Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.

Hans-Dieter Feucht

Siegfried Birkle

Wolfgang Von Gentzkow

Eva Rissel

Rainer Kamps

Recai Sezi

Rainer Leuschner

Frank Naumann

Uwe Rass

Reinhard Gabl

Wolfram Wersing

Joachim Bangert

Florian Eder

Heinrich Zeininger

Thomas Ehben

Christian Zilch

Ludwig Bär

Helmut Formanek

Anett Berndt

Gerhard Wanner

The present disclosure may provide a mixture for use in forming a transparent coating including a silicon alkoxide precursor and an organic polymer. The silicon alkoxide precursor may have a pH level between 1 and 4. The organic polymer may have an average molecular weight between 5,000 and 50,000 Da. The mixture may include 35% to 65% organic polymer by volume. The organic polymer may be removed from the mixture after application leaving a resultant transparent coating, wherein: the resultant coating has a porosity of &#x2267;35% to &#x2266;65%; a thickness in the range from &#x2267;95 nm to &#x2266;135 nm; pores having an average diameter from &#x2267;5 nm to &#x2266;50 nm; and a diameter distribution according to a log-norm distribution with a half-width of &#x2266;10 nm.

Mixture for use in forming a transparent coating on a transparent substrate

For particularly good adaptation to a given hearing situation, an in-the-ear hearing device which has a housing with a channel in the housing that is designed as a through-opening for sound and air between the interior of the ear and the environment outside the ear, the channel is provided with a structural element for changing the size of the through-opening at at least one position. The structural element is a valve formed with electroactive material and the size of the through-opening is adjusted by application of a voltage to the valve.

In the ear hearing device with a valve formed with an electroactive material having a changeable volume and method of operating the hearing device

A device and a method are disclosed for the detection and/or for the quantification of an analyte. In at least one embodiment, the device includes a basic matrix and magnetized nanoparticles, which are arranged in moveable fashion in or at the basic matrix and to which catcher molecules that bind specifically to the analyte are anchored. Further, the mobility of the nanoparticle in the basic matrix can be influenced by a binding of the analyte to be detected to the catcher molecules and can be read out magnetically.

Device and method for the detection of an analyte

A device for detecting at least one substance of a fluid includes at least one piezo-acoustic resonator with at least one piezo layer, an electrode arranged on the piezo-electric layer, at least one other electrode arranged on the piezo-electric layer and a surface section used for sorption of the substance of the fluid. The piezo-electric layer, the electrodes and the surface section are disposed in such a way that electric control of the electrodes leads to an oscillation of the resonator at a resonance frequency which depends upon the amount of the substance which is sorbed on the surface section. The thickness of the pioelectric layer is in the region of 0.5 to 20 &#x3bc;m and the resonance frequency of the oscillation ranges from 500 MHz to 2 GHz. The device is a mass sensor with a piezo-acoustic high-frequency thin film resonator.

Device and method for detecting a substance of a liquid

A biosensor is prepared having a selective detection system containing a biochemical substance such as an enzyme immobilized on an olefinic-unsaturated, epoxyfunctional polysiloxane. Prior to immobilization of the biochemical substance, the polysiloxane is applied as a layer to a carrier and cross-linked by treatment with high-energy radiation. A biochemical substance is reacted with epoxy groups of the cross-linked polysiloxane. Any non-reacted epoxy groups are reacted with a compound containing an amino group, a carboxyl group or an amino group and a carboxyl group to stabilize. After cross-linking and before reacting of the biochemical substance, the cross-linked polysiloxane can be hydrophilized by reacting some of the epoxy groups with a hydrophilic compound containing a reactive group.

Biosensor containing a biochemical substance immobilized on a layer of

A biosensor is prepared having a selective detection system containing a biochemical substance such as an enzyme immobilized by reaction with epoxy groups of an olefinic-unsaturated, epoxyfunctional polyether. Prior to immobilization, the polyether is applied to a carrier and crosslinked by treatment with high-energy radiation or peroxide to form a layer. After reacting the biochemical substance with epoxy groups, non-reacted epoxy groups are reacted with a compound containing an amino group and/or a carboxyl group such as an amino acid. Before immobilizing of the biochemical substance and after crosslinking, the polyether may be hydrophilized by reacting some of the epoxy groups with a hydrophilic compound such as an amino acid.

Biochemical substances such as enzymes are immobilized by reaction with epoxy groups of an olefinic-unsaturated, epoxyfunctional polyether. Prior to immobilization, the polyether is applied to a carrier and crosslinked by treatment with high-energy radiation or peroxide to form a layer. After reacting the biochemical substance with epoxy groups, non-reacted epoxy groups are reacted with a compound containing an amino group and/or a carboxyl group such as an amino acid. Before immobilizing of the biochemical substance and after crosslinking, the polyether may be hydrophilized by reacting some of the epoxy groups with a hydrophilic compound such as an amino acid.

Immobilization of biochemical substances on a carrier containing a layer

The invention provides a radiation-curable liquid resin useful as a secondary coating of lightwave guides. The resin is a reaction product of (meth)acrylic acid or glyceroldi(meth)acrylate or pentaerythritoltri(meth)acrylate with a 2:1 addition compound of a diepoxide and an .alpha.,.omega. -diol with a mean molecular weight between 600 and 3000, or, a reaction product of (meth)acrylic acid or -acid chloride or isocyanatoalkyl-(meth)acrylate with a conversion product of the 2:1 addition compound and a low-molecular monovalent alcohol C.sub.1 to C.sub.10), a low-molecular bivalent alcohol (C.sub.2 to C.sub.4) or water, where the diepoxide is an aromatic diglycidylether and the .alpha.,.omega. -diol is an .alpha.,.omega.-hydroxy-terminated polyoxyalkylene, an .alpha.,.omega. -hydroxy-terminated polyester, an .alpha.,.omega. -hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene or an .alpha.,.omega. -hydroxy-terminated organo-functional polysiloxane.

Radiation-curable liquid resin for secondary coating of lightwave guides

The invention provides a radiation-curable liquid resin useful as a secondary coating of lightwave guides. The resin is a reaction product of (meth)acrylic acid or glyceroldi (meth)acrylate or Pentaerythritoltri(meth)acrylate with a 2:1 addition compound of a diepoxide and an .alpha., .omega.-diol with a mean molecular weight between 600 and 3000, or, a reaction product of (meth)acrylic acid or -acid chloride or isocyanatoalkyl-(meth)acrylate with a conversion product of the 2:1 addition compound and a low-molecular monovalent alcohol (C.sub.1 to C.sub.10), a low-molecular bivalent alcohol (C.sub.2 to C.sub.4) or water, where the diepoxide is an aromatic diglycidylether and the .alpha.,.omega.-diol is an .alpha., .omega.-hydroxy-terminated polyoxyalkylene, an .alpha., .omega.-hydroxy-terminated polyester, an .alpha.,.omega.-hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene or an .alpha.,.omega.-hydroxy-terminated organo-functional polysiloxane.

The invention provides a radiation-curable liquid resin for use as a secondary coating of lightwave guides which is a reaction product of (meth)acrylic acid or -acid chloride or isocyanatoalkyl-(meth)acrylate with a 1:2 addition compound of a diepoxide with a mean molecular weight.ltoreq.1000 and a short-chain .alpha.,.omega. -diol with a mean molecular weight.ltoreq.700 or with a 1:2 addition compound of a diepoxide with a mean molecular weight.ltoreq.400 and a monovalent aliphatic alcohol with a mean molecular weight.ltoreq.200, where the diepoxide is an aliphatic-aromatic or aromatic diglycidylether, an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diepoxide or a silicon-organodiepoxide, and where the short-chain .alpha.,.omega. -diol is an .alpha..omega. -hydroxy-terminated polyoxyalkylene, an .alpha.,.omega. -hydroxy-terminated polyester, an .alpha.,.omega. -hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene, an .alpha.,.omega. -hydroxyterminated organo-functional polysiloxane or an .alpha.,.omega. -alkanediol with a mean molecular weight.ltoreq.200.

Radiation-curable liquid resin for secondary coating lightwave guides

In generating resist structures according to bilayer technology a series of requirements is made of silicon-containing positive resists. The new method is intended to ensure, inter alia, the profile retention respectively the ability of the resist structures to maintain precise dimensions. According to the invention vinyl phenol-vinyl silane copolymers are used as resist materials.

Method for generating resist structures

The invention relates to new copolymers of alkenyl phenol or alkenyl phenol ether in combination with alkenyl silanes. These copolymers are useful positive photoresists.

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Renningen, Germany

Hans-Dieter Feucht