Patents by Inventor Hanno Kretschmann
Hanno Kretschmann 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).
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Publication number: 20240080952Abstract: An illumination device and process illuminate a surface of an object. The device includes plural illumination units and a signal processing control unit. Each illumination unit illuminates the surface with a maximum irradiance, wherein the device illuminates the surface with a maximum total irradiance that depends on the maximum irradiances of the illumination units. The device captures a maximum total irradiance user specification of the device or units. The control unit controls the maximum irradiance of each illumination unit independently and responds to the user specification by predicting the maximum total irradiance of the device operated according to the user specification, compares the predicted maximum total irradiance with a specified upper threshold and if greater than the upper threshold, controls one or more illumination units depending on the user specification such that the actually achieved maximum total irradiance is less than or equal to the upper threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventor: Hanno KRETSCHMANN
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Publication number: 20240077189Abstract: An illumination device (100) includes an illumination unit (1, 2) which illuminates a surface (Ob). The position and the orientation of the illumination unit (1, 2) relative to the surface (Ob) can be changed. A distance sensor (4.1, 8.2) measures an indicator of the current distance between the illumination unit (1, 2) and the surface (Ob). A signal processing control unit (10) is configured to control an output unit (6.1, 6.2) of the illumination unit (1, 2). The controlled output unit (6.1, 6.2) outputs an indication of how much the measured distance deviates from a predetermined reference distance (Ref1, Ref2).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Ralf BUCHTAL, Hanno KRETSCHMANN
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Publication number: 20240080956Abstract: An illumination device (100) with a main illumination unit (1) and an auxiliary illumination unit (2). Each illumination unit (1, 2) includes a plurality of light source groups, respectively, which can be controlled individually. The maximum illuminance achieved by the main illumination unit (1) on an illuminated surface (Ob) is several times greater than the maximum illuminance achieved by the auxiliary illumination unit (2). The dx light field (light field diameter) of the main illumination unit (1) on the surface (Ob) has a significantly smaller area than the dx light field of the auxiliary illumination unit (2). The switched-on auxiliary illumination unit (2) is able to reduce the contrast of the illumination device (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventor: Hanno KRETSCHMANN
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Patent number: 11781717Abstract: A lighting unit (100) for a medical luminaire (150) has a number of groups of LEDs (110, 110?, 110?) that are connected to a common planar printed circuit board (115). Each LED (112, 112?) of at least one of the groups (110, 110?) is associated with a respective optic (122, 122?) by which a respective LED-optic pair (120, 120?) is formed. The respective optics, based on the structure (328), specify a tilt angle (125) of a central light beam axis (124, 124?) of an emitted light beam of the LED optics pair in a tilt direction (627) of the respective LED optics pair. The tilt direction is defined such that the respective light beam axes of the emitted light beams of the LED optics pairs from the at least one group of LEDs are at least partially skewed in pairs with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Hanno Kretschmann, Georg Spielberger
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Publication number: 20220316664Abstract: A lighting unit (100) for a medical luminaire (150) has a number of groups of LEDs (110, 110?, 110?) that are connected to a common planar printed circuit board (115). Each LED (112, 112?) of at least one of the groups (110, 110?) is associated with a respective optic (122, 122?) by which a respective LED-optic pair (120, 120?) is formed. The respective optics, based on the structure (328), specify a tilt angle (125) of a central light beam axis (124, 124?) of an emitted light beam of the LED optics pair in a tilt direction (627) of the respective LED optics pair. The tilt direction is defined such that the respective light beam axes of the emitted light beams of the LED optics pairs from the at least one group of LEDs are at least partially skewed in pairs with respect to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Hanno KRETSCHMANN, Georg SPIELBERGER
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Patent number: 9869451Abstract: An illuminating device (10) for illuminating an illuminated area (110), especially an operating area, has at least one light source (20) with at least one laser (22) for the emission of laser light (L) and at least one exciting medium (30). The exciting medium is excited while absorbing at least part of the laser light (L) and emits emission light (E) of a wavelength that differs at least partly from the wavelength of the laser light (L).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Livio Fornasiero, Hanno Kretschmann
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Patent number: 9772077Abstract: An operating lamp has a lamp body with a lamp surface directed towards a light projection surface. The lamp body has a central axis and the light projection plane extends at a preferred working distance from the lamp surface and at right angles to the central axis. The operating lamp has N light modules arranged on the lamp surface on a first circle with a centroid that coincides with the central axis. The light modules are aligned to each emit a light bundle with a respective principal axis towards the light projection plane—the principal axes forming, with the light projection plane N intersections, an ellipse with a centroid coinciding with the central axis. One of the light modules rotates about a rotation axis that passes through the light module, intersects the central axis has a light bundle principal axis that does not intersect the central axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Hanno Kretschmann
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Patent number: 9491835Abstract: A method for improving the illumination of an illumination region (100), in particular of an operation region, from an illumination device (10), includes at least two light modules (20) and at least one sensor device (30) for detecting depth information. The method includes the steps of monitoring a monitored volume (110) between the light modules (20) and the illumination region (100), identifying the position and the geometry as object data of at least one object (200) within the monitored volume (110), comparing the identified object data with beam paths (S) from the light modules (20), and modifying the light intensity of at least one light module (20) on the basis of the comparison between the identified object data with beam paths (S) from the light modules (20).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Robert Elfring, Frank Franz, Hanno Kretschmann, Stefan Schlichting
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Publication number: 20160305647Abstract: An operating lamp has a lamp body with a lamp surface directed towards a light projection surface. The lamp body has a central axis and the light projection plane extends at a preferred working distance from the lamp surface and at right angles to the central axis. The operating lamp has N light modules arranged on the lamp surface on a first circle with a centroid that coincides with the central axis. The light modules are aligned to each emit a light bundle with a respective principal axis towards the light projection plane—the principal axes forming, with the light projection plane N intersections, an ellipse with a centroid coinciding with the central axis. One of the light modules rotates about a rotation axis that passes through the light module, intersects the central axis has a light bundle principal axis that does not intersect the central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Hanno KRETSCHMANN
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Patent number: 9314603Abstract: A device (10) for disinfecting wound treatment is described, with a housing (18), with a plasma generator (54) arranged in housing (18) for generating a disinfecting plasma, with a flow module (52) arranged in housing (18) for generating a gas stream, which forms a free jet (32) transporting the disinfecting plasma from housing (18), and with a jet control unit (50) for affecting the free jet (32) in a planned manner by controlling the gas stream generated by flow module (52). Means (10) has, furthermore, a guide apparatus (56) controllable via the jet control unit (50) for guiding the free jet (32).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbHInventors: Ryszard Kummerfeld, Hans-Ullrich Hansmann, Hanno Kretschmann
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Patent number: 9283292Abstract: A device (1; 26) for use in a medical treatment room includes at least one control unit (2, 6; 18) designed as a light guide and at least one light source (3, 3?; 21) which emits light with a wavelength between 380 nanometers and 420 nanometers, particularly 405 nanometers, and is arranged in such a manner that emitted light is coupled into the light guide. The light guide is designed in such a manner that light exiting the light guide again at least partially illuminates the surface of the control unit (2, 6; 18).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Hanno Kretschmann
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Publication number: 20150345746Abstract: An illuminating device (10) for illuminating an illuminated area (110), especially an operating area, has at least one light source (20) with at least one laser (22) for the emission of laser light (L) and at least one exciting medium (30). The exciting medium is excited while absorbing at least part of the laser light (L) and emits emission light (E) of a wavelength that differs at least partly from the wavelength of the laser light (L).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: DRÄGER MEDICAL GMBHInventors: Livio FORNASIERO, Hanno KRETSCHMANN
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Publication number: 20150129781Abstract: A device (1; 26) for use in a medical treatment room includes at least one control unit (2, 6; 18) designed as a light guide and at least one light source (3, 3?; 21) which emits light with a wavelength between 380 nanometres and 420 nanometres, particularly 405 nanometres, and is arranged in such a manner that emitted light is coupled into the light guide. The light guide is designed in such a manner that light exiting the light guide again at least partially illuminates the surface of the control unit (2, 6; 18).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventor: Hanno Kretschmann
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Patent number: 8783885Abstract: An operating light (36) and a process are provided for lighting an operating table via an operating light (36). The operating light (36) includes at least one first radiation source (1), which is suitable for producing light (12) with locally different, especially radially outwardly decreasing color temperature distribution (18) in a plane extending at right angles to the work area.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbHInventors: Hanno Kretschmann, Christian Elsenbach, Patrick Wegner
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Patent number: 8662719Abstract: An operating light (1) has a housing (2), which has a light exit opening (4); a holding system, which is coupled with housing (2) and is designed to movably hold the operating light; at least one light source (3) as well as at least one corresponding optical system to direct light emitted by the at least one light source (3) in the direction of light exit opening (4). A grip assembly unit (14) is provided approximately in the middle of light exit opening (4). The grip assembly unit (14) has a handle (5) to pivot the operating light (1) into a desired position. At least one rotating ring (11) is located between the handle (5) and the housing (2) and is rotatable in relation to the handle (5) and is designed to set various functions of operating light (1). As an alternative or in addition, a touch-sensitive sensor element (15), which is designed to set various functions of operating light (1), is located between the handle (5) and the housing (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbHInventors: Björn Rohwedder, Hanno Kretschmann, Sven Müller
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Patent number: 8424833Abstract: A suspension device (10) with a carrier segment (12) and with at least one extension arm (14) that can be mounted pivotably thereon for moving in space devices (16, 18) that can be mounted thereon. The carrier segment (12) has a base part (24) for mounting the suspension device (10) at a mounting site. The suspension device has one or more quick-release rod modules (26) that can be detachably connected with the base part (24). The quick-release rod module (26) or each quick-release rod module (26) has a bus module (32), which contacts either a bus module (32) of a quick-release rod module (26) already embraced by the suspension device (10) or a contact device in the base part (24) when a quick-release rod module (26) is mounted on the suspension device (10).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbHInventors: Sven Müller, Christian Elsenbach, Carsten Timm, Hanno Kretschmann
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Patent number: 8408735Abstract: An actuating device for operating lamps (1) includes an actuator provided for actuating a number of first light-emitting diodes (6) for generating white light, on the one hand, and a number of second light-emitting diodes (7) for generating single-color light, on the other hand. A control is provided such that only the first light-emitting diodes (6) are switched on in a first operating state of the operating lamp (1) and such that the first light-emitting diodes (6) and the second light-emitting diodes (7) are switched on in a second operating state. The second light-emitting diodes (7) are designed such that a preset color rendering index is greater in the second operating state than in the first operating state of the operating lamp (1).Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbHInventor: Hanno Kretschmann
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Patent number: 8366297Abstract: An operating light is provided with a basic body (1) with flat contact surfaces (2), which are oriented with mutually different angular orientations of the respective surface normals to the working point of the operating light. A printed circuit board (6), having an underside which is flat in a premounted position, has rigid sections (8) with flat upper side surfaces pointing towards a working point of the operating light and sections (7) flexible in a preferred direction, which extend between the rigid sections (8). Light-emitting diodes (9) are arranged on the rigid sections of the printed circuit board. A lens holder (22) is provided with optical lenses (13) for the light-emitting diodes (9). The rigid sections of the printed circuit board can be placed on the contact surfaces (2) of the basic body (1) in a positive-locking manner in a mounted position, so that the light-emitting diodes (9) have lighting directions corresponding to the angular orientations of the contact surface normals.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbHInventors: Hanno Kretschmann, Sven Müller, Carsten Timm, Christian Elsenbach
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Patent number: D790756Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Robert Elfring, Christian Vry, Christian Elsenbach, Hanno Kretschmann
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Patent number: D840091Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Robert Elfring, Christian Vry, Christian Elsenbach, Hanno Kretschmann