Patents by Inventor Arne Kurz

Arne Kurz 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).

  • Publication number: 20230113402
    Abstract: A neonatal incubator system includes an enclosure having a series of side panels that create a chamber that receives an infant. At least one of the side panels includes a porthole having a porthole door that is movable between open and closed positions. A rotary latch is positioned to engage the porthole door to retain the porthole door in the closed position when the latch is in a latched position. The rotary latch is designed such movement of the rotary latch to an unlatched position creates physical separation between the porthole door and a sealing gasket or bumpers located between the porthole door and the side panel. The rotary latch is designed such that a control knob can be moved to a cleaning position in which the control knob is spaced from the side panel to expose a liquid gutter that is formed as part of a stationary base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Helge B. Klockow, Mohanavenkatesh Thangavelu, Shahasan Noushad, Steven M. Falk, Lothar Mitzlaff, Hendrik Hug, Jan Rheinländer, Arne Kurz, Michael Schlag, Andreas Dreher
  • Patent number: 11022111
    Abstract: A pump for pumping fluid, wherein the pump comprises a pump head comprising a working chamber, a piston assembly configured for reciprocating within the working chamber to thereby displace fluid, a pump base accommodating a piston actuator being mechanically lockable to the piston assembly in a working mode of the pump to thereby transmit drive energy to the piston assembly to reciprocate, and a locking/unlocking mechanism configured to, upon unfastening the pump head from the pump base, mechanically unlock the piston actuator from the piston assembly in a maintenance mode of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Dehmer, Arne Kurz, Lothar Mitzlaff
  • Patent number: 10385847
    Abstract: A pump for pumping fluid, wherein the pump includes a working chamber, a piston assembly configured for reciprocating within the working chamber to thereby displace fluid, a piston actuator being rigidly assembled with the piston assembly at least in a working mode of the pump to thereby transmit drive energy to the piston assembly to reciprocate along a common rigid axis of the piston-actuator-assembly, and a bearing arrangement bearing the piston assembly and the piston actuator in the pump so that the piston-actuator-assembly provided by the piston assembly and the piston actuator is capable of performing a pendulum-type compensation motion around a pendulum point at the piston actuator on the common rigid axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arne Kurz, Bernhard Dehmer, Lothar Mitzlaff
  • Publication number: 20170009766
    Abstract: A pump for pumping fluid, wherein the pump includes a working chamber, a piston assembly configured for reciprocating within the working chamber to thereby displace fluid, a piston actuator being rigidly assembled with the piston assembly at least in a working mode of the pump to thereby transmit drive energy to the piston assembly to reciprocate along a common rigid axis of the piston-actuator-assembly, and a bearing arrangement bearing the piston assembly and the piston actuator in the pump so that the piston-actuator-assembly provided by the piston assembly and the piston actuator is capable of performing a pendulum-type compensation motion around a pendulum point at the piston actuator on the common rigid axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Arne Kurz, Bernhard Dehmer, Lothar Mitzlaff
  • Publication number: 20150240804
    Abstract: A pump for pumping fluid, wherein the pump comprises a pump head comprising a working chamber, a piston assembly configured for reciprocating within the working chamber to thereby displace fluid, a pump base accommodating a piston actuator being mechanically lockable to the piston assembly in a working mode of the pump to thereby transmit drive energy to the piston assembly to reciprocate, and a locking/unlocking mechanism configured to, upon unfastening the pump head from the pump base, mechanically unlock the piston actuator from the piston assembly in a maintenance mode of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Bernhard Dehmer, Arne Kurz, Lothar Mitzlaff