Patents by Inventor Gerhard Buchmann

Gerhard Buchmann 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).

  • Patent number: 6077219
    Abstract: A roll-back tube system, preferably for an endoscope, for moving an inner shaft which is guided in a roll-back tube of the type that is rolled back at both ends. The tube is driven via a number of friction wheels, suction cups or tracks which act on an inner tube section in order to drive the system in a continuous movement. In order to seal off the gap between the shaft and the inner tube section, front and rear turn-back areas in each case form a bead which bears sealingly on the shaft. The admission of lubricant into the gap between shaft and inner tube section takes place via an essentially radial shaft bore in the area of the roll-back tube, which shaft bore is either connected to an external admission line via the shaft cavity or an inner line, or else via a rear clamping piece by means of a lubricant injection shoe adapted to the shaft surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: STM Medizintechnik Starnberg GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Viebach, Gerhard Weiglhofer, Robert Pauker, Gerhard Buchmann, Fritz Pauker