Patents by Inventor Bernd Zimmer

Bernd Zimmer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for injecting ultrasound into tissue
    Patent number: 8702630
    Abstract: In a method for driving an injection device for injecting ultrasound into a tissue, the ultrasound has a predetermined thermal effect and a predetermined mechanical effect in the tissue. Ultrasound pulses are successively injected utilizing the injection device. Each ultrasound pulse comprises a pulse width and a duty ratio of the ultrasound pulses is set as a function of the thermal and mechanical effects of the ultrasound pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Zimmer Medizinsysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Zimmer
  • Casting machine system and process for producing hybrid metal/plastic articles
    Patent number: 8376025
    Abstract: A casting machine system includes a first casting machine and a separate second casting machine, wherein the first casting machine is a metal-casting machine and the second casting machine is a plastic-casting machine, or the first casting machine is a plastic-casting machine and the second casting machine is a metal-casting machine. An associated process produces hybrid metal/plastic articles. The casting machine includes a transfer device for transferring a precursor product, produced by a first casting process in the first casting machine, to the second casting machine, in which a hybrid metal/plastic component is formed from the precursor product by a second casting process, and a temperature-regulating device for regulating the temperature of the precursor product in a controllable manner after its removal from the first casting machine, and before starting the second casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Erhard, Helmar Dannenmann, Juergen Kurz, Knut Morgenstern, Wolgang Nendel, Tino Zucker, Bernd Zimmer, Martin Kausch
  • Casting Machine System and Process for Producing Hybrid Metal/Plastic Articles
    Publication number: 20110000634
    Abstract: A casting machine system includes a first casting machine and a separate second casting machine, wherein the first casting machine is a metal-casting machine and the second casting machine is a plastic-casting machine, or the first casting machine is a plastic-casting machine and the second casting machine is a metal-casting machine. An associated process produces hybrid metal/plastic articles. The casting machine includes a transfer device for transferring a precursor product, produced by a first casting process in the first casting machine, to the second casting machine, in which a hybrid metal/plastic component is formed from the precursor product by a second casting process, and a temperature-regulating device for regulating the temperature of the precursor product in a controllable manner after its removal from the first casting machine, and before starting the second casting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Erhard, Helmar Dannenmann, Juergen Kurz, Knut Morgenstern, Wolfgang Nendel, Tino Zucker, Bernd Zimmer, Martin Kausch
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INJECTING ULTRASOUND INTO TISSUE
    Publication number: 20070239076
    Abstract: In a method for driving an injection device for injecting ultrasound into a tissue, the ultrasound has a predetermined thermal effect and a predetermined mechanical effect in the tissue. Ultrasound pulses are successively injected utilizing the injection device. Each ultrasound pulse comprises a pulse width and a duty ratio of the ultrasound pulses is set as a function of the thermal and mechanical effects of the ultrasound pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: ZIMMER ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH
    Inventor: Bernd ZIMMER