Patents by Inventor Dirk Wandke
Dirk Wandke 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: 11785700Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for forming a dielectric barrier plasma discharge between an electrode (1) supplied with an AC high voltage by a control device (20) and a treatment surface (21) of an electrically conductive body (22), said arrangement functioning as a ground electrode, wherein a dielectric material (8) completely covets the electrode (1) up to the treatment surface (21) and forms a contact side for the surface (21). The electrode arrangement permits effective and homogeneous formation of the plasma (23), in particular for large treatment surfaces (21), because the electrode (1) consists of at least two electrode portions (2, 3) arranged next to one another at the same distance (6) from the contact side and insulated from one another by the dielectric material (8), and because adjacent electrode portions are supplied by the control device with compensating partial AC voltages which are mirror-inverted in terms of the waveform and the voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CINOGY GMBHInventors: Dirk Wandke, Leonhard Trutwig, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck
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Patent number: 11660459Abstract: In a treatment arrangement for treating a surface, with a planar electrode array (2,2?), to which an electrical voltage can be fed, and with a planar shielding layer (1) which is made of an insulating plastic and which ate least partially surrounds the electrode array (2,2?), a reliable and fixed connection between the electrode array (2,2?) and shielding layer (1) is achieved by the fact that electrode array (2,2?) is made of a pourable plastic provided with plastic additives and that, in the region of a boundary layer (22) between electrode array (2,2?) and shielding layer (1), the plastics of the electrode array (2,2?) and of the shielding layer (1) are connected to each other by material bonding.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CINOGYInventors: Mirko Hahnl, Leonhard Trutwig, Karl-Otto Storck, Dirk Wandke
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Patent number: 11642161Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment device for dielectric harrier discharge plasma treatment of a wound surface or skin surface, having: a flexible, planar electrode assembly with at least one planar electrode (6, 6?) and a dielectric layer (5) which at least partially embeds the at least one electrode (6, 6?), has a contact side (7) facing the wound surface or skin surface and electrically shields the planar electrode (6, 6?) from the wound surface or skin surface such that only a dielectric barrier current can flow from the electrode (6, 6?) to the wound surface or skin surface; and a control device (2) which has a separate housing (25) and via which the electrode (6, 6?) can be connected to an operating voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CINOGY GMBHInventors: Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Leonhard Trutwig, Dirk Wandke
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Patent number: 11602038Abstract: A planar flexible electrode arrangement for a dielectric barrier plasma discharge has a central region (107) and an edge region (108) and at least one planar electrode (102) to which a high-voltage potential can be applied and which is embedded in a planar dielectric (101) that forms an upper face (103) and a contact face (104), wherein the planar dielectric (101), at least in the edge region (108), has the shape of a spiral-shaped wound-up strip (109) and the at least one electrode (102) is formed by at least one electrical conductor (114) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the wound-up strip (109) and that opens into an end face of the strip (109), which conductor (114) is surrounded, with the sole exception of the end face of the strip (109), by the dielectric of the strip (109) and, in the region of the end face of the strip (109), is electrically insulated from the surroundings by a cover element (116).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: CINOGY GMBHInventors: Leonhard Trutwig, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Melanie Ricke, Dirk Wandke
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Patent number: 11589450Abstract: The invention relates to a flat flexible coating arrangement comprising a coating surface (9) for placing on a body region of a living being and at least one electrode (3, 3?) arranged above the coating surface (9), and a dielectric (1) containing the at least one electrode (3, 3?), the at least one electrode (3, 3?) comprising a supply line for an AC high voltage in order to form a dielectrically impeded plasma. Said arrangement enables fusion processes over the course of the plasma treatment and optionally wound healing without removing the coating arrangement from the body region by means of at least one built-in sensor (14) for determining at least one parameter of the body region.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: CINOGY GMBHInventors: Leonhard Trutwig, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Melanie Ricke, Dirk Wandke, Dirk Simon
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Patent number: 11490500Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode array for a dielectrically impeded plasma treatment of a surface of a body, comprising at least one flexible flat electrode (1) and one dielectric (2) consisting of a flat flexible first material which protects the electrode (1) from the surface to be treated, with a layer (3) impeding a direct current flow. The dielectric (2) can lie on the surface to be treated, above a structure (4) with projections (7), air spaces (5) being formed between the projections (7) for the creation of the plasma, which have a side open towards the surface to be treated, and a bottom-side closure as a result of the layer (3) impeding the direct current flow. The structure (4) comprises a plurality of spacer elements (6) consisting of a second material that has less flexibility than the first material, and the projections (7) of the structure (4) are partially or completely formed by the spacer elements (6).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: CINOGY GMBHInventors: Dirk Wandke, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Leonhard Trutwig, Melanie Ricke
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Patent number: 11458323Abstract: A plasma treatment unit having a high-voltage stage (5, 6), arranged in a housing, for generating high-voltage signals suitable for the generation of a plasma, and having a head part (2) which is connectable to the high-voltage stage (5, 6) and in which there is situated an electrode arrangement (13) shielded by a dielectric (9), is suitable for plasma treatments in particular in the body interior by virtue of the fact that the head part (2) has an elongate transition piece (10) which is attachable to the housing and on that end of which which is not connectable to the housing there is arranged a treatment head (16, 16?), the dimensions of which perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the transition piece (10) greatly exceed the dimensions of the transition piece (10), and that, in the treatment head (16, 16?), the electrode arrangement (13) forms a spatially closed flexible sheath (12) around a resiliently elastic core (14) and is covered at its outer lateral surface by a thin layer (15) of the flexibType: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: CYNOGY GmbHInventors: Dirk Wandke, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Leonhard Trutwig, Melanie Ricke
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Publication number: 20220304132Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment assembly for treating the surface of a body with a dielectrically limited plasma, comprising an electrode assembly (1), in which at least one electrode (1a, 1b) is arranged in a base section of the electrode assembly (1), which is completely shielded from the surface to be treated by a dielectricum (3), and a connection conductor (6a, 6b) of which extends into a contact projection (5) of the dielectricum (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Dirk WANDKE, Mirko HAHNL, Karl-Otto STORCK, Leonhard TRUTWIG, Melanie RICKE, Jan-Hendrick HELLMOND
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Publication number: 20220172929Abstract: In a plasma treatment arrangement for carrying out dielectrically impeded plasma discharge onto a surface to be treated having a flat electrode unit (4) which has a treatment side, and a control unit (11) which supplies at least one electrode (19) of the electrode unit (4) with a high-voltage AC potential for a power which is required for plasma generation between the at least one electrode (19) and a counterelectrode which forms a reference potential, wherein the at least one electrode (19) which receives the high-voltage AC potential is shielded with a flat dielectric (7), at least on the treatment side, and wherein the flat electrode unit is designed to reduce the size of its support area on the surface to be treated for the purpose of adaptation to the size of the surface to be treated, the adaptation of the support area of the flat electrode unit (4) becomes possible in an unproblematical manner on account of the control unit (11) having a device (14) for determining the size of the adapted support areaType: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Dirk WANDKE, Ronny LETTKE
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Publication number: 20220117073Abstract: A plasma treatment device (1), designed for treating a surface with a dielectrically impeded plasma, comprising an electrode arrangement (5) which has at least one electrode (3), and comprising dielectric (7) which completely covers the electrode (3) in relation to the surface to be treated, and comprising a housing (9) which contains a line arrangement (11) which comprises at least one high-voltage supply line (10, 10a, 10b), wherein the electrode (3) is connected to the line arrangement (11) and can be acted on by a high-voltage signal (13a, 13b), which can be applied to the high-voltage supply line (10, 10a, 10b), via the high-voltage supply line (10, 10a, 10b), allows, in a simple manner, the combination of an effective plasma treatment with an effective mechanical treatment of the surface to be treated by way of the plasma treatment device (1) having a brush head (15) which has a bristle area (17) and a bristle support (19) with a base surface (21), wherein the bristle area (17) has a large number of fleType: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Dirk WANDKE, Mirko HAHNL, Karl-Otto STORCK, Leonhard TRUTWIG, Melanie RICKE
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Publication number: 20220071781Abstract: A liner for application to an amputation stump as a cushion, having a proximal entry opening (2) of a wall (6) having a sleeve section (3) provided for circumferentially enclosing the amputation stump, and a distal closed end section (4), wherein an inside (7) of the wall (6) of the liner (1) is designed for contact on the amputation stump, permits simplified handling of the wound care on the amputation stump of a prosthesis wearer in that an electrode arrangement (10), having at least one electrode (12), for a dielectric barrier plasma discharge is integrated into the liner (1), which arrangement extends starting from the distal end section (4) into the sleeve section (3), is connected at the distal end section (4) to at least one terminal (11) for a high-voltage control signal and is provided with a dielectric cover for contact on the amputation stump, and in that the dielectric cover is provided, at least in the region of the electrode arrangement (10) on the inside (7), with protrusions (8), which defineType: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Leonhard Trutwig, Dirk Wandke, Karl-Otto Storck, Mirko Hanhl, Melanie Ricke, Marcel Jung, Klaus Johannes, Martin Hillmann
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Patent number: 11224755Abstract: A transcutaneous connection between an exterior and an interior of a human or animal body includes a cylindrical skin penetration piece which provides a passage through the skin and has a longitudinal axis that determines the direction of passage through the skin. Wound-healing action and reliable disinfection are effected using an annular flat electrode arrangement, which has a contact surface at an angle to the longitudinal axis, can be fastened to the skin penetration piece. The electrode arrangement includes a flat electrode and a flat dielectric shielding the electrode relative to the surface of the skin, and is designed as a counter-electrode to generate a dielectric barrier plasma between the dielectric and the surface of the skin.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO KGAAInventors: Richard Skiera, Michael Meyer, Dirk Wandke, Matthias Kopp
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Publication number: 20210385935Abstract: A plasma treatment device (1) designed to treat a surface with a dielectrically impeded plasma, having a base body (3) that has at least one flat treatment side (5) facing the surface to be treated, and having an electrode arrangement (9) that has at least one electrode (7) and having a dielectric that completely covers the at least one electrode (7) in the direction of the surface to be treated, and having a line arrangement comprising at least one high-voltage supply line (13, 13a, 13b), wherein the electrode (7) is connected to the line arrangement and is able to be supplied, via the high-voltage supply line (13, 13a, 13b), with a high-voltage signal able to be applied to the high-voltage supply line (13, 13a, 13b), and having a nub arrangement (15) arranged on the treatment side (5) of the base body (3) and that has a multiplicity of nubs (17), makes it possible to easily combine an effective plasma treatment with an effective mechanical treatment of the surface to be treated in that the at least one elecType: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Dirk WANDKE, Mirko HAHNL, Karl-Otto STORCK, Leonhard TRUTWIG, Melanie RICKE
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Patent number: 11102876Abstract: The invention relates to a plasma treatment device for carrying out a dielectric barrier plasma discharge, comprising an electrode unit (1), which has a treatment side (5), and comprising a supply unit (10), to which the electrode unit (1) can be mechanically connected and by means of which the electrode unit can be brought into electrical contact in order to be supplied with a supply voltage necessary for the plasma generation, wherein the electrode unit (1) has an electrode arrangement, which is shielded by means of a planar dielectric (2) at least toward the treatment side (5), enables the use of different electrode units (1) with the same supply unit (10) in that the electrode unit (1) has a coding and the supply unit (10) has an identifying device for the coding and the identifying device is connected to a control device, which controls the supply voltage for the plasma generation in accordance with the identified coding.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Cinogy GmbHInventors: Dirk Wandke, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Leonhard Trutwig, Melanie Ricke
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Patent number: 11089668Abstract: A device for treating a surface with a dielectric harrier plasma, wherein the surface functions as a counterelectrode, has an electrically insulating housing and a housing head. A rotatable electrode connected to a high-voltage feed line is shielded by a dielectric and protrudes out of the housing head. The configuration has fundamentally unrestricted movement of the electrode over the surface to be treated in that the electrode has rotary bearing elements which are arranged in a center axis and a rotation axis is at an angle to the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Cinogy GmbHInventors: Leonhard Trutwig, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Dirk Wandke, Matthias Kopp
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Patent number: 11071192Abstract: In the case of a flat flexible support piece comprising an electrode arrangement, to which a high voltage can be supplied, for a dielectrically impeded plasma treatment of a surface to be treated, wherein the electrode arrangement has at least one flat electrode (3) and a dielectric layer (2) which has a support face for the surface to be treated and which is composed of flat flexible material and which electrically shields the at least one electrode (3) from the surface to be treated such that only a dielectrically impeded current flow between the at least one electrode (3) and the surface to be treated is possible when a plasma field is produced by the bias on the electrode (3) in a gas space between the electrode arrangement and the surface to be treated, simplified handling and increased safety are achieved in that the support piece has a high-voltage stage (14) for generating a high voltage, the output of said high-voltage stage being connected to the at least one electrode (3) by a connecting piece (17,Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Cinogy GmbHInventors: Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Leonhard Trutwig, Dirk Wandke
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Publication number: 20210137578Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment device for dielectric harrier discharge plasma treatment of a wound surface or skin surface, having: a flexible, planar electrode assembly with at least one planar electrode (6, 6?) and a dielectric layer (5) which at least partially embeds the at least one electrode (6, 6?), has a contact side (7) facing the wound surface or skin surface and electrically shields the planar electrode (6, 6?) from the wound surface or skin surface such that only a dielectric barrier current can flow from the electrode (6, 6?) to the wound surface or skin surface; and a control device (2) which has a separate housing (25) and via which the electrode (6, 6?) can he connected to an operating voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Mirko HAHNL, Karl-Otto STORCK, Leonhard TRUTWIG, Dirk WANDKE
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Publication number: 20210136904Abstract: A planar flexible electrode arrangement for a dielectric barrier plasma discharge has a central region (107) and an edge region (108) and at least one planar electrode (102) to which a high-voltage potential can be applied and which is embedded in a planar dielectric (101) that forms an upper face (103) and a contact face (104), wherein the planar dielectric (101), at least in the edge region (108), has the shape of a spiral-shaped wound-up strip (109) and the at least one electrode (102) is formed by at least one electrical conductor (114) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the wound-up strip (109) and that opens into an end face of the strip (109), which conductor (114) is surrounded, with the sole exception of the end face of the strip (109), by the dielectric of the strip (109) and, in the region of the end face of the strip (109), is electrically insulated from the surroundings by a cover element (116).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Leonhard TRUTWIG, Mirko HAHNL, Karl-Otto Storck, Melanie RICKE, Dirk WANDKE
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Publication number: 20210076813Abstract: A plasma treatment device configured for a treatment within the oral cavity of a living organism using a dielectric barrier plasma, comprising a high-voltage stage (5, 6) arranged in a housing and serving for generating high-voltage signals required for generating the plasma, and comprising an electrode arrangement (10), which is connected to the high-voltage stage and is covered by a dielectric (9) for forming a dielectric barrier plasma, enables various treatments in the oral cavity of the living organism in a simple manner by virtue of the fact that the housing has a handle part (1), to which a head part (2) is secured in a releasable and exchangeable manner by means of a mechanical connection arrangement, in that the handle part (1) contains all stages required for generating the high-voltage signals and a contact arrangement, at which the high-voltage signals are present, in that the head part (2) is embodied in a shape specific to a specific treatment and has a corresponding shaped electrode arrangementType: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Dirk WANDKE, Mirko HAHNL, Karl-Otto STORCK, Leonhard TRUTWIG, Melanie RICKE
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Patent number: 10932352Abstract: A flat pad structure, designed to generate a dielectric barrier discharge plasma on a contact side (109) of said pad structure, comprises a flat electrode arrangement (112) which is embedded in a flat dielectric (102), can be supplied with high-voltage signals and is shielded on all sides against an unimpeded current flow; said pad structure has better stability and can be better adapted to elongate treatment areas because a width of the structure extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and in the longitudinal direction (L) the structure has a plurality of identically structured portions (101), each with a dielectric portion in the width of the pad structure and each with at least one electrode portion; the electrode portions of said portions (101) adjoin one another in the longitudinal direction (L) and form an electrode arrangement (112) extending over the entire length such that, in order to reduce the size of the contact surface in the longitudinal direction (L), at least one portion (101) can be separateType: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: CINOGY GMBHInventors: Dirk Wandke, Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Melanie Ricke, Leonhard Trutwig