Sorger

Bernhard Sorger, Lieserbruecke AT

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150015324	CIRCUITRY, MULTI-BRANCH CHARGE PUMP, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CHARGE PUMP AND SYSTEM - One example refers to a circuitry comprising a first charge pump stage controlled by a first control signal, a second charge pump stage controlled by a second control signal, wherein the first charge pump stage and the second charge pump stage are arranged subsequently to each other and comprising a control unit for providing the first control signal and the second control signal, wherein the control unit is arranged to set the second control signal to high when the first control signal is high. Also, a multi-branch charge pump, a method for controlling various charge pumps and a system for controlling various charge pumps are suggested.	01-15-2015

Jonathan Sorger, Belmont, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130209208	COMPACT NEEDLE MANIPULATOR FOR TARGETED INTERVENTIONS - Embodiments of an instrument manipulator are disclosed. An instrument manipulator can include a track; a translational carriage coupled to ride along the track; a shoulder yaw joint coupled to the translational carriage; a shoulder pitch joint coupled to the shoulder yaw joint, the shoulder pith joint including an arm, a wrist mount coupled to the arm, struts coupled between the wrist mount and the shoulder yaw joint, and a shoulder pitch mechanism coupled to the arm; a yaw-pitch-roll wrist coupled to the wrist mount, the yaw-pitch-roll wrist including a yaw joint and a differentially driven pitch-roll joint; and an instrument mount coupled to the wrist. The various joints and carriages can be driven by motors.	08-15-2013
20140130810	SMART DRAPES FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE - Embodiments of a smart surgical drape are disclosed. The surgical drape includes an insulating material and one or more sensors mounted with the insulating material, the one or more sensors detecting proximity between the surgical drape and a device. Some embodiments of the smart surgical drape can be utilized on surgical robots or other devices in the surgical area to detect potential collisions.	05-15-2014
20140163736	COLLISION AVOIDANCE DURING CONTROLLED MOVEMENT OF IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MANIPULATABLE DEVICE MOVABLE ARMS - A system and method for movement control includes a controller coupled to a computer-assisted surgical device having a first movable arm coupled to a manipulatable device having a working end and a second movable arm coupled to an image capturing device. The controller is configured to receive first configurations for the first movable arm; receive second configurations for the second movable arm; receive a plurality of images of the working end from the image capturing device; determine a position and an orientation of the working end; determine a first movable arm position and trajectory for the first movable arm; determine a second movable arm position and trajectory for the second movable arm; determine whether motion of the movable arms will result in an undesirable relationship between the movable arms; and send a movement command to the first or second movable arm to avoid the undesirable relationship.	06-12-2014

Jonathan Michael Sorger, Sunnyvale, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140343416	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEM INTEGRATION WITH EXTERNAL IMAGING - A medical robotic system and method of operating such comprises taking intraoperative external image data of a patient anatomy, and using that image data to generate a modeling adjustment for a control system of the medical robotic system (e.g., updating anatomic model and/or refining instrument registration), and/or adjust a procedure control aspect (e.g., regulating substance or therapy delivery, improving targeting, and/or tracking performance).	11-20-2014

Jonthan M. Sorger, Belmont, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140031659	EFFICIENT AND INTERACTIVE BLEEDING DETECTION IN A SURGICAL SYSTEM - A bleeding detection unit in a surgical system processes information in an acquired scene before that scene is presented on a display unit in the operating room. For example, the bleeding detection unit analyzes the pixel data in the acquired scene and determines whether there are one or more initial sites of blood in the scene. Upon detection of an initial site of blood, the region is identified by an initial site icon in the scene displayed on the display unit. In one aspect, the processing is done in real-time which means that there is no substantial delay in presenting the acquired scene to the surgeon.	01-30-2014

Michael Sorger, Villach AT

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120133084	Method of processing a substrate - In a method of processing a substrate in accordance with an embodiment, a trench may be formed in the substrate, imprint material may be deposited at least into the trench, the imprint material in the trench may be embossed using a stamp device, and the stamp device may be removed from the trench.	05-31-2012
20130128488	Lithium Battery, Method for Manufacturing a Lithium Battery, Integrated Circuit and Method of Manufacturing an Integrated Circuit - A lithium battery includes a cathode, an anode including a component made of silicon, a separator element disposed between the cathode and the anode, an electrolyte, and a substrate. The anode is disposed over the substrate or the anode is integrally formed with the substrate.	05-23-2013
20140106229	BATTERY ELECTRODE, BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY ELECTRODE - A battery electrode in accordance with various embodiments may include: a substrate including a surface configured to face an ion-carrying electrolyte; and a first diffusivity changing region at a first portion of the surface, wherein the first diffusivity changing region is configured to change diffusion of ions carried by the electrolyte into the substrate, and wherein a second portion of the surface is free from the first diffusivity changing region.	04-17-2014
20140216677	METHOD OF PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE - In a method of processing a substrate in accordance with an embodiment, a trench may be formed in the substrate, a stamp device may be disposed at least in the trench; at least one part of the trench that is free from the stamp device may be at least partially filled with trench filling material; and the stamp device may be removed from the trench.	08-07-2014
20140220257	METHOD OF PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE - In a method of processing a substrate in accordance with an embodiment, a trench may be formed in the substrate, imprint material may be deposited at least into the trench, the imprint material in the trench may be embossed using a stamp device, and the stamp device may be removed from the trench.	08-07-2014
20140319649	Lithium Battery, Method for Manufacturing a Lithium Battery, Integrated Circuit and Method of Manufacturing an Integrated Circuit - A lithium battery includes a cathode, an anode including a component made of silicon, a separator element disposed between the cathode and the anode, an electrolyte, and a substrate. The anode is disposed over the substrate or the anode is integrally formed with the substrate.	10-30-2014
20150037685	BATTERY CELL AND METHOD FOR MAKING BATTERY CELL - Embodiments provide a battery cell including a porous membrane, the porous membrane including transformed semiconductor material. The porous membrane separates a first half-cell from a second half-cell of the battery cell. The porous membrane comprises channels allowing ions and/or an electrolyte to move between the first half-cell and the second half-cell.	02-05-2015
20150138906	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A self powered memory system is disclosed. The system includes a volatile supply component, a battery component, a switch component, and a volatile memory component. The volatile supply component is configured to provide a time varying supply. The battery component is configured to generate a non-volatile supply. The switch component is configured to generate a persistent supply from the time varying supply and the non-volatile supply. The volatile memory component is configured to maintain data by using the persistent supply.	05-21-2015
20150280289	Lithium Ion Battery, Integrated Circuit and Method of Manufacturing a Lithium Ion Battery - A lithium ion battery includes a first substrate having a first main surface, and a lid including a conductive cover element, the lid being attached to the first main surface. A cavity is formed between the first substrate and the lid. The battery further includes an electrolyte disposed in the cavity. An anode of the battery includes a component made of a semiconductor material and is formed at the first substrate, and a cathode of the battery is formed at the lid.	10-01-2015

Nadine Sorger, Stuttgart DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140373495	Air filter, Filter Element and Filter Housing of an Air Filter - An air filter (	12-25-2014
20150013282	Filter Element with Hand Grip Elements and Filter with a Filter Element - A filter element, in particular a flat filter element (	01-15-2015
20150013288	Filter element with at least one guide crosspiece, filter with a filter element and filter housing of a filter - Being described are a filter (	01-15-2015
20150013291	Filter Element with Retaining Surfaces, Filter with a Filter Element and Filter Housing of a Filter - A filter for fluid, in particular an air filter, in particular for an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, a filter housing (	01-15-2015

Nadine Sorger, Fellbach DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160023137	Filter Element Having Supporting Elements, Filter Having a Filter Element, and Filter Housing of a Filter - A filter element is provided with a filter bellows that has an inflow side and an outflow side for a fluid to be filtered, wherein the filter bellows is made of a zigzag-folded filter medium with folds with fold edges. The inflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the inflow side and the outflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the outflow side. At least one filter element holding device is provided that holds the filter element in a filter housing. The at least one filter element holding device is connected directly or indirectly with the filter bellows. At least one supporting element supports the filter element in the filter housing; the at least one supporting element is separate from the at least one filter element holding device.	01-28-2016

Robert Sorger, Trofaiach AT

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120318831	FIREPROOF CERAMIC IMPACT PAD - The invention relates to a fireproof ceramic impact absorber.	12-20-2012

Volker J. Sorger, Fairfax, VA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150234138	SILICON-BASED, BROADBAND, WAVEGUIDE-INTEGRATED ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCH - An electro-optical switch or router includes a semiconductor oxide substrate and first, second, and third semiconductor waveguides disposed on the semiconductor oxide substrate. The third waveguide includes a transparent conducting oxide layer, an oxide layer, a metal layer, and first and second electrodes coupled to the third waveguide. The electrodes are configured to bias and unbiased the third waveguide to effect optical switching in the electro-optical switch. The oxide layer is disposed between the transparent conducting oxide layer and the metal layer. The switch may further include a semiconductor layer disposed under the transparent conducting oxide layer between the transparent conducting oxide layer and the semiconductor oxide substrate. The first electrode may be coupled to the transparent conducting oxide layer. and the second electrode may be coupled to the metal layer.	08-20-2015

Volker Jendrik Sorger, Berkeley, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130148682	PLASMON LASERS AT DEEP SUBWAVELENGTH SCALE - Hybrid plasmonic waveguides are described that employ a high-gain semiconductor nanostructure functioning as a gain medium that is separated from a metal substrate surface by a nanoscale thickness thick low-index gap. The waveguides are capable of efficient generation of sub-wavelength high intensity light and have the potential for large modulation bandwidth >1 THz.	06-13-2013