Patents by Inventor Urban WENK

Urban WENK 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).

  • Microscope Having A Switchable Documentation Beam Path
    Publication number: 20130229626
    Abstract: A microscope (1) having a principal observer's beam path (2a) and an assistant's beam path (3a, 3b), and having an optical beam splitter device (5, 15) for generating a documentation beam path (4), where the beam splitter device (5, 15) in a first position outcouples the documentation beam path from the principal observer's beam path (2a), and in a second position outcouples it from the assistant's beam path (3b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG
    Inventors: René ZUEND, Urban Wenk
  • Microscope having a microscope body and a stand formed by a plurality of components to provide a supporting function or to enable positioning of the microscope in the room
    Patent number: 8456739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microscope (1), preferably a dental microscope, including a microscope body (15) and a stand (2) formed by a plurality of components to provide a supporting function or to enable positioning of the microscope (1) in the room (11), the microscope body (15) and the stand (2) having cavities (16) therein. It is a feature of the present invention that at least one cavity (16) of the microscope body (15) and/or the stand (2) has a light source (17) provided therein whose light (17a, 17b, 17c) can pass outwardly through passage openings (18, 24, 27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG
    Inventors: Herbert Stuettler, Christophe Apothéloz, Andreas Tedde, Urban Wenk
  • MICROSCOPE HAVING A MICROSCOPE BODY AND A STAND FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTING FUNCTION OR TO ENABLE POSITIONING OF THE MICROSCOPE IN THE ROOM
    Publication number: 20110019271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microscope (1), preferably a dental microscope, including a microscope body (15) and a stand (2) formed by a plurality of components to provide a supporting function or to enable positioning of the microscope (1) in the room (11), the microscope body (15) and the stand (2) having cavities (16) therein. It is a feature of the present invention that at least one cavity (16) of the microscope body (15) and/or the stand (2) has a light source (17) provided therein whose light (17a, 17b, 17c) can pass outwardly through passage openings (18, 24, 27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG
    Inventors: Herbert STUETTLER, Christophe APOTHÉLOZ, Andreas TEDDE, Urban WENK