Patents by Inventor Franz Pleiner

Franz Pleiner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230293788
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tube insert for a dialysis liquid line or a hydraulic tubing set, the tube insert including at least one housing; a first connection point for connecting a tube section of the hydraulic tubing set to the tube insert; a second connection point for connecting a second tube section of the hydraulic tubing set to the tube insert; a third connection point for connecting a fluid receptacle to the tube insert; a main line in fluid communication with the first connection point and with the second connection point; a secondary line in fluid communication with the third connection point; and a deflection element for deflecting the liquid, or parts thereof, flowing in the main line out of the flow direction and towards the secondary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Franz Pleiner, Udo Kirstgen
  • Patent number: 9243625
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump for use in medical technology with a stator and a rotor. The stator 40 has an occlusion bed 12 which forms the contact area with a tube accommodated within, and the rotor is provided with rolling elements suitable for occluding a tube accommodated between the occlusion bed and the rolling elements. At least a part of the occlusion bed has an electrically conductive surface for reducing and/or preventing electrostatic charging of the tube. The stator may be injection molded from an electrically non-conductive plastic and the electrically conductive surface may be formed by a molded-in metallic insert or a molded-in metallic foil insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Brandl, Martin Prinz, Franz Pleiner
  • Publication number: 20120282126
    Abstract: The invention relates to a peristaltic pump for use in medical technology with a stator 40 and a rotor 20, whereby the stator 40 has an occlusion bed 12, which forms the contact area with a tube 30 accommodated within, and the rotor 20 is provided with rolling elements suitable for occluding a tube accommodated between the occlusion bed 12 and the rolling elements 24. The occlusion bed 12 thereby has at least in part an electrically conductive surface for reducing and/or preventing electrostatic charging of the tube 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Matthias Brandt, Martin Prinz, Franz Pleiner