Patents by Inventor Bert Lenaerts

Bert Lenaerts 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).

  • Intracorporeal videocapsule with swiveling image pickup
    Patent number: 9028399
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe (10), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe (10) being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing (16) and an image pickup unit (26) inside the housing (16) that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe (10). The image pickup unit (26) is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing (16) in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus M. Irion, Fritz Hensler, Christine Harendt, Heinz-Gerhard Graf, Robert Puers, David Turgis, Bert Lenaerts, Alberto Arena, Arianna Menciassi, Vassilis Kodogiannis
  • Intracorporeal Videocapsule With Swiveling Image Pickup
    Publication number: 20080081947
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe (10), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe (10) being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing (16) and an image pickup unit (26) inside the housing (16) that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe (10). The image pickup unit (26) is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing (16) in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Irion, Fritz Hensler, Christine Harendt, Heinz-Gerhard Graf, Robert Puers, David Turgis, Bert Lenaerts, Alberto Arena, Arianna Menciassi, Vassilis Kodogiannis