Patents by Inventor Jürgen Ruch

Jürgen Ruch 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: 10835431
    Abstract: An operating table control apparatus is disclosed. The operating table control apparatus has a control device, a plurality of operating table components, and an operating table drive. The plurality of operating table components are actuatable from a first position to a second position via the operating table drive. The second position is a preset position that is stored by the operating table control apparatus. The second position is assigned to a control element of the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MAQUET GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Ruch, Matthias Joerger, Michael Welsch
  • Patent number: 10002529
    Abstract: An operating table system is disclosed. The operating table system has a first transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to a transport device, a second transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to an operating table column, and a coupling device that couples a patient support and the operating table column. The first transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a request command and a transfer command to the second transmitting-receiving device. The second transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a device address to the first transmitting-receiving device. The coupling device is actuated based on the second transmitting-receiving device receiving the request command and the transfer command and the first transmitting-receiving device receiving the device address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: MAQUET GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Ruch, Markus Buerstner, Winfried Boeske, Dorothee Rathmann, Sebastian Schmoll, Matthias Kobuss, Bapio Bamouni, Heiko Kottmann
  • Patent number: 9661119
    Abstract: A device and a method for the wireless control of a medical device (30) by means of a remote control (10, 60, 70, 80), in which via at least one first input unit (12) provided via a touchscreen of the remote control (10, 60, 70, 80) at least one control information for activating and/or deactivating a control function for controlling the device (30) is input. At least one release information is input via a second input unit (18, 84) of the remote control (10, 60, 70, 80) which is independent of the first input unit (12). When the control information is input, the control function is only activated and/or deactivated when the release information is input via the second input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MAQUET GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Mankopf, Michael Fruh, Jürgen Ruch
  • Patent number: 9582997
    Abstract: An operating table control apparatus is disclosed. The operating table control apparatus has a remote control device, a first transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to the remote control device, and a second transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to a first operating table. The first transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a request command to the second transmitting-receiving device. After receiving the request command from the first transmitting-receiving device, the second transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a device address of the first operating table to the first transmitting-receiving device. The first transmitting-receiving device is configured to adopt the device address received from the second transmitting-receiving device, establishing a paired operating state between the first transmitting-receiving device and the second transmitting-receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAQUET GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Ruch, Andreas Hirth
  • Publication number: 20160328958
    Abstract: An operating table control apparatus is disclosed. The operating table control apparatus has a remote control device, a first transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to the remote control device, and a second transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to a first operating table. The first transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a request command to the second transmitting-receiving device. After receiving the request command from the first transmitting-receiving device, the second transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a device address of the first operating table to the first transmitting-receiving device. The first transmitting-receiving device is configured to adopt the device address received from the second transmitting-receiving device, establishing a paired operating state between the first transmitting-receiving device and the second transmitting-receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: JUERGEN RUCH, ANDREAS HIRTH
  • Publication number: 20160095773
    Abstract: An operating table control apparatus is disclosed. The operating table control apparatus has a control device, a plurality of operating table components, and an operating table drive. The plurality of operating table components are actuatable from a first position to a second position via the operating table drive. The second position is a preset position that is stored by the operating table control apparatus. The second position is assigned to a control element of the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: MAQUET GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Ruch, Matthias Joerger, Michael Welsch
  • Publication number: 20160078755
    Abstract: An operating table system is disclosed. The operating table system has a first transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to a transport device, a second transmitting-receiving device that is mountable to an operating table column, and a coupling device that couples a patient support and the operating table column. The first transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a request command and a transfer command to the second transmitting-receiving device. The second transmitting-receiving device is configured to transmit a device address to the first transmitting-receiving device. The coupling device is actuated based on the second transmitting-receiving device receiving the request command and the transfer command and the first transmitting-receiving device receiving the device address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: JUERGEN RUCH, Markus Buerstner, Winfried Boeske, Dorothee Rathmann, Sebastian Schmoll, Matthias Kobuss, Bapio Bamouni, Heiko Kottmann
  • Publication number: 20160028874
    Abstract: A device and a method for the wireless control of a medical device (30) by means of a remote control (10, 60, 70, 80), in which via at least one first input unit (12) provided via a touchscreen of the remote control (10, 60, 70, 80) at least one control information for activating and/or deactivating a control function for controlling the device (30) is input. At least one release information is input via a second input unit (18, 84) of the remote control (10, 60, 70, 80) which is independent of the first input unit (12). When the control information is input, the control function is only activated and/or deactivated when the release information is input via the second input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Mankopf, Michael Fruh, Jürgen Ruch
  • Patent number: 8249457
    Abstract: The invention presents a method and a device for bidirectional IR data transfer between a medical treatment table, particularly an operating table (10a to 10d), and an operator control device (12a to 12d) which are subscribers in the IR data transfer and which each comprise an IR transmitter and an IR receiver, where the data to be transferred by a subscriber (10a to 10d, 12a to 12d) are split into data blocks which are transmitted in succession, with a respective break being observed between the transmission of the individual data blocks, and where data from another subscriber are transmitted within the breaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Maquet GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Ruch, Thomas Biehl