Patents by Inventor Hajo Hermeking

Hajo Hermeking 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).

  • Device for modeling or simulating the sense of touch in a surgical instrument
    Patent number: 5609607
    Abstract: Device for modeling or simulating the sense of touch for medical, especially surgical purposes such as operations using medical instruments, characterized in that at least one sensor array which is sensitive to force, pressure, or travel and an actuator array are combined in the instrument to form a "feeling" or "tactile" unit (A, B) in such manner that one controls the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Deutsche Aerospace AG
    Inventors: Kurt-Volker Hechtenberg, Dieter Bosch, Hajo Hermeking