Patents by Inventor Elmar Wolter

Elmar Wolter 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).

  • Patent number: 7419645
    Abstract: A disinfecting and cleaning agent connection device for devices with a chamber for the holding or transport of fluids has a connection line that connects the fluid chamber with a disinfecting or cleaning agent container. The connection device has a connection line, a buffer chamber, a sealing element in the upper section of the buffer chamber connecting it with the fluid chamber, a channel which opens into the bottom section of the buffer chamber and has a siphon-type section whose end lies lower than the bottom of the buffer chamber, and a fluid sensor in the buffer chamber which is lower than the upper section of the siphon area and higher than the channel opening into the buffer chamber. The disinfecting and cleaning agent connection device can be used in conjunction with medical devices such as a dialysis machine and a reverse osmosis machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Brandl, Elmar Wolter
  • Publication number: 20050047959
    Abstract: The invention refers to a disinfecting and cleaning agent connection device for devices with a chamber for the holding or transport of fluids with a connection line for connection of the fluid chamber with a disinfecting or cleaning agent container. In accordance with the invention, the disinfecting agent connection device includes a connection line with the following features: a buffer chamber, a sealing element in the upper section of the buffer chamber connecting it with the fluid chamber, a channel which opens into the bottom section of the buffer chamber and has a siphon-type section whose end lies lower than the bottom of the buffer chamber and a fluid sensor in the buffer chamber which is lower than the upper section of the siphon area and higher than the channel opening into the buffer chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Matthias Brandl, Elmar Wolter
  • Patent number: 6595944
    Abstract: A machine and method for preparing dialysis fluid for a dialysis machine. Fresh water is mixed with one or more dialysis fluid concentrates. The mixture of water and concentrates is conveyed into an equalizing chamber by a proportioning unit at a predetermined flow rate independent of the dialysate flow rate. Metered addition of the concentrates is performed volumetrically and is monitored on the basis of the conductivity of the dialysis fluid, which is measured by conductivity sensors. Because the mixture of water and concentrates is always conveyed at the same flow rate, the composition of the dialysis fluid can be determined with a high accuracy and the proportioning can be performed accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Balschat, Michael Koch, Elmar Wolter
  • Publication number: 20020088752
    Abstract: A machine and method for preparing dialysis fluid for a dialysis machine. Fresh water is mixed with one or more dialysis fluid concentrates. The mixture of water and concentrates is conveyed into an equalizing chamber by a proportioning unit at a predetermined flow rate independent of the dialysate flow rate. Metered addition of the concentrates is performed volumetrically and is monitored on the basis of the conductivity of the dialysis fluid, which is measured by conductivity sensors. Because the mixture of water and concentrates is always conveyed at the same flow rate, the composition of the dialysis fluid can be determined with a high accuracy and the proportioning can be performed accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Klaus Balschat, Michael Koch, Elmar Wolter