Patents by Inventor Gerhard von der Ruhr

Gerhard von der Ruhr 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).

  • Limited use medical probe
    Publication number: 20060161054
    Abstract: A limited use medical probe is disclosed, including a memory for maintaining a use value. The medical probe is coupled to a medical device that inhibits its function when the use value reaches a predetermined threshold value, preventing improper use of the probe. The probe memory may also store identification, usage, and clinical data. A probe auto-identification function, a probe re-identification function and a probe functional test sequence are disclosed for the medical probe. After use, a reprocessing step may reset the probe memory, permitting further probe use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: James Reuss, Gerhard von der Ruhr, Dennis Bahr, Michael Larsen
  • Limited use medical probe
    Patent number: 7048687
    Abstract: A limited use medical probe is disclosed, including a memory for maintaining a use value. The medical probe is coupled to a medical device that inhibits its function when the use value reaches a predetermined threshold value, preventing improper use of the probe. The probe memory may also store identification, usage, and clinical data. A probe auto-identification function, a probe re-identification function and a probe functional test sequence are disclosed for the medical probe. After use, a reprocessing step may reset the probe memory, permitting further probe use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: OB Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Reuss, Gerhard von der Ruhr, Dennis E. Bahr, Michael T. Larsen
  • Limited use medical probe
    Patent number: 6308089
    Abstract: A limited use medical probe is disclosed. The medical probe includes a memory storage component for maintaining a use value, representing either the number of uses and/or the duration of use of the medical probe. The medical probe is coupled to a medical monitoring device which prevents the performance of monitoring functions when the number of uses or the total duration of use reaches a predetermined threshold value, thereby preventing overuse of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: O.B. Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerhard von der Ruhr, Dennis E. Bahr, Michael T. Larsen