System for shorter flight times
With his invention, Håkan Lans has made it possible to shorten flight times. Thanks to his invention, a pilot can see the exact positions of other aircraft.
Examples of patents
There are countless examples of exciting inventions – advanced, technical solutions and simple, clever ideas. Read more about some of them here.
You can read about everything from horse shoes to smart systems for pilots. Or you may want to find out about the history behind the titanium screw, which today can be found in more than two million people’s mouths.
The ideas behind the inventions have come about both as a solution to a problem and as an attempt to help someone else. Each text has images taken from the patent applications and on each page there are links to the patent documentation.
The possibility to move
Ylva Dahlén is a physiotherapist who often encounters children with severe functional disabilities. To give these children the possibility to move happily, she invented Hoppolek.
Pen with scanner
With a machine as small as a pen, you can transfer text from paper directly into a computer. Christer Fåhraeus invented the C-pen.
The screw that tricks the body
Chance paved the way for an invention that is used all over the world today. If Per-Ingvar Brånemark had not discovered a growth attachment instrument and taken the decision to carry out further research, we may not have had any titanium screws within medicine today.
Breastfeeding shirts
During an autumn coffee break with her sister and little nephew, Mia Seipel observed that her sister seemed to feel cold around her stomach when she pulled up her shirt to breastfeed. Mia Seipel hatched an idea which has a multi-million turnover today.
Life-saving invention
When Nils Bohlin started his job at Volvo’s safety department, his task was to make the cars safer. He succeeded.
Packaging success
Erik Wallenberg had just started his job as a laboratory assistant at Tetra Pak when one day he became responsible for the whole laboratory operation. His boss, Ruben Rausing, gave him a task, to create a new milk carton.
The blood rocker
After many years working in care, both as a nurse and as a teacher, Barbro Hjalmarson had an idea. Her idea, the blood rocker, is both accurate and saves valuable time.
Steel kidneys
After receiving a grant from the state in 1946, Nils Alwall, a doctor in Lund, began developing a dialysis machine for people suffering from kidney disease. Just over twenty years later, his inventions started to be mass produced.
Edited
2022-10-17