Patents by Inventor Heinz Ruesch

Heinz Ruesch 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).

  • Heart catheter
    Patent number: 4862887
    Abstract: In a heart catheter which consists of a hose having a sonde with an electrode structure for locating pathological areas arranged at its distal end, a light transmitting fiber is movably disposed in the hose and the hose has sensors associated therewith so as to be movable together with the fiber out of the distal end of the hose for engagement with the tissue of the pathological area for positioning the distal end of the hose at a predetermined distance and location relative to the pathological area in order to provide for appropriate irradiation of the pathological area by radiation energy supplied through the light transmitting fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Gesellschaft fuer Strahlen und Umweltforschung (GSF)
    Inventors: Helmut Weber, Eberhard Unsoeld, Heinz Ruesch, Klaus Schmitt