Patents by Inventor Henrik Bagger Olsen
Henrik Bagger Olsen 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).
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Publication number: 20180125467Abstract: A biopsy device for harvesting tissue samples from a body of a living being, e.g. in percutaneous aspiration biopsy, includes a handle unit, a hollow needle comprised in a disposable unit, which is releasably attached to the handle unit, and a sample-receiving device, which is movable in the hollow needle between two positions. Tissue is severed when the sample-receiving device is in a first one of the positions, and the severed tissue sample is ejected from the sample-receiving device in a second one of the two positions. A control system is provided for controlling movement of the sample-receiving device and for arresting the sample-receiving device in the second position. The distance between the two positions and/or a length of the hollow needle may be detectable in a calibration cycle, which is automatically initiated upon attachment of the disposable unit to the handle unit. The disposable unit may include electronic memory means for communicating with the control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Claus Reuber, Karsten Videbaek, Henrik Bagger Olsen
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Patent number: 9872672Abstract: A disposable unit for a biopsy device includes a hollow needle configured to define a longitudinal path. A sample-receiving device having a cavity is configured to move in the hollow needle along the longitudinal path between an extended position and a retracted position. A transport device is configured to move the sample-receiving device in the hollow needle between the extended position and the retracted position. The transport device includes a bendable elongate element having a proximal portion and a distal end, the distal end being connected to the sample-receiving device. The bendable elongate element has a tooth surface that is engaged by a rotatable gear. A coiling device is configured to coil the proximal portion of the bendable elongate element as the sample-receiving device is moved linearly along the longitudinal path from the extended position to the retracted position by operation of the rotatable gear.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Claus Reuber, Karsten Videbaek, Henrik Bagger Olsen
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Publication number: 20150238174Abstract: A disposable unit for a biopsy device includes a hollow needle configured to define a longitudinal path. A sample-receiving device having a cavity is configured to move in the hollow needle along the longitudinal path between an extended position and a retracted position. A transport device is configured to move the sample-receiving device in the hollow needle between the extended position and the retracted position. The transport device includes a bendable elongate element having a proximal portion and a distal end, the distal end being connected to the sample-receiving device. The bendable elongate element has a tooth surface that is engaged by a rotatable gear. A coiling device is configured to coil the proximal portion of the bendable elongate element as the sample-receiving device is moved linearly along the longitudinal path from the extended position to the retracted position by operation of the rotatable gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Claus Reuber, Karsten Videbaek, Henrik Bagger Olsen
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Patent number: 8992440Abstract: A biopsy device includes a handle unit, a hollow needle comprised in a disposable unit, which is releasably attached to the handle unit, and a sample-receiving device, which is movable in the hollow needle between two positions. Tissue is severed when the sample-receiving device is in a first one of the positions, and the severed tissue sample is ejected from the sample-receiving device in a second one of the two positions. A control system is provided for controlling movement of the sample-receiving device and for arresting the sample-receiving device in the second position. The distance between the two positions and/or a length of the hollow needle may be detectable in a calibration cycle, which is automatically initiated upon attachment of the disposable unit to the handle unit. The disposable unit may include electronic memory device for communicating with the control system.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Claus Reuber, Karsten Videbæk, Henrik Bagger Olsen
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Publication number: 20120071787Abstract: A biopsy device includes a handle unit, a hollow needle comprised in a disposable unit, which is releasably attached to the handle unit, and a sample-receiving device, which is movable in the hollow needle between two positions. Tissue is severed when the sample-receiving device is in a first one of the positions, and the severed tissue sample is ejected from the sample-receiving device in a second one of the two positions. A control system is provided for controlling movement of the sample-receiving device and for arresting the sample-receiving device in the second position. The distance between the two positions and/or a length of the hollow needle may be detectable in a calibration cycle, which is automatically initiated upon attachment of the disposable unit to the handle unit. The disposable unit may include electronic memory device for communicating with the control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Claus Reuber, Karsten Videbæk, Henrik Bagger Olsen
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Patent number: 8052615Abstract: A biopsy device for harvesting tissue samples from a body of a living being, e.g. in percutaneous aspiration biopsy, includes a handle unit, a hollow needle comprised in a disposable unit, which is releasably attached to the handle unit, and a sample-receiving device, which is movable in the hollow needle between two positions. Tissue is severed when the sample-receiving device is in a first one of the positions, and the severed tissue sample is ejected from the sample-receiving device in a second one of the two positions. A control system is provided for controlling movement of the sample-receiving device and for arresting the sample-receiving device in the second position. The distance between the two positions and/or a length of the hollow needle may be detectable in a calibration cycle, which is automatically initiated upon attachment of the disposable unit to the handle unit. The disposable unit may include electronic memory means for communicating with the control system.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Claus Reuber, Karsten Videbæk, Henrik Bagger Olsen
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Patent number: 6785394Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for a hearing aid capable of determining its accumulated utilization time and making use of this information to control one or more of its functions. The control of the hearing aid's function may be obtained through alteration of parameters of a signal processing algorithm of the hearing aid or by execution of a particular transducer adjustment subroutine or algorithm. The accumulated utilization time may furthermore be utilized to provide a function that makes the hearing aid inoperative when a value of the accumulated utilization time matches some predetermined criteria, such as a predetermined limit value. Such a function is highly desirable if the hearing aid is sold in connection with a subscription arrangement between a dispenser and a hearing aid user where the user pays for his or her hearing aid through payment of regular renewal fees.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: GN ReSound A/SInventors: Henrik Bagger Olsen, Nikolai Bisgaard