Patents by Inventor Elmar Ahlburg

Elmar Ahlburg 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: 20230115919
    Abstract: An instrument connection device having a flexible hose-like body with a flexible wall in which the proximal end of a hose is inserted. The hose has a lumen that extends longitudinally through the hose. A wire is arranged inside the hose, for example, inside the lumen. The wire is guided through a punctured hole in the wall that the wire may create during a penetration of wall. The punctured hole may be straight and guides the obliquely. For example, the hole may be inclined to the radial axis and the longitudinal center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Heym, Elmar Ahlburg
  • Patent number: 11234752
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument, in particular for argon plasma coagulation, includes a handpiece 10, an electrode (11) connected to the handpiece (10), a shaft (12) which surrounds the electrode (11) and is held in the handpiece (10), and an operating mechanism (13), which comprises at least one rotary knob (14) arranged on the handpiece (10). The shaft (12) is axially movable relative to the electrode (11) and a shear force can be applied to it by operating the rotary knob (14). The handpiece (10) has a brake device which exerts a braking force on the shaft (12), and the operating mechanism (13) forms a transmission gear (15) which is connected to the shaft (12) for transferring the shear force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Kirstgen, Thorsten Rombach, Tobias Alberstetter, Elmar Ahlburg, Volker Buntrock
  • Publication number: 20190117292
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument, in particular for argon plasma coagulation, includes a handpiece 10, an electrode (11) connected to the handpiece (10), a shaft (12) which surrounds the electrode (11) and is held in the handpiece (10), and an operating mechanism (13), which comprises at least one rotary knob (14) arranged on the handpiece (10). The shaft (12) is axially movable relative to the electrode (11) and a shear force can be applied to it by operating the rotary knob (14). The handpiece (10) has a brake device which exerts a braking force on the shaft (12), and the operating mechanism (13) forms a transmission gear (15) which is connected to the shaft (12) for transferring the shear force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Udo Kirstgen, Thorsten Rombach, Tobias Alberstetter, Elmar Ahlburg, Volker Buntrock
  • Patent number: 10194974
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument, in particular for argon plasma coagulation, includes a handpiece 10, an electrode (11) connected to the handpiece (10), a shaft (12) which surrounds the electrode (11) and is held in the handpiece (10), and an operating mechanism (13), which comprises at least one rotary knob (14) arranged on the handpiece (10). The shaft (12) is axially movable relative to the electrode (11) and a shear force can be applied to it by operating the rotary knob (14). The handpiece (10) has a brake device which exerts a braking force on the shaft (12), and the operating mechanism (13) forms a transmission gear (15) which is connected to the shaft (12) for transferring the shear force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Kirstgen, Thorsten Rombach, Tobias Alberstetter, Elmar Ahlburg, Volker Buntrock
  • Publication number: 20150216585
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument, in particular for argon plasma coagulation, includes a handpiece 10, an electrode (11) connected to the handpiece (10), a shaft (12) which surrounds the electrode (11) and is held in the handpiece (10), and an operating mechanism (13), which comprises at least one rotary knob (14) arranged on the handpiece (10). The shaft (12) is axially movable relative to the electrode (11) and a shear force can be applied to it by operating the rotary knob (14). The handpiece (10) has a brake device which exerts a braking force on the shaft (12), and the operating mechanism (13) forms a transmission gear (15) which is connected to the shaft (12) for transferring the shear force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Udo Kirstgen, Thorsten Rombach, Tobias Alberstetter, Elmar Ahlburg, Volker Buntrock