrode, into which first ionization chamber ions to be analyzed by ion mobility spectrometry can be fed from an ionization source. The invention also relates to an ion mobility spectrometer which has at least a first drift chamber and a first switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the first drift chamber and a second drift chamber separated from the first drift chamber and a second switchable ion gate for the controlled transfer of ions into the second drift chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
    Inventors: Stefan ZIMMERMANN, Ansgar KIRK, André AHRENS, Moritz HITZEMANN, Martin LIPPMANN
  • Publication number: 20210123887
    Abstract: The invention relates to an analysis device for analyzing substances using ion-mobility spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan ZIMMERMANN, Ansgar KIRK, Christian-Robert RADDATZ, Christian THOBEN
  • Patent number: 10741373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ion gate having a first, a second, and a third electrode which are arranged one after the other in an intended drifting direction of ions to be influenced by the ion gate, in such a way that the second electrode is arranged after the first electrode and the third electrode is arranged after the second electrode in the drift direction. The ion gate can be switched between a closed state, in which ions cannot drift through the ion gate in the intended drifting direction, and an open state, in which ions can drift through the ion gate in the intended drifting direction. This is accomplished by applying potentials that alternate over time to one or more of the electrodes. In a switching cycle of the ion gate, which comprises the open state and the closed state of the ion gate, two different closed states of the ion gate are produced. In a first closed state, the ion gate is closed by applying a first potential between the second and third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITÄT HANNOVER
    Inventors: Stefan Zimmermann, Ansgar Kirk
  • Publication number: 20200158744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing a liquid sample, comprising a carrier that has at least one well for receiving the liquid sample, a processing unit for carrying out at least one processing step, and an actuating apparatus, which has an electrical control or regulating unit for controlling or regulating the processing step carried out by means of the processing unit, wherein the actuating apparatus, in particular the control or regulating unit, is mounted on the processing unit. The device is characterized in that the processing unit is mounted on the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Jonas SCHÖNDUBE, Stefan ZIMMERMANN, Andre GROSS, Cheng-Han TSAI, Peter KOLTAY
  • Publication number: 20200123493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a liquid sample situated in a receptacle, wherein an attachment device is attached to the receptacle such that at least one fluid line protrudes into the liquid sample and a fluid is directly dispensed into the liquid sample through the fluid line and/or a portion of the liquid sample is aspirated into the fluid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jonas SCHÖNDUBE, Cheng-Han TSAI, Andre GROSS, Stefan ZIMMERMANN, Peter KOLTAY
  • Publication number: 20190362956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ion gate having a first, a second, and a third electrode which are arranged one after the other in an intended drifting direction of ions to be influenced by the ion gate, in such a way that the second electrode is arranged after the first electrode and the third electrode is arranged after the second electrode in the drift direction. The ion gate can be switched between a closed state, in which ions cannot drift through the ion gate in the intended drifting direction, and an open state, in which ions can drift through the ion gate in the intended drifting direction. This is accomplished by applying potentials that alternate over time to one or more of the electrodes. In a switching cycle of the ion gate, which comprises the open state and the closed state of the ion gate, two different closed states of the ion gate are produced. In a first closed state, the ion gate is closed by applying a first potential between the second and third electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan ZIMMERMANN, Ansgar KIRK
  • Patent number: 10426907
    Abstract: A method and a system control a drug dosing device (1) for administering a drug to a patient (19). The quantity (c0) of the drug administered from the drug dosing device (1) is determined or calculated. The concentration of the drug in the gas exhaled by the patient (19) is measured as a first patient value (c1M). A simulation calculation is carried out, in which a second patient value (cp) is calculated from the administered quantity of the drug (I), taking into account a parameter (k10). A simulated first patient value (c1?) is calculated in the simulation calculation, taking into account the parameter (k10). A comparison of the simulated first patient value (c1?) to the measured first patient value (c1M) is carried out. The parameter (k10) is adapted on the basis of the comparison. The calculated second patient value (cp) is used to generate a control signal (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andreas Hengstenberg, Stefan Zimmermann, Dammon Ziaian
  • Patent number: 10408791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ion gate having at least a first, a second, and a third electrode, which are arranged one after the other in an intended drifting direction of ions to be influenced by the ion gate, in such a way that the second electrode is arranged after the first electrode and the third electrode is arranged after the second electrode in the drifting direction, wherein the ion gate can be switched between a closed state, in which ions cannot drift through the ion gate in the intended drifting direction, and an open state, in which ions can drift through the ion gate in the intended drifting direction, by applying potentials that alternate over time to one or more of the electrodes mentioned above, wherein, in a switching cycle of the ion gate, which comprises the open state and the closed state of the ion gate, two different closed states of the ion gate are produced in that, in a first closed state, the ion gate is closed by applying a first potential difference between t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GOTTFRIED WILELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER
    Inventors: Stefan Zimmermann, Ansgar Kirk
  • Patent number: 10328462
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer having a transducer element, a housing, a coupling element with a front and a back, wherein the back of the coupling element is acoustically coupled to the top of the transducer element in order to couple the ultrasonic waves generated by the transducer element out to the environment in a transmit mode or in order to pass the ultrasonic waves received from the environment by the coupling element on to the transducer element in a receive mode. The transducer element and the coupling element are arranged in the housing. A first electrode is connected to a contact area formed on the bottom of the transducer element. The transducer element is arranged in a shielding device made of a metallically conductive material, and the opening of the shielding device is covered by a metallic, conductive screen so that the shielding device and the screen form a Faraday cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 10130110
    Abstract: A depositing machine (1) comprising a removable component, a method for inserting the removable component (10) in a machine frame (2) of a depositing machine, a method for removing the removable component (10) from a machine frame (2) of a depositing machine (1), and a kit for retrofitting a depositing machine (1) with the removable component (10). The component (10) is fastened to the machine frame (2) by a substantially horizontally arranged plug-in connection (11), in particular, a bolt connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Ralf Klimke, Stefan Zimmermann, Frank Huperz, Michael Paul