Patents by Inventor Matthias Schirbl

Matthias Schirbl 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: 10299747
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a device having a C-arm, the C-arm including a main body of which the cross-sectional profile is formed as a double H, an outer wall, an inner wall and two side walls of the main body forming a rectangular cavity. The device also includes running wires arranged on the main body and running rollers, on which the C-arm is movably mounted, rolling on the running wires. The running wires and the running rollers are arranged in such a way that at least 50 percent of the mounting forces acting on the running wires due to the running rollers is introduced into the side walls of the main body. The disclosure also provides an x-ray imager having such a device. The disclosure offers the advantage that undesired oscillations of the C-arm are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Ralf Gärtner, Michael Kleber, Thomas Kleber, Alexander Krämer, Harald Mulzer, Wolfgang Neuber, Matthias Schirbl, Josef Zeidler
  • Publication number: 20170202529
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a device having a C-arm, the C-arm including a main body of which the cross-sectional profile is formed as a double H, an outer wall, an inner wall and two side walls of the main body forming a rectangular cavity. The device also includes running wires arranged on the main body and running rollers, on which the C-arm is movably mounted, rolling on the running wires. The running wires and the running rollers are arranged in such a way that at least 50 percent of the mounting forces acting on the running wires due to the running rollers is introduced into the side walls of the main body. The disclosure also provides an x-ray imager having such a device. The disclosure offers the advantage that undesired oscillations of the C-arm are avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Ralf Gärtner, Michael Kleber, Thomas Kleber, Alexander Krämer, Harald Mulzer, Wolfgang Neuber, Matthias Schirbl, Josef Zeidler
  • Patent number: 9554761
    Abstract: A C-arm mounting apparatus for an x-ray imaging device includes a C-arm, a C-arm holding unit, and at least one cage guide unit. The at least one cage guide unit is moveably arranged between the C-arm and the C-arm holding unit. The C-arm is moveably mounted on the C-arm holding unit. The at least one cage guide unit includes a plurality of rolling bodies and at least one rolling body cage. The small overlap between the C-arm and the C-arm holding unit may facilitate greater rotations about an isocenter. An x-ray imaging device includes a C-arm mounting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Wolfgang Neuber, Matthias Schirbl
  • Patent number: 9466208
    Abstract: A device and an associated method for identifying a collision in a medical instrument are provided. The device includes a carrier module of the medical instrument, a housing cladding module that is detachably connected to the carrier module at at least one connection site, and at least one switching element arranged on the carrier module at a distance from the connection site. A partial portion of the housing cladding module has a spring-like flexible design in order to be pressed in the direction of the switching element during a collision with an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Mulzer, Matthias Schirbl
  • Patent number: 9427869
    Abstract: An arrangement for motorized assistance in movement of manually movable components of medical apparatuses is provided. The arrangement includes at least one torque sensor that is arranged in a drivetrain of a movable component of a medical apparatus. The at least one torque sensor detects the moments occurring in the drivetrain in a stationary state and in motion. Using an evaluation unit, the torque detected by the at least one torque sensor may be compared against a predefinable first threshold value. The first threshold value is predefined according to a possible position of the movable component. The arrangement includes a drive unit, by which the drive of the drivetrain may be provided with motorized assistance when the first threshold value is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Bier, Harald Mulzer, Wolfgang Neuber, Matthias Schirbl
  • Publication number: 20150023470
    Abstract: A C-arm mounting apparatus for an x-ray imaging device includes a C-arm, a C-arm holding unit, and at least one cage guide unit. The at least one cage guide unit is moveably arranged between the C-arm and the C-arm holding unit. The C-arm is moveably mounted on the C-arm holding unit. The at least one cage guide unit includes a plurality of rolling bodies and at least one rolling body cage. The small overlap between the C-arm and the C-arm holding unit may facilitate greater rotations about an isocenter. An x-ray imaging device includes a C-arm mounting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Wolfgang Neuber, Matthias Schirbl
  • Publication number: 20140232527
    Abstract: A device and an associated method for identifying a collision in a medical instrument are provided. The device includes a carrier module of the medical instrument, a housing cladding module that is detachably connected to the carrier module at at least one connection site, and at least one switching element arranged on the carrier module at a distance from the connection site. A partial portion of the housing cladding module has a spring-like flexible design in order to be pressed in the direction of the switching element during a collision with an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Harald Mulzer, Matthias Schirbl
  • Publication number: 20140163734
    Abstract: An arrangement for motorized assistance in movement of manually movable components of medical apparatuses is provided. The arrangement includes at least one torque sensor that is arranged in a drivetrain of a movable component of a medical apparatus. The at least one torque sensor detects the moments occurring in the drivetrain in a stationary state and in motion. Using an evaluation unit, the torque detected by the at least one torque sensor may be compared against a predefinable first threshold value. The first threshold value is predefined according to a possible position of the movable component. The arrangement includes a drive unit, by which the drive of the drivetrain may be provided with motorized assistance when the first threshold value is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Bier, Harald Mulzer, Wolfgang Neuber, Matthias Schirbl