Patents by Inventor Eric Flaxmeier

Eric Flaxmeier 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).

  • Flexible shaft
    Patent number: 8216293
    Abstract: A flexible shaft (28) to be inserted into a channel of a living body provided with a plurality of adjacently abutting cells (26), the walls (30) of which are formed from wall sections. For this reason the flexible shaft (28), which is particularly cost-effective to produce and which demonstrates high flexibility paired with ample stability, is constructed such that in at least one cell (26) in the cross-section of the wall (30) a concave wall section (44, 46, 48) is circumferentially alternated with a corresponding neighboring convex wall section (50, 52, 54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Ehrlinspiel, Eric Flaxmeier
  • Flexible shaft
    Publication number: 20080140216
    Abstract: A flexible shaft (28) to be inserted into a channel of a living body provided with a plurality of adjacently abutting cells (26), the walls (30) of which are formed from wall sections. For this reason the flexible shaft (28), which is particularly cost-effective to produce and which demonstrates high flexibility paired with ample stability, is constructed such that in at least one cell (26) in the cross-section of the wall (30) a concave wall section (44, 46, 48) is circumferentially alternated with a corresponding neighbouring convex wall section (50, 52, 54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Ehrlinspiel, Eric Flaxmeier