Patents by Inventor Sophie Thielmann

Sophie Thielmann 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).

  • Surgical manipulation instrument
    Patent number: 9522047
    Abstract: A surgical manipulation instrument which is particularly suitable for minimal invasive surgery, comprising an extra-corporeal drive device to which several axially displaceable first actuation elements are connected. The disclosure also relates to a partial intra-corporeal manipulator part which comprises several axially displaceable second actuation devices for actuating an end effector. Pairs of actuation elements are detachably connected together by means of a coupling device. A pivotable intermediate element is provided between the second coupling element and the second actuation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Seibold, Sophie Thielmann, Michael Strohmayr
  • Surgical manipulation instrument
    Patent number: 8945098
    Abstract: A surgical manipulation instrument which is particularly suitable for minimal invasive surgery, comprising an extra-corporeal drive device and a partial intra-corporeal manipulator part. The drive device comprises several axially displaceable first actuation elements. The first actuation elements are detachably connected to axially displaceable second actuation elements, by a coupling device, the second actuation elements being used to actuate an end effector. The coupling device comprises two coupling elements, one of the coupling elements having undercut recesses in which the second coupling element engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-Und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Seibold, Sophie Thielmann
  • SURGICAL MANIPULATION INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20120330286
    Abstract: A surgical manipulation instrument which is particularly suitable for minimal invasive surgery, comprising an extra-corporeal drive device and a partial intra-corporeal manipulator part. The drive device comprises several axially displaceable first actuation elements. The first actuation elements are detachably connected to axially displaceable second actuation elements, by a coupling device, the second actuation elements being used to actuate an end effector. The coupling device comprises two coupling elements, one of the coupling elements having undercut recesses in which the second coupling element engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Ulrich Seibold, Sophie Thielmann
  • SURGICAL MANIPULATION INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20120296341
    Abstract: A surgical manipulation instrument which is particularly suitable for minimal invasive surgery, comprising an extra-corporeal drive device to which several axially displaceable first actuation elements are connected. The disclosure also relates to a partial intra-corporeal manipulator part which comprises several axially displaceable second actuation devices for actuating an end effector. Pairs of actuation elements are detachably connected together by means of a coupling device. A pivotable intermediate element is provided between the second coupling element and the second actuation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Ulrich Seibold, Sophie Thielmann, Michael Strohmayr