Patents by Inventor Reimund Erbel

Reimund Erbel 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).

  • System for actively supporting the flow of body fluids
    Patent number: 6508787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for actively supporting the flow of body fluids, comprising an artificial flow guide system (10) with an operational area into which a pump (1) is embedded in such a way that it can transport blood from at least one inlet opening (3) situated in the guide system to at least one outlet opening (4) situated in the guide system; a flexible feed hose (5) connected to the flow guide system; an energy or force transmission line (6) which is guided through the interior of the flexible feed hose and which, when the device is in the operational state, transmits energy or force substantially continuously to the pump from a drive unit for the extracorporeal generation of this energy or force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Reimund Erbel, Gerald Voegele, Thomas Weisener, Andreas Maya, Carlo Bark, Mark Widmann
  • SYSTEM FOR ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE FLOW OF BODY FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20010018569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for actively supporting the flow of body fluids, comprising an artificial flow guide system (10) with an operational area into which a pump (1) is embedded in such a way that it can transport blood from at least one inlet opening (3) situated in the guide system to at least one outlet opening (4) situated in the guide system; a flexible feed hose (5) connected to the flow guide system; an energy or force transmission line (6) which is guided through the interior of the flexible feed hose and which, when the device is in the operational state, transmits energy or force substantially continuously to the pump from a drive unit for the extracorporeal generation of this energy or force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: REIMUND ERBEL, GERALD VOEGELE, THOMAS WEISENER, ANDREAS MAYA, CARLO BARK, MARK WIDMANN