Patents by Inventor Gerrit Vijfvinkel

Gerrit Vijfvinkel 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: 20080097420
    Abstract: An eye surgical instrument, comprising at least one optical fiber for lighting of the interior of the eye, which at least one optical fiber, at a free end thereof, is provided with a light exit and with a stop situated at a distance from the free ends which stop defines an insertion part situated between the end and the stop, and at an other end is connectable to a light source, while the stop forms a separate element which is arranged so as to be slidable along the at least one fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (International) B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Vijfvinkel, Claus Eckardt
  • Publication number: 20080027396
    Abstract: A surgical hand tool, comprising a handle with a substantially elongated fluid guide extending away therefrom, which fluid guide terminates, at a distal end, in a brush head and is connectable, at a proximal end, to the fluid chamber accommodated in the handle, such that, during use, fluid can flow from the fluid chamber through the fluid guide in order to be dispensed via the brush head, wherein the brush head is accommodated in an insertion sleeve, and is slidable from a first position in which the brush head is located inside the insertion sleeve to a second position in which at least a part of the brush head extends outside the insertion sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Carsten Meyer, Eduardo Rodriques, Gerrit Vijfvinkel
  • Publication number: 20050245881
    Abstract: A surgical hand tool, comprising a handle with a substantially elongated fluid guide extending away therefrom, which fluid guide terminates, at a distal end, in a brush head and is connectable, at a proximal end, to the fluid chamber accommodated in the handle, such that, during use, fluid can flow from the fluid chamber through the fluid guide in order to be dispensed via the brush head, wherein the brush head is accommodated in an insertion sleeve, and is slidable from a first position in which the brush head is located inside the insertion sleeve to a second position in which at least a part of the brush head extends outside the insertion sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Carsten Meyer, Eduardo Rodriques, Gerrit Vijfvinkel
  • Publication number: 20050135776
    Abstract: This invention provides a cutting tool, comprising a sleeve enclosing a suction chamber where, during use, a reduced pressure prevails and wherein a cutting member is arranged so as to be movable along a suction opening provided in the wall of the sleeve. The wall of the sleeve forms a light conductor. The sleeve can be tubular and is preferably manufactured from light conduction material, in particular glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center
    Inventor: Gerrit Vijfvinkel