Patents by Inventor Peter Hopfe

Peter Hopfe 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).

  • Method and apparatus for transporting a patient support
    Patent number: 7412311
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting a patient support panel or a medical appliance includes a drive unit, which includes a drive motor, an undercarriage having wheels rotatably mounted on it for driving the undercarriage, and a sensor unit for receiving a signal indicating the position of the transport device with respect to a predetermined path line while the transport device moves along the predetermined path line. One or more of the wheels are rotatably drivable by the drive unit, and one or more wheels are steerable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Trumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Georgi, Peter Hopfe, Michael Graef, Thomas Reichardt, Carolin Brand
  • Method and apparatus for transporting a patient support
    Publication number: 20050065675
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting a patient support panel or a medical appliance includes a drive unit, which includes a drive motor, an undercarriage having wheels rotatably mounted on it for driving the undercarriage, and a sensor unit for receiving a signal indicating the position of the transport device with respect to a predetermined path line while the transport device moves along the predetermined path line. One or more of the wheels are rotatably drivable by the drive unit, and one or more wheels are steerable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Trumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Georgi, Peter Hopfe, Michael Graef, Thomas Reichardt, Carolin Brand
  • Patient supporting table
    Publication number: 20040200001
    Abstract: A patient supporting table that includes a supporting device having a table column with a vertical axis, and a table top for supporting a patient, the table top supported by the table column and arranged to move back and forth in the longitudinal direction of the table top between a retracted and an extended position, and further arranged to rotate back and forth about the vertical axis between a first and a second pivot position. The table top can be detached from the supporting device in at least one pivot position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Dirk Stolze, Peter Hopfe, Falk Georgi