Patents by Inventor Andreas Christian Gerber

Andreas Christian Gerber 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).

  • Device for gravity-driven control of the filling pressure of a catheter balloon
    Patent number: 9744336
    Abstract: Device for gravity-driven, particularly continuous, control of the filling pressure in a balloon catheter (3), comprising: a balloon reservoir that is statically loaded with a vertically guided weight guide or stamp (9) that weighs vertically on the balloon reservoir, wherein said weight guide or stamp is designed to carry vertically arranged and therewith plumb-vertically acting weight elements (8), and wherein the balloon reservoir is guided in a cylindrical shell (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
    Inventor: Andreas Christian Gerber
  • Device for Gravity-Driven Control of the Filling Pressure of a Catheter Balloon
    Publication number: 20150080793
    Abstract: Device for gravity-driven, particularly continuous, control of the filling pressure in a balloon catheter (3), comprising: a balloon reservoir that is statically loaded with a vertically guided weight guide or stamp (9) that weighs vertically on the balloon reservoir, wherein said weight guide or stamp is designed to carry vertically arranged and therewith plumb-vertically acting weight elements (8), and wherein the balloon reservoir is guided in a cylindrical shell (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Andreas Christian Gerber