Patents by Inventor Christopher SPRENGER

Christopher SPRENGER 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: 20190083170
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a surgical instrument, in particular an electrosurgical instrument. The surgical instrument is configured with a FRAM storage device for individually recognizing or detecting the surgical instrument. The disclosed embodiments further relate to the use of a FRAM storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Carlos GROTH, Christopher SPRENGER
  • Publication number: 20180360521
    Abstract: An electrosurgical system and a method for operating an electrosurgical instrument comprises an electrosurgical instrument, a generator which is designed to operate the electrosurgical instrument, a memory element on which is stored at least one piece of operation-relevant information representing at least one operating instruction for the electrosurgical instrument, and a display which is designed to display operation relevant information, wherein the system is designed to transmit the operation relevant information to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Carlos GROTH, Christopher SPRENGER
  • Publication number: 20150320491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bipolar electrosurgical instrument with an elongated shaft and with two coagulation electrodes arranged one after another in the longitudinal direction of the shaft and each forming a surface portion of the shaft, said electrodes being insulated electrically from one another by an insulator. At the distal end, the shaft is blunt, particularly rounded off, and has a cutting electrode for electrosurgical cutting at the distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas HÖRLLE, Christopher SPRENGER, German KLINK
  • Patent number: 8911437
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical technology device for treatment of the human or animal body, comprising at least one electrical plug connector which is adapted to be connected to a complementary counterpart plug connector of a further medical technology device and which in an active position is arranged projecting upwardly at the top side of the device. To provide a medical technology device which can be used both as an individual device and also in conjunction with a second device as a device arrangement and which in that respect satisfies existing safety and aesthetic demands, it is provided in accordance with the invention that the plug connector is adapted to be movable from the active position into a passive position, wherein in the passive position the plug connector is removed from the top side of the device and the top side is closed in substantially fluid-tight relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hörlle, André Roggan, Wolfgang Kühne, Uwe Fischer, Timo Strauss, Stefan Schiddel, Christopher Sprenger
  • Publication number: 20120316588
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical technology device for treatment of the human or animal body, comprising at least one electrical plug connector which is adapted to be connected to a complementary counterpart plug connector of a further medical technology device and which in an active position is arranged projecting upwardly at the top side of the device. To provide a medical technology device which can be used both as an individual device and also in conjunction with a second device as a device arrangement and which in that respect satisfies existing safety and aesthetic demands, it is provided in accordance with the invention that the plug connector is adapted to be movable from the active position into a passive position, wherein in the passive position the plug connector is removed from the top side of the device and the top side is closed in substantially fluid-tight relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: CELON AG MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Inventors: Andreas Hörlle, André Roggan, Wolfgang Kühne, Uwe Fischer, Timo Strauss, Stefan Schiddel, Christopher Sprenger
  • Publication number: 20100093226
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical technology device for treatment of the human or animal body, comprising at least one electrical plug connector which is adapted to be connected to a complementary counterpart plug connector of a further medical technology device and which in an active position is arranged projecting upwardly at the top side of the device. To provide a medical technology device which can be used both as an individual device and also in conjunction with a second device as a device arrangement and which in that respect satisfies existing safety and aesthetic demands, it is provided in accordance with the invention that the plug connector is adapted to be movable from the active position into a passive position, wherein in the passive position the plug connector is removed from the top side of the device and the top side is closed in substantially fluid-tight relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas HÖRLLE, André ROGGAN, Wolfgang KÜHNE, Uwe FISCHER, Timo STRAUSS, Stefan SCHIDDEL, Christopher SPRENGER