Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.

Korber Technologies Gmbh

Biotronik Se Co. Kg

Hauni Maschinenbau Ag

Nijmegen University

Hoc Khiem Trieu

Karen Kalaydzhyan

Sven Bohne

Sven Bode

Andreas Bunge

Sarah Biela

Robert Klieber

Marc Kessler

Rene Schmidt

Gerald Urban

Wilfried Mokwa

Michael Bollerott

Andreas Goehlich

Pieter Jos Nieuwland

Kaspar Koch

Martin Kemmerling

André Born

Lutz Ewe

Peter Wiebe

Floris Rutjes

Anja E M Janssen

Remko M Boom

Ernst J R Sudhölter

Teris A Van Beek

Jan Van Hest

Robert Hildebrand

Carole Jonville

Joerg Naehring

Johann Slotkowski

Jan Cornelis Maria Van Hest

A method for manufacturing a vaporizer device for an inhaler, preferably for an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one electric vaporizer, at least one electrical line for supplying the vaporizer with electric current, and a carrier for supporting the vaporizer, comprising the application of an electrically conductive adhesive between the vaporizer and the carrier to form an electrical connection of the vaporizer to the electrical line, wherein an additional heating step is carried out to form a eutectic connection between the vaporizer and the adhesive.

Method for producing a vaporizing device, vaporizing device and inhaler, preferably an electronic cigarette product

The invention relates to a liquid store for an inhaler (), in particular for an electronic cigarette product, having an outlet end () which can be fluidically connected to a heating element () in order to evaporate liquid () supplied to the heating element () from the liquid store (). The liquid store () has at least one air inlet end () and at least one channel (). The channel () extends from the air inlet end () to the outlet end () through the liquid store (), wherein the channel () is designed to transfer the liquid () stored in the liquid store () to the outlet end () through the channel () via capillary forces.

Liquid store for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product

An evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprises an electrically operable, in particular planar, heating body which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels which each extend from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body, the heating body being designed to evaporate, by applying a heating voltage, liquid transferred through the microchannels. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, which structure rests flat against and in contact with the heating body and covers all of the microchannels on the inlet side.

Evaporator unit for an inhaler having a wick structure with microchannels

The invention relates to a vaporiser unit for an inhaler, comprising a vaporiser body which consists of an electrically conductive substrate with an inlet side, an outlet side, and a plurality of micro-channels each of which extend through said substrate from the inlet side to the outlet side, and a resistive heating element for vaporising liquid conveyed through said micro-channels. The resistive heating element is formed by the substrate.

Vaporiser unit for an inhaler, and method for controlling a vaporiser unit

The invention relates to a medical sensor system () for detecting a feature (), such as an analyte, in a human or animal body. The system () includes at least one sensor () having a reservoir () with a cap () designed as a controllable organic membrane (), wherein (for example) application of a voltage of a particular magnitude, or application of a voltage for a particular time, effects a change in the permeability of the membrane ().

Medical sensor system for detecting a feature in a body

A medical sensor system (') for detecting at least one characteristic () of an human and/or animal body has a sensor (), a first characteristic carrier (), and a characteristic carrier receptor (). The first characteristic carrier () differs, in terms of at least one characteristic parameter, from a second characteristic carrier () which is present at least at the time of detection. The sensor () is preferably located in vivo at the time of detection of the at least one characteristic.

Medical sensor system

A sensor device including a mechanical oscillator, an excitation unit which is configured to excite the mechanical oscillator to perform a mechanical oscillation within a non-linear range at a varying excitation frequency, and an evaluation unit configured to detect a jump, arising as a result of anharmonicity, in a resonance oscillation of the mechanical oscillation of the mechanical oscillator.

Sensor device and method

A chip-holder for holding a micro-fluidic chip has a fixer for detachably fixing the micro-fluidic chip in the chip-holder and at least one process control device configured to support control or monitoring of a chemical process in the micro-fluidic chip, wherein the chip-holder is configured such that the process control device and the micro-fluidic chip are directly and detachably coupled when the micro-fluidic chip is fixed in the chip-holder. Such a chip-holder brings along the advantage that the micro-fluidic chip can easily be removed and exchanged while the process control device can be reused. This reduces running costs of a chemical microreactor system drastically and allows for a very flexible usage of a chemical microreactor system.

Chip-holder for a micro-fluidic chip

An apparatus including a chamber having a chamber opening, a plunger which is movable within the chamber so as to change a chamber volume, which is defined by the plunger and a chamber wall and which adjoins the chamber opening, includes a measurer for measuring a pressure within the chamber or for measuring a force F, F being the force which acts upon the plunger so as to change the chamber volume.

Apparatus and method for controlling and monitoring the pressure in pressure line or pipes

A microsystem comprises a flexible foil, a plurality of semiconductor elements embedded in said flexible foil, and a connection line arranged substantially on said flexible foil and used for electrically connecting at least two semiconductor elements. For producing the microsystem, electronic components are first integrated in a semiconductor layer provided on a wafer. Subsequently, the semiconductor areas which are not required between the electronic components are etched away, whereupon the flexible foil is applied. A connection line is then applied to the flexible foil so as to interconnect the individual semiconductor elements. Finally, the semiconductor is etched away from the back so as to obtain the microsystem in the case of which the individual semiconductor elements are mechanically connected only by the flexible foil but no longer by the semiconductor substrate.

Semiconductor microsystem embedded in flexible foil

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