Patents by Inventor Daniel Seeh

Daniel Seeh 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: 20230371794
    Abstract: A reusable irrigation sheath for an endoscope includes a sheathing tube connected to an end portion, a fixing unit formed at the end portion, and a rinsing port fluid-connected to the sheathing tube. The irrigation sheath includes an endoscope channel extending through the end portion and the sheathing tube. Once the endoscope shaft has been introduced into the endoscope channel and has reached the work position, the irrigation sheath is fixed to the endoscope via the fixing unit so that the distal end of the endoscope shaft rests against an axial stop and the radial position of the endoscope shaft in the sheathing tube is specified by at least two radial stops such that a rinsing channel located within the sheathing tube and in fluid connection with the rinsing port extends up to the distal end of the sheathing tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ina DOMINKE, Daniel SEEH
  • Publication number: 20230226279
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. The tensioning device includes a ramp which is rotatable via a motor, a ramp track, and a roller. A dose setting means can be provided which comprises a spacer and a movement unit. The spacer moves from a neutral position into an active position such that the driver is stopped by the spacer so the piston stroke during the movement of the piston to the open dispensing end is shorter in comparison to the case in which the spacer is in its neutral position. The spacer has a through bore in which a spindle with a spindle thread is guided. A pin protrudes into the spindle thread. The spindle thread leads at at least one of its two ends into an annular groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Anika SCHMIDT, Robin SAUTER, Daniel SEEH, Maikel WIEDMANN
  • Publication number: 20230158240
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder (16, 116) which has an open dispensing end (17), a piston (36) which is displaceable between a front and rear end position in the cylinder (16, 116) and is connected to a piston rod (35) that protrudes along a first direction beyond a rear end of the cylinder (16, 116) opposite the open dispensing end (17) and is guided in a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve (18) closing the open dispensing end (17), and a tensioning device (S) which is connected to the piston rod (35, 135) and is arranged in the receiving block (10). The tensioning device (S) has a ramp (52) which is rotatable by means of a motor (12) and has a ramp track (53) extending along a helical line, wherein the ramp track (53) ascends from a first plateau along a region of inclination (S1, S2) to a second plateau and descends from the second plateau to the first plateau via a transition flank (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Thomas Schmidt, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Daniel Seeh
  • Patent number: 11534550
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder (16, 116) which has an open dispensing end (17), a piston (36) which is displaceable between a front and rear end position in the cylinder (16, 116) and is connected to a piston rod (35) that protrudes along a first direction beyond a rear end of the cylinder (16, 116) opposite the open dispensing end (17) and is guided in a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve (18) closing the open dispensing end (17), and a tensioning device (S) which is connected to the piston rod (35, 135) and is arranged in the receiving block (10). The tensioning device (S) has a ramp (52) which is rotatable by means of a motor (12) and has a ramp track (53) extending along a helical line, wherein the ramp track (53) ascends from a first plateau along a region of inclination (S1, S2) to a second plateau and descends from the second plateau to the first plateau via a transition flank (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Thomas Schmidt, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Daniel Seeh
  • Publication number: 20220387715
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. The tensioning device includes a ramp which is rotatable via a motor, a ramp track, and a roller which is in contact with the ramp track and which is mounted rotatably in a driver. The device can further include a front part, which includes the cylinder and the open dispensing end, and a rear part, which includes the tensioning device. The front part and the rear part can be formed from different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Daniel SEEH, Robin SAUTER, Maikel WIEDMANN, Anika SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220339359
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. The tensioning device includes a ramp which is rotatable via a motor, a ramp track, and a roller which is in contact with the ramp track and which is mounted rotatably in a driver. The driver can be connected to the piston rod via a joint. In a tensioning procedure, the ramp track is rotated such that the roller runs on the region of inclination as far as the second plateau and the piston is thereby moved to its rear end position. In a dispensing procedure, the ramp track is rotated until the roller runs over a transfer region and, on account of the tensioning, is accelerated toward the first plateau and, as a result, the piston is moved toward the an dispensing end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Daniel SEEH, Robin SAUTER, Maikel WIEDMANN, Anika SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220323680
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. The tensioning device includes a ramp which is rotatable via a motor, a ramp track, and a roller which is in contact with the ramp track and which is mounted rotatably in a driver. A dose setting means can be provided which comprises a spacer and a movement unit. The movement unit can move the spacer from a neutral position into an active position between the driver and the cylinder such that the driver is stopped by the spacer and therefore the piston stroke during the movement of the piston to the open dispensing end is shorter in comparison to the case in which the spacer is in its neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Robin SAUTER, Anika SCHMIDT, Maikel WIEDMANN, Daniel SEEH
  • Publication number: 20220313922
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston displaceable in the cylinder and connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. The tensioning device includes a ramp rotatable via a motor, and a ramp track extending along a helical line. The tensioning device includes a roller which is in contact with the ramp track. To perform a tensioning procedure, the ramp track is rotated such that the roller runs on the region of inclination as far as the second plateau so the piston is moved to its rear end position. To perform a dispensing procedure, the ramp track is rotated until the roller runs over a transfer region and is accelerated toward the first plateau, thereby the piston is moved toward an open dispensing end. A control unit determines whether the tensioning procedure and/or dispensing procedure has taken place correctly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Robin SAUTER, Maikel WIEDMANN, Daniel SEEH, Anika SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220313917
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. The tensioning device includes a ramp which is rotatable via a motor, a ramp track, and a roller which is in contact with the ramp track and which is mounted rotatably in a driver. In a tensioning procedure, the ramp track is rotated until the roller runs over a transfer region and, on account of the tensioning, is accelerated toward the first plateau. As a result, the piston is moved toward an open dispensing end. The administering device can be configured with one cylinder, one piston and one piston rod. The tensioning device can include two helical screws which run parallel to each other and which both, when the piston is in its rear end position, contribute to the pretensioning which is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Daniel SEEH, Robin SAUTER, Maikel WIEDMANN, Anika SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220305205
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. In a dispensing procedure a ramp track is rotated until the roller runs over a transfer region and is accelerated toward the first plateau and, as a result, the piston is moved toward an open dispensing end. A motor is connected to the ramp via a coupling. To rotate the ramp, the coupling transmits torque provided by the motor in the first rotation direction and, in the process, provides a freewheel counter to the first rotation direction. The freewheel is configured such that it covers at least a rotation angle range which corresponds to the transfer region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Daniel SEEH, Robin SAUTER, Maikel WIEDMANN, Anika SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220296815
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. In a dispensing procedure, a ramp track is rotated until a roller runs over a transfer region and is accelerated toward the first plateau and, as a result, the piston is moved toward an open dispensing end. The ramp track runs on the face side of a wall extending along a circular path. A cover engages over the ramp track, the driver and the roller and has at least one scraper extending counter to the first direction and extending within the wall as far as the inner side of the wall, and thus scrapes off lubricant located on the inner side from the inner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Maikel WIEDMANN, Robin SAUTER, Daniel SEEH, Anika SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220193345
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid, wherein, with the valve opened, fluid that is to be administered can be brought through the feed channel into the cylinder, and wherein a movement of the piston counter to the first direction towards the open dispensing end generates a positive pressure in the cylinder, such that, with the first valve opened, the fluid that is to be administered from the cylinder is dispensed via the open dispensing end, wherein, in order to seal the rear end of the cylinder, a first sealing element is arranged between the piston and the cylinder and a second sealing element is arranged spaced apart from the first sealing element along the first direction. The first sealing element can be a single-acting sealing element, and the second sealing element can be a single-acting or double-acting sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Frank ALTERMANN, Daniel SEEH
  • Publication number: 20210077729
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder (16, 116) which has an open dispensing end (17), a piston (36) which is displaceable between a front and rear end position in the cylinder (16, 116) and is connected to a piston rod (35) that protrudes along a first direction beyond a rear end of the cylinder (16, 116) opposite the open dispensing end (17) and is guided in a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve (18) closing the open dispensing end (17), and a tensioning device (S) which is connected to the piston rod (35, 135) and is arranged in the receiving block (10), wherein the tensioning device (S), when the piston (36) is in its front end position, can move the piston rod (35, 135) in a tensioning operation along the first direction until the piston (36) is in its rear end position in order thereby to fill the cylinder (16, 116) with the fluid to be administered and in order to pretension the piston rod (35, 135) toward the open dispensing end (17), and wherein the tensioning device (S
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Altermann, Daniel Seeh, Dominic Kamenzin, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210069417
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder (16, 116) which has an open dispensing end (17), a piston (36) which is displaceable between a front and rear end position in the cylinder (16, 116) and is connected to a piston rod (35) that protrudes along a first direction beyond a rear end of the cylinder (16, 116) opposite the open dispensing end (17) and is guided in a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve (18) closing the open dispensing end (17), and a tensioning device (S) which is connected to the piston rod (35, 135) and is arranged in the receiving block (10). The tensioning device (S) has a ramp (52) which is rotatable by means of a motor (12) and has a ramp track (53) extending along a helical line, wherein the ramp track (53) ascends from a first plateau along a region of inclination (S1, S2) to a second plateau and descends from the second plateau to the first plateau via a transition flank (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Thomas Schmidt, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Daniel Seeh
  • Publication number: 20210052815
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder (16, 116) which has an open dispensing end (17), a piston (36) which is displaceable between a front and rear end position in the cylinder (16, 116) and is connected to a piston rod (35) that protrudes along a first direction beyond a rear end of the cylinder (16, 116) opposite the open dispensing end (17) and is guided in a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve (18) closing the open dispensing end (17), and a tensioning device (S) which is connected to the piston rod (35, 135) and is arranged in the receiving block (10), wherein the tensioning device (S), when the piston (36) is in its front end position, can move the piston rod (35, 135) in a tensioning operation along the first direction until the piston (36) is in its rear end position in order thereby to fill the cylinder (16, 116) with the fluid to be administered and in order to pretension the piston rod (35, 135) toward the open dispensing end (17), and wherein the tensioning device (S
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Thomas Schmidt, Daniel Seeh
  • Patent number: 10905316
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a main unit, which includes a centring bush with an inner surface which defines an axis of rotation; a first eccentric bush, which is mounted rotatable about the axis of rotation in the centring bush and comprises a first centring inner surface which defines a first rotation axis, wherein the first rotation axis is offset parallel to the axis of rotation by a first offset; a second eccentric bush which is mounted rotatable about the first rotation axis in the first eccentric bush and comprises a second centring inner surface which defines a second rotation axis, wherein the second rotation axis is offset parallel to the first rotation axis by a second offset; and an eyepiece, which is connected to the second eccentric bush and has an optical axis which is parallel to the second rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Waizenegger, Daniel Seeh
  • Publication number: 20210023303
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder (16, 116) which has an open dispensing end (17), a piston (36) which is displaceable between a front and rear end position in the cylinder (16, 116) and is connected to a piston rod (35) that protrudes along a first direction beyond a rear end of the cylinder (16, 116) opposite the open dispensing end (17) and is guided in a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve (18) closing the open dispensing end (17), and a tensioning device (S) which is connected to the piston rod (35, 135) and is arranged in the receiving block (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Thomas Schmidt, Daniel Seeh
  • Publication number: 20180078124
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a main unit, which includes a centring bush with an inner surface which defines an axis of rotation; a first eccentric bush, which is mounted rotatable about the axis of rotation in the centring bush and comprises a first centring inner surface which defines a first rotation axis, wherein the first rotation axis is offset parallel to the axis of rotation by a first offset; a second eccentric bush which is mounted rotatable about the first rotation axis in the first eccentric bush and comprises a second centring inner surface which defines a second rotation axis, wherein the second rotation axis is offset parallel to the first rotation axis by a second offset; and an eyepiece, which is connected to the second eccentric bush and has an optical axis which is parallel to the second rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Markus WAIZENEGGER, Daniel SEEH
  • Patent number: 9146576
    Abstract: A rotation mechanism (rotating device) that can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate an endoscope or similar instrument. The rotation mechanism is a device/component with a “starfish” configuration, which can be attached to the endoscope/arthroscope just distal to the eyepiece (or to an alternate attachment to a camera). The starfish component has a plurality of projections that extend radially from the endoscope axis, and beyond the diameter of the mechanism on the camera head that grasps the arthroscope eyecup. The projections can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Craig Speier, Martin A. Frith, Sabine Pauli, Daniel Seeh
  • Patent number: D813384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Henke-Sass Wolf GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Seeh