Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Scholz
Wolfgang Scholz 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: 11554240Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for portable and compact nitric oxide (NO) generation that can be embedded into other therapeutic devices or used alone. In some embodiments, an ambulatory NO generation system can be comprised of a controller and disposable cartridge. The cartridge can contain filters and scavengers for preparing the gas used for NO generation and for scrubbing output gases prior to patient inhalation. The system can utilize an oxygen concentrator to increase nitric oxide production and compliment oxygen generator activity as an independent device. The system can also include a high voltage electrode assembly that is easily assembled and installed. Various nitric oxide delivery methods are provided, including the use of a nasal cannula.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Gregory W. Hall, Kevin Cedrone, Philip E. Silkoff, Wolfgang Scholz
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Patent number: 11524134Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for portable and compact nitric oxide (NO) generation that can be embedded into other therapeutic devices or used alone. In some embodiments, an ambulatory NO generation system can be comprised of a controller and disposable cartridge. The cartridge can contain filters and scavengers for preparing the gas used for NO generation and for scrubbing output gases prior to patient inhalation. The system can utilize an oxygen concentrator to increase nitric oxide production and compliment oxygen generator activity as an independent device. The system can also include a high voltage electrode assembly that is easily assembled and installed. Various nitric oxide delivery methods are provided, including the use of a nasal cannula.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: David G. Zapol, Gregory W. Hall, Wolfgang Scholz, Benjamin Apollonio, Frank Heirtzler, Andrew Ferencz
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Publication number: 20220339391Abstract: Systems and methods for nitric oxide generation are provided. In an embodiment, an NO generation system can include a controller and disposable cartridge that can provide nitric oxide to two different treatments simultaneously. The disposable cartridge has multiple purposes including preparing incoming gases for exposure to the NO generation process, scrubbing exhaust gases for unwanted materials, characterizing the patient inspiratory flow, and removing moisture from sample gases collected. Plasma generation can be done within the cartridge or within the controller. The system has the capability of calibrating NO and NO2 gas analysis sensors without the use of a calibration gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Ian J. Gillerman, Gregory W. Hall, Wolfgang Scholz, David G. Zapol
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Patent number: 11478601Abstract: Systems and methods for nitric oxide (NO) generation systems are provided. In some embodiments, an NO generation system comprises at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas. The electrodes have elongated surfaces such that a plasma produced is carried by the flow of the reactant gas and glides along the elongated surfaces from a first end towards a second end of the electrode pair. A controller is configured to regulate the amount of NO in the product gas by the at least one pair of electrodes using one or more parameters as an input to the controller. The one or more parameters include information from a plurality of sensors configured to collect information relating to at least one of the reactant gas, the product gas, and a medical gas into which the product gas flows.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Gregory W. Hall, Ian J. Gillerman, Sina Mohsenian, Aubrey Ortiz, Christopher Miles, Wolfgang Scholz, Adam J. Young, Benjamin Apollonio, Ziad F. Elghazzawi
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Publication number: 20220298653Abstract: System and methods for providing nitric oxide can include at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing nitric oxide from a flow of a reactant gas, and at least one controller configured to regulate an amount of nitric oxide in the product gas generated by the at least one pair of electrodes using one or more parameters as an input to the controller. One or more sensors are configured to collect information relating to at least one of patient information, the reactant gas, the product gas, and an inspiratory gas into which at least a portion of the product gas flows, the sensors configured to communicate the information to the controller to be used as the one or more parameters. The patient information includes information relating to a methemoglobin (MetHg) measurement collected from a MetHg sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Philip E. Silkoff, Gregory W. Hall, Wolfgang Scholz
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Publication number: 20220285283Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a wide bandgap semiconductor material and a first surface, an insulation layer above the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, the insulation layer including at least one opening extending through the insulation layer in a vertical direction, a front metallization above the insulation layer with the insulation layer being interposed between the front metallization and the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a metal connection arranged in the opening of the insulation layer and electrically conductively connecting the front metallization with the semiconductor substrate; wherein the front metallization includes at least one layer that is a metal or a metal alloy having a higher melting temperature than an intrinsic temperature of the wide bandgap semiconductor material of the semiconductor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Ravi Keshav Joshi, Ralf Siemieniec, Thomas Basler, Martin Gruber, Jochen Hilsenbeck, Dethard Peters, Roland Rupp, Wolfgang Scholz
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Publication number: 20220220604Abstract: The invention relates to a low-pressure coating system and a method for coating particle or fibre collectives by means of physical or chemical vapour phase deposition. A deagglomeration unit is used, by means of which the particle or fibre collective is separated and then coated. These particles are used for example as active material for batteries and capacitors and as 3D printing powder or colour pigments. The fibres are used for example for textiles, membranes, filters or composite materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Nils MAINUSCH, Daniel SCHOLZ, Wolfgang VIÖL, Oliver KAPPERTZ, Tim TIELEBÖRGER, Stefan ZEBROWSKI
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Publication number: 20220211967Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for portable and compact nitric oxide (NO) generation that can be embedded into other therapeutic devices or used alone. In some embodiments, an ambulatory NO generation system can be comprised of a controller and disposable cartridge. The cartridge can contain filters and scavengers for preparing the gas used for NO generation and for scrubbing output gases prior to patient inhalation. The system can utilize an oxygen concentrator to increase nitric oxide production and compliment oxygen generator activity as an independent device. The system can also include a high voltage electrode assembly that is easily assembled and installed. Various nitric oxide delivery methods are provided, including the use of a nasal cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Gregory W. Hall, Kevin Cedrone, Philip E. Silkoff, Wolfgang Scholz
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Patent number: 11376390Abstract: Systems and methods for nitric oxide generation are provided. In an embodiment, an NO generation system can include a controller and disposable cartridge that can provide nitric oxide to two different treatments simultaneously. The disposable cartridge has multiple purposes including preparing incoming gases for exposure to the NO generation process, scrubbing exhaust gases for unwanted materials, characterizing the patient inspiratory flow, and removing moisture from sample gases collected. Plasma generation can be done within the cartridge or within the controller. The system has the capability of calibrating NO and NO2 gas analysis sensors without the use of a calibration gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Ian J. Gillerman, Gregory W. Hall, Wolfgang Scholz, David G. Zapol
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Patent number: 11367683Abstract: A silicon carbide device includes a silicon carbide substrate, a contact layer including nickel, silicon and aluminum, a barrier layer structure including titanium and tungsten, and a metallization layer including copper. The contact layer is located on the silicon carbide substrate. The contact layer is located between the silicon carbide substrate and at least a part of the barrier layer structure. The barrier layer structure is located between the silicon carbide substrate and the metallization layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Edward Fuergut, Ravi Keshav Joshi, Ralf Siemieniec, Thomas Basler, Martin Gruber, Jochen Hilsenbeck, Dethard Peters, Roland Rupp, Wolfgang Scholz
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Publication number: 20220162070Abstract: Systems and methods for generating nitric oxide are disclosed. A nitic oxide (NO) generation system includes at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas; and a controller configured to regulate the amount of nitric oxide in the product gas produced by the at least one pair of electrodes by utilizing duty cycle values of plasma pulses selected from a plurality of discrete duty cycles to produce a target rate of NO production based on an average of discrete production rates associated with each of the plurality of discrete duty cycles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Philip E. Silkoff, Wolfgang Scholz, Sweta Patel
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Publication number: 20220102311Abstract: A semiconductor device module includes a package carrier having an opening, wherein in the opening there is disposed a semiconductor package including a semiconductor die, an encapsulant, and first vertical contacts, wherein the encapsulant at least partially covers the semiconductor die, and the first vertical contacts are connected to the semiconductor die and extend at least partially through the encapsulant, and a first outer metallic contact layer electrically connected to the first vertical contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Martin Gruber, Petteri Palm, Bernd Schmoelzer, Wolfgang Scholz, Mark Thomas
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Patent number: 11276680Abstract: A temperature protected power semiconductor device has a substrate which includes a power field effect transistor (FET) and a thermosensitive element. The power FET has a gate electrode connected to a gate, a drift region, and first and second terminals for a load current. The load current is controllable during operation by a voltage applied between the gate and the first terminal. The thermosensitive element has a first contact connected to one of the gate electrode and first terminal of the power FET, and a second contact connected to the other one of the gate electrode and first terminal. The thermosensitive element is located close to the power FET and thermally coupled thereto. The thermosensitive element is configured to cause the power FET to reduce the load current in case of an exceedance of a limit temperature of the power FET, by interconnecting the gate and first terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Daniel Pedone, Hans-Joachim Schulze, Rolf Gerlach, Christian Kasztelan, Anton Mauder, Hubert Rothleitner, Wolfgang Scholz, Philipp Seng, Peter Tuerkes
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Publication number: 20220047837Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for portable and compact nitric oxide (NO) generation that can be embedded into other therapeutic devices or used alone. In some embodiments, an ambulatory NO generation system can be comprised of a controller and disposable cartridge. The cartridge can contain filters and scavengers for preparing the gas used for NO generation and for scrubbing output gases prior to patient inhalation. The system can utilize an oxygen concentrator to increase nitric oxide production and compliment oxygen generator activity as an independent device. The system can also include a high voltage electrode assembly that is easily assembled and installed. Various nitric oxide delivery methods are provided, including the use of a nasal cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: David G. Zapol, Gregory W. Hall, Wolfgang Scholz, Benjamin Apollonio, Frank Heirtzler, Andrew Ferencz
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Publication number: 20210395905Abstract: System and methods for providing nitric oxide can include at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing nitric oxide from a flow of a reactant gas, and at least one controller configured to regulate an amount of nitric oxide in the product gas generated by the at least one pair of electrodes using one or more parameters as an input to the controller. One or more sensors are configured to collect information relating to at least one of patient information, the reactant gas, the product gas, and an inspiratory gas into which at least a portion of the product gas flows, the sensors configured to communicate the information to the controller to be used as the one or more parameters. The patient information includes information relating to a methemoglobin (MetHg) measurement collected from a MetHg sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Philip E. Silkoff, Gregory W. Hall, Wolfgang Scholz
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Publication number: 20210353898Abstract: Systems and methods for nitric oxide (NO) generation systems are provided. In some embodiments, an NO generation system comprises at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas. The electrodes have elongated surfaces such that a plasma produced is carried by the flow of the reactant gas and glides along the elongated surfaces from a first end towards a second end of the electrode pair. A controller is configured to regulate the amount of NO in the product gas by the at least one pair of electrodes using one or more parameters as an input to the controller. The one or more parameters include information from a plurality of sensors configured to collect information relating to at least one of the reactant gas, the product gas, and a medical gas into which the product gas flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Gregory W. Hall, Ian J. Gillerman, Sina Mohsenian, Aubrey Ortiz, Christopher Miles, Wolfgang Scholz, Adam J. Young, Benjamin Apollonio, Ziad F. Elghazzawi
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Publication number: 20210268221Abstract: Systems and methods for nitric oxide generation are provided. In an embodiment, an NO generation system can include a controller and disposable cartridge that can provide nitric oxide to two different treatments simultaneously. The disposable cartridge has multiple purposes including preparing incoming gases for exposure to the NO generation process, scrubbing exhaust gases for unwanted materials, characterizing the patient inspiratory flow, and removing moisture from sample gases collected. Plasma generation can be done within the cartridge or within the controller. The system has the capability of calibrating NO and NO2 gas analysis sensors without the use of a calibration gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Ian J. Gillerman, Gregory W. Hall, Wolfgang Scholz, David G. Zapol
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Publication number: 20210249334Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a die carrier, a semiconductor die disposed on a main face of the die carrier, the semiconductor die including one or more contact pads, an encapsulant covering at least partially the semiconductor die and at least a portion of the main face of the die carrier, an insulation layer covering the encapsulant, and one or more electrical interconnects, each being connected with one of the one or more contact pads of the semiconductor die and extending through the encapsulant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Achim Althaus, Martin Gruber, Marco Nicolas Mueller, Bernd Schmoelzer, Wolfgang Scholz, Mark Thomas
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Publication number: 20210214222Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for nitric oxide generation are provided for use with various ventilation and/or medical devices and having a humidity control system associated therewith. In some embodiments, a system for generating nitric oxide comprises at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing nitric oxide from a reactant gas, a scrubber configured to remove nitric dioxide NO2 from the product gas, and a humidity control device configured to alter a water content of at least one of the reactant gas and the product gas to control humidity within the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Vineel Kondiboyina, Christopher Miles, Gregory W. Hall, Simon E. Kozin, Wolfgang Scholz, Frank Heirtzler
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Patent number: 11045620Abstract: Systems and methods for nitric oxide (NO) generation systems are provided. In some embodiments, an NO generation system comprises at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas. The electrodes have elongated surfaces such that a plasma produced is carried by the flow of the reactant gas and glides along the elongated surfaces from a first end towards a second end of the electrode pair. A controller is configured to regulate the amount of NO in the product gas by the at least one pair of electrodes using one or more parameters as an input to the controller. The one or more parameters include information from a plurality of sensors configured to collect information relating to at least one of the reactant gas, the product gas, and a medical gas into which the product gas flows.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Third Pole, Inc.Inventors: Gregory W. Hall, Ian J. Gillerman, Sina Mohsenian, Aubrey Ortiz, Christopher Miles, Wolfgang Scholz, Adam J. Young, Benjamin Apollonio