Patents by Inventor Albert Hecker

Albert Hecker 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).

  • Lubricant supplying device for the everting tube drive of an endoscope
    Patent number: 8556800
    Abstract: A lubricant supplying device of an endoscope everting tube drive comprises a drive tube everted at least once to thus form an outer and an inner tube portion. Inside the inner tube portion an endoscope shaft is mounted in an axially displaceable manner. In addition a drive device is provided which encompasses the drive tube everted at least once or the inner tube portion thereof so as to apply a driving force for an advancing movement of the endoscope shaft onto the inner tube portion, the drive means being in fluid connection with a lubricant supplying line and a lubricant discharge line for introducing a lubricant via the drive device into the drive tube everted at least once and/or for discharging it. The lubricant supply line and the lubricant discharge are connected to the drive device in two locations thereof diametrically opposite with respect to the endoscope shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Invendo Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Hecker, Guenter Wilhelm Schuetz, Wilhelm Franz Pommersheim
  • Lubricant Supplying Device for the Everting Tube Drive of an Endoscope
    Publication number: 20110137119
    Abstract: A lubricant supplying device of an endoscope everting tube drive comprises a drive tube everted at least once to thus form an outer and an inner tube portion. Inside the inner tube portion an endoscope shaft is mounted in an axially displaceable manner. In addition a drive device is provided which encompasses the drive tube everted at least once or the inner tube portion thereof so as to apply a driving force for an advancing movement of the endoscope shaft onto the inner tube portion, the drive means being in fluid connection with a lubricant supplying line and a lubricant discharge line for introducing a lubricant via the drive device into the drive tube everted at least once and/or for discharging it. The lubricant supply line and the lubricant discharge are connected to the drive device in two locations thereof diametrically opposite with respect to the endoscope shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: INVENDO MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Albert Hecker, Guenter Wilhelm Schuetz, Wilhelm Franz Pommersheim