Patents by Inventor Benedikt Köhler
Benedikt Köhler 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).
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Patent number: 11963728Abstract: A medical handling device which includes an instrument holder that supports and instrument and a robotic handling unit that supports the instrument hold, and a control device. The control device has a handling control unit that controls the robotic handling unit and an instrument control unit that controls the instrument. The control device has an interface for at least one input device. An input device is coupled to the interface. The input device is operable in a first operating mode to control the instrument and in a second operating mode to control the robotic handling unit. An enabling switch activates the second operating mode, in which the robotic handling unit is movable in response to input commands at the input device.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Schrader, Benedikt Koehler, Chang-Hae Kim, Marco Schulze
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Patent number: 11963830Abstract: A medical handling device comprises an instrument holder for holding an observation instrument that is equipped with an image capturing unit for capturing an image section of an object plane. The handling device further comprises a robotic handling unit that supports the instrument holder and a control device that comprises a handling control unit for controlling the robotic handling unit and an instrument control unit for controlling the observation instrument. An input device is coupled to the control device for selecting an image section to be reproduced. The control device is adapted to detect a present orientation of the observation instrument and to control the robotic handling unit, while taking into account the present orientation of the observation instrument, in response to user inputs at the input device. The observation instrument is movable with respect to a pivot point in the object plane at a defined object distance along a curved path.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Schrader, Benedikt Koehler, Chang-Hae Kim, Marco Schulze
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Patent number: 11953669Abstract: An optical observation instrument according to the invention, in particular a surgical microscope or exoscope, comprises an optics unit with an objective arrangement and at least one electronic image recorder, wherein the optics unit has a first stereo channel with a first beam path and a second stereo channel with a second beam path for recording a stereo image of an object field with the at least one electronic image recorder and wherein the first and the second beam path extend through the objective arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KGInventors: Jonas Forster, Sebastian Barth, Andreas Heni, Benedikt Köhler, Walter Vogel
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Patent number: 11770514Abstract: An optical observation instrument according to the invention, in particular a surgical microscope or exoscope, comprises an optics unit with an objective arrangement and at least one electronic image recorder, wherein the optics unit has a first stereo channel with a first beam path and a second stereo channel with a second beam path for recording a stereo image of an object field with the at least one electronic image recorder and wherein the first and the second beam path extend through the objective arrangement. Further, the observation instrument comprises a retaining apparatus which comprises a retaining bracket, which engages over the optics unit, wherein the retaining bracket comprises an operating device with a number of operating elements for controlling a retaining arm, to which the retaining apparatus is connectable.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KGInventors: Sebastian Barth, Markus Blocherer, Christoph Busch, Manuel Ebert, Jonas Forster, Andreas Heni, Benedikt Köhler, Robert Lange, Laura Steck, Annika Witte, Laura Ziegler, Walter Vogel, Kay Behrendt
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Publication number: 20230032791Abstract: An exemplary embodiment relates to a measuring method (50) and to a measuring device (10) in order to determine a length or an area within a scene (32) which are characterized at least partially by a real start point (40-2) and a real end point (42-2), wherein the measurement takes place using at least two images (18, 20) and it is thereby not necessary for the real start point (40-2) and the real end point (42-2) to be imaged in one of the images (18, 20).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Lukas BUSCHLE, Simon HAAG, Jasmin KEUSER, Benedikt KÖHLER
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Publication number: 20210321076Abstract: An optical observation instrument according to the invention, in particular a surgical microscope or exoscope, comprises an optics unit with an objective arrangement and at least one electronic image recorder, wherein the optics unit has a first stereo channel with a first beam path and a second stereo channel with a second beam path for recording a stereo image of an object field with the at least one electronic image recorder and wherein the first and the second beam path extend through the objective arrangement. Further, the observation instrument comprises a retaining apparatus which comprises a retaining bracket, which engages over the optics unit, wherein the retaining bracket comprises an operating device with a number of operating elements for controlling a retaining arm, to which the retaining apparatus is connectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Sebastian Barth, Markus Blocherer, Christoph Busch, Manuel Ebert, Jonas Forster, Andreas Heni, Benedikt Köhler, Robert Lange, Laura Steck, Annika Witte, Laura Ziegler, Walter Vogel, Kay Behrendt
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Publication number: 20210215922Abstract: An optical observation instrument according to the invention, in particular a surgical microscope or exoscope, comprises an optics unit with an objective arrangement and at least one electronic image recorder, wherein the optics unit has a first stereo channel with a first beam path and a second stereo channel with a second beam path for recording a stereo image of an object field with the at least one electronic image recorder and wherein the first and the second beam path extend through the objective arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Jonas Forster, Sebastian Barth, Andreas Heni, Benedikt Köhler, Walter Vogel
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Patent number: 11006096Abstract: An observation device is provided with an image acquisition unit comprising at least one image sensor, an image display unit, that is arranged for displaying image data that is provided by the image acquisition unit, an image processing unit for image processing procedures, and a control unit comprising a multi-axis input module. The image acquisition unit is configured to provide recorded images having a predefined recording pixel quantity. The image display unit is configured to display display images having a predefined display pixel quantity, wherein the recording pixel quantity is equal to or greater than the display pixel quantity. Image pixels of the display pixel quantity are obtained from the recording pixel quantity. Subsets of the recording pixel quantity are selected to form the display pixel quantity. Image acquisition parameters and display parameters are controlled by the input module.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KGInventors: Benedikt Köhler, Andreas Heni, Markus Kupferschmid, Eckhart Baum, Peter Schwarz
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Publication number: 20200397234Abstract: A medical handling device comprises an instrument holder for supporting an instrument and a robotic handling unit that supports the instrument holder, and a control device. The control device comprises a handling control unit for controlling the robotic handling unit and an instrument control unit for controlling the instrument. The control device comprises an interface for at least one input device. An input device is coupled to the interface. The input device is operable in a first operating mode for controlling the instrument and in a second operating mode for controlling the robotic handling unit. An enabling switch activates the second operating mode, in which the robotic handling unit is movable in response to input commands at the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Stephan SCHRADER, Benedikt KOEHLER, Chang-Hae KIM, Marco SCHULZE
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Publication number: 20200397531Abstract: A medical handling device comprises an instrument holder for holding an observation instrument that is equipped with an image capturing unit for capturing an image section of an object plane. The handling device further comprises a robotic handling unit that supports the instrument holder and a control device that comprises a handling control unit for controlling the robotic handling unit and an instrument control unit for controlling the observation instrument. An input device is coupled to the control device for selecting an image section to be reproduced. The control device is adapted to detect a present orientation of the observation instrument and to control the robotic handling unit, while taking into account the present orientation of the observation instrument, in response to user inputs at the input device. The observation instrument is movable with respect to a pivot point in the object plane at a defined object distance along a curved path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Stephan SCHRADER, Benedikt KOEHLER, Chang-Hae KIM, Marco SCHULZE
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Publication number: 20200397225Abstract: A medical handling device comprises an instrument holder for holding an observation instrument that is equipped with an image capturing unit for capturing an image section. The handling device further comprises a robotic handling unit that supports the instrument holder and a control device that comprises a handling control unit for controlling the robotic handling unit and an instrument control unit for controlling the observation instrument. An input device is coupled to the control device for selecting an image section to be reproduced. The control device is adapted to control the robotic handling unit in response to user inputs at the input device to change the captured image section. The control device is adapted to convert operating commands at the input device into movement instructions, depending on a present orientation of the image capturing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Stephan SCHRADER, Benedikt KOEHLER, Chang-Hae KIM, Marco SCHULZE
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Patent number: 10868964Abstract: An optical observation system (1) according to the invention comprises an optical observation apparatus, more particularly an endoscope or an exoscope (2), comprising an imaging optical unit and an electronic image recorder, wherein the imaging optical unit is embodied to image an object field (3) on the electronic image recorder with an alterable imaging scale and the electronic image recorder is embodied to produce recorded image data of the object field (3), an image display apparatus for presenting at least a section of the object field (3) and an image processing apparatus (20), which is configured to produce display image data by scaling the recorded image data with an alterable scaling factor and to actuate the image display apparatus with the display image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KGInventor: Benedikt Köhler
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Patent number: 10645372Abstract: An observation device is provided with an image acquisition unit comprising at least one image sensor, an image display unit, that is arranged for displaying image data that is provided by the image acquisition unit, an image processing unit for image processing procedures, and a control unit comprising a multi-axis input module. The image acquisition unit is configured to provide recorded images having a predefined recording pixel quantity. The image display unit is configured to display images having a predefined display pixel quantity, wherein the recording pixel quantity is equal to or greater than the display pixel quantity. Image pixels of the display pixel quantity are obtained from the recording pixel quantity. Subsets of the recording pixel quantity are selected to form the display pixel quantity. Image acquisition parameters and display parameters are controlled by the input module.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KGInventors: Benedikt Köhler, Andreas Heni, Markus Kupferschmid, Eckhart Baum, Peter Schwarz
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Publication number: 20200112683Abstract: An optical observation system (1) according to the invention comprises an optical observation apparatus, more particularly an endoscope or an exoscope (2), comprising an imaging optical unit and an electronic image recorder, wherein the imaging optical unit is embodied to image an object field (3) on the electronic image recorder with an alterable imaging scale and the electronic image recorder is embodied to produce recorded image data of the object field (3), an image display apparatus for presenting at least a section of the object field (3) and an image processing apparatus (20), which is configured to produce display image data by scaling the recorded image data with an alterable scaling factor and to actuate the image display apparatus with the display image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventor: Benedikt KÖHLER
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Publication number: 20200099922Abstract: An observation device is provided with an image acquisition unit comprising at least one image sensor, an image display unit, that is arranged for displaying image data that is provided by the image acquisition unit, an image processing unit for image processing procedures, and a control unit comprising a multi-axis input module. The image acquisition unit is configured to provide recorded images having a predefined recording pixel quantity. The image display unit is configured to display display images having a predefined display pixel quantity, wherein the recording pixel quantity is equal to or greater than the display pixel quantity. Image pixels of the display pixel quantity are obtained from the recording pixel quantity. Subsets of the recording pixel quantity are selected to form the display pixel quantity. Image acquisition parameters and display parameters are controlled by the input module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Benedikt Köhler, Andreas Heni, Markus Kupferschmid, Eckhart Baum, Peter Schwarz
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Patent number: 10383507Abstract: A sterile sleeve for a medical viewing instrument, in particular for an endoscope, exoscope or surgical microscope, designed to enclose at least one heat-emitting component of the medical viewing instrument, has an air inlet, an air outlet, and means for conveying and/or guiding an air stream from the air inlet through the sterile sleeve to the air outlet in order to carry off the heat emitted by the at least one heat-emitting component. The invention also relates to a method for operating a medical viewing instrument, in particular an endoscope, exoscope or surgical microscope.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KGInventors: Christian Czupalla, Markus Kupferschmid, Benedikt Köhler
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Patent number: D819806Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Benedikt Koehler, Andreas Efinger, Daniel Steidle
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Patent number: D828920Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Benedikt Koehler, Andreas Efinger, Daniel Steidle
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Patent number: D835272Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Heni, Benedikt Koehler, Patrick Wollenweber, Christian Schneider
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Patent number: D885573Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Heni, Benedikt Koehler, Patrick Wollenweber, Christian Schneider