Patents by Inventor Steffen Sachse

Steffen Sachse 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: 6350263
    Abstract: An ablation arrangement (1) for the targeted production of local lesions in living tissue inside the body, particularly inside the heart, comprising at least one energy source (15), a plurality of energy uncoupling elements (11b to 11g) that are attached to a holding element (11a), a plurality of energy transmission lines (19.1) that connect the energy source or the energy sources to the energy uncoupling elements and switching elements (9.3) that are assigned to the energy transmission lines for setting up or interrupting a connection between the energy source and respectively one energy uncoupling element, with program control means (9.1) for a time-sequential actuation of at least some of the switching elements according to an ablation program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Biotronik Mess- und Therapiegeräte GmbH & Co. Ingenieurburo Berlin
    Inventors: Thomas Wetzig, Markus Graf, Steffen Sachse, Olaf Pohl