Sven Mersmann 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).
Abstract: An endoscope comprises a shaft with an outer tube and with an inner tube extending inside the latter, the outer and inner tubes being radially spaced apart from one another such that they form between them an axially extending channel, which provides space for receiving a light guide. An intermediate tube having flexural strength is arranged between the outer tube and the inner tube, which intermediate tube at least partially surrounds the inner tube.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2013
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Frank Fuerst, Joerg Halbig, Markus Kupferschmid, Fang Lei, Sven Mersmann, Jan Dahmen, Ewald Stihl, Frank Lederer
Abstract: An endoscope comprises a shaft with an outer tube and with an inner tube extending inside the latter, the outer and inner tubes being radially spaced apart from one another such that they form between them an axially extending channel, which provides space for receiving a light guide. An intermediate tube having flexural strength is arranged between the outer tube and the inner tube, which intermediate tube at least partially surrounds the inner tube.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 18, 2006
Publication date:
May 24, 2007
Inventors:
Frank Fuerst, Joerg Halbig, Markus Kupferschmid, Fang Lei, Sven Mersmann, Jan Dahmen, Ewald Stihl, Frank Lederer