Patents by Inventor Erik SCHOENEWERK

Erik SCHOENEWERK 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: 9749776
    Abstract: A pairing method for wireless communication of an operating unit of a medical control unit with a control apparatus of the medical control unit includes the step of arranging the medical control unit to control a medical device. The operating unit includes at least two operating elements upon the respective user-side actuation of which a control signal is transmitted from a control apparatus to the medical device. The control apparatus is in a pairing mode (or is put into a pairing mode) and the operating unit is put into a pairing mode due to user-side combined actuation of at least two operating elements. A medical control unit implements the pairing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AESCULAP AG
    Inventor: Erik Schönewerk
  • Publication number: 20160174018
    Abstract: A pairing method for wireless communication of an operating unit of a medical control unit with a control apparatus of the medical control unit includes the step of arranging the medical control unit to control a medical device. The operating unit includes at least two operating elements upon the respective user-side actuation of which a control signal is transmitted from a control apparatus to the medical device. The control apparatus is in a pairing mode (or is put into a pairing mode) and the operating unit is put into a pairing mode due to user-side combined actuation of at least two operating elements. A medical control unit implements the pairing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Erik Schönewerk
  • Patent number: 9215819
    Abstract: A housing for accommodating electric and electronic components is EMC safe in the manner of a Faraday cage. At least one accommodating chamber, open toward the outside of the housing and otherwise substantially closed to all sides, is formed in at least one outer wall of the housing. At least one non EMC safe transmitter in the form of a non EMC safe transmitting or receiving device is adapted to provide wireless communication between housing side control electronics and an external control device. A functional component is adapted to be controlled by the housing side control electronics. The transmitter may be an antenna, the arrangement thereof inside the accommodating chamber ensuring that it is located outside the EMC protection or shielding. The functional component can be a peristaltic-type pump that is protected by the arrangement inside the accommodating chamber and does not protrude from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Rolf Schnekenburger, Erik Schoenewerk, Juergen Schneider
  • Publication number: 20130052063
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump for medical purposes includes a pump casing in which a tube accommodation chamber is formed. In one embodiment, a pump head is rotatably mounted in the tube accommodation chamber. A tube unit is adapted to be inserted in the tube accommodation chamber such that a tube of the tube unit is engaged with the pump head in a manner to at least partially encompass the pump head. For this purpose, a tensioning device is arranged at the pump casing. The tensioning device cooperates with the tube unit so as to tension the tube around the pump head. The tensioning device may include a lever mechanism, wherein a lever element of the lever mechanism simultaneously forms or comprises a protective cap for at least partially covering the tube accommodation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Erik SCHOENEWERK, Rolf SCHNEKENBURGER, Juergen SCHNEIDER