Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno

Illumix Surgical Canada Inc.

Imec Vzw

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Edsger Constant Pieter Smits

Anil Duggal

Paul Dobrovolskis

Roel H Kusters

Jeroen Van Den Brand

Stephan Harkema

Elise Claude Valentine Talgorn

Gari Arutinov

Rob Jacob Hendriks

Harmannus Franciscus Maria Schoo

Daniele Raiteri

Sandeep Menon Perinchery

Wilhelm A Groen

Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Gerardus Titus Van Heck

Ozgur Tasar

Dorothee Christine Hermes

Timon Rutger Grob

Marco Barink

Cornelis Hermanus Arnoldus Rentrop

Milan Saalmink

Jan-Eric Jack Martijn Rubingh

Maria Mathea Antonetta Burghoorn

Jörgen Sweelssen

Ronald Stoute

Pim Groen

Daan Anton Van Den Ende

Rajesh Mandamparambil

Juan Diego Arias Espinoza

Sami Sabik

Peter Zalar

Lieven Adriaenssen

Wilhelm Albert Groen

Embodiments of claimed subject matter are directed to an illuminating surgical device comprising an array of illuminating elements and an array of louvers to direct light from the individual illuminating elements toward a surgical field.

Illuminating surgical device

A heart monitoring system () comprises an array of force-sensitive resistors () spanning a sensor surface (). Each resistor () is configured to change a respective resistance value (R) in accordance with an amount of static pressure (P) exerted on the sensor surface () at a respective location of the force-sensitive resistor () by a subject (). An array of piezoelectric transducers () is interspersed among the array of force-sensitive resistors (). Each transducer () is configured to generatea respective time-dependent electrical signal (S) in accordance with respective vibrations (F) exerted on the sensor surface () at a respective location of the transducer () by the subject (). A controller () is configured to determine a heart rate (H1) of the subject () based on a combination of the measured resistance values (R) of the force-sensitiveresistors () and the time-dependent electrical signals (S) of the piezoelectric transducers ().

Heart monitoring system and method

Embodiments of claimed subject matter are directed to an illuminating surgical device comprising a single control element to control an array of illuminating elements and an array of louvers to direct light from the individual illuminating elements toward a surgical field.

Illuminating surgical device and control element

The present disclosure concerns a pressure sensor, comprising at least two adjacent electrically conductive leads disposed in a pattern on a face of a first elastomeric carrier; and an electrically resistive layer formed of a electrically resistive composite material for shunting the at least two adjacent electrically conductive leads, said electrically conducting layer disposed on a face of a second elastomeric carrier. The first and second carriers are stacked across a spacer such that the at least two adjacent electrically conductive leads faces the electrically resistive layer across a gap defined by the spacer. The gap is formed by a pocket between the carriers. The first carrier including the at least two adjacent electrically conductive leads and/or the second carrier including the electrically resistive layer are stretchable such as to upon receiving a force, exerted in a direction across the gap, reduce the gap between the electrically resistive layer and the at least two adjacent electrically conductive leads. Upon closing the gap the adjacent electrically conductive leads are shunted over a force dependent contact area and contact resistance. A gas in a gas confining structure between the carriers at least partly counteracts the exerted force.

Pressure sensor laminated onto a textile sheet, a method for manufacturing thereof, and a pressure distribution sensing product

The invention aims to provide a contactless method to create small conductive tracks on a substrate. To this end a method is provided for selective material deposition, comprising depositing a first material on a substrate; followed by solidifying the first material selectively in a first solidified pattern by one or more energy beams; and followed by propelling non-solidified material away from the substrate by a large area photonic exposure, controlled in timing, energy and intensity to leave the solidified first pattern of the first material.

Method and apparatus for creating and sintering fine lines and patterns

An electronic device () comprises a stretchable substrate () with a flap () formed by a cut () in the substrate (). The flap () is disconnected by the cut () from a surrounding main section () of the substrate () except on one side. The flap () is exclusively connected to the main section () via a connected section () of the substrate () between two ends () of the cut (). An electronic component () is disposed on the flap () with electrical contacts () connected to conductive tracks () disposed on the substrate (). The conductive tracks () extend between the component () disposed on the flap (), and other parts () of the electronic device () outside the flap () via the connected section (). The flap () with the component () is disposed in a pocket formed by surrounding lamination layers ().

Stretchable electronic device

A method and system for heat bonding a chip to a substrate by means of heat bonding material disposed there between. At least the substrate is preheated from an initial temperature to an elevated temperature below a damage temperature of the substrate. A light pulse applied to the chip momentarily increases the chip temperature to a pulsed peak temperature below a peak damage temperature of the chip. The momentarily increased pulsed peak temperature of the chip causes a flow of conducted heat from the chip to the bonding material, causing the bonding material to form a bond.

Method and system for bonding a chip to a substrate

Embodiments of claimed subject matter are directed to a malleable and integrally illuminated surgical retractor. In an embodiment, a malleable steel strip, having a thickness approximately in the range of 0.5-1.0 mm, may form a substrate. An elastically deformable layer, such as a polymeric layer, may be secured to the malleable steel strip. One or more meandering conductive lines, spiral conductors, or conductive inks, which may elongate and/or compress during bending of the substrate, may be secured to the TPU layer. The one or more meandering conductive lines, spiral conductors, or conductive inks may operate to couple current from an electronics module to one or more malleable illumination sources comprising, for example, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED).

Malleable retractor

A method of manufacturing a curved electronic device () and resulting product. A patterned layer of non-conductive support material () is printed onto a thermoplastic substrate () to form a support pattern. An electrical circuit () is applied onto the support pattern (), wherein the electrical circuit () comprises circuit lines () comprising a conductive material () applied onto support lines () of the pattern and electrical components () applied onto support islands () of the pattern. A thermoforming process (P) is used for deforming (S) the substrate () while a relatively high resistance of the support material () to the deforming maintains a structural integrity of the electrical circuit ().

Thermoforming an electronic device with surface curvature

A method and apparatus for light induced selective transfer of components. A donor substrate () with a plurality of components () divided in different subsets arranged according to respective layouts (A,B). A target substrate () comprises recesses () and protrusions (). The donor and target substrates () are aligned such that a first subset of components () is suspended over corresponding recesses () in the target substrate () and a second subset of components () is in contact with corresponding protrusions () of the target substrate (). Light (L) is projected onto the donor substrate () to transfer the first subset of components () across and into the corresponding recesses () while the second subset of components () remains attached to the donor substrate ().

Light induced selective transfer of components

A method for manufacturing a electronic device is provided having a current collector capable of a high specific charge collecting area and power, but is also achieved using a simple and fast technique and resulting in a robust design that may be flexed and can be manufactured in large scale processing. To this end the electronic device comprising an electronic circuit equipped with a current collector formed by a metal substrate having a face forming a high-aspect ratio structure of pillars having an interdistance larger than 600 nm. By forming the high-aspect structure in a metal substrate, new structures can be formed that are conformal to curvature of a macroform or that can be coiled or wound and have a robust design.

Device and method of manufacturing high aspect ratio structures

A printed temperature sensor () comprising a substrate () with an electrical circuit () comprising a pair of electrodes () separated by an electrode gap (G). A sensor material () is disposed between the electrodes () to fill the electrode gap (G), wherein the sensor material () comprises semi-conducting micro-particles () comprising an NTC material with a negative temperature coefficient (NTC), wherein the micro-particles () are mixed in a dielectric matrix () functioning as a binder for printing the sensor material (); wherein the micro-particles () contact each other to form an interconnected network through the dielectric matrix (), wherein the interconnected network of micro-particles () acts as a conductive pathway with negative temperature coefficient between the electrodes ().

Printed temperature sensor

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