Patents by Inventor Harald Ebner
Harald Ebner 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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Patent number: 9691246Abstract: A flame detector, may be aligned to cover a region to be monitored near a body water. The flame detector has at least one radiation sensor and a downstream evaluation unit. The at least one radiation sensor is sensitive to light in the spectrum of open fire. The evaluation unit outputs a fire alarm in the event of fluctuations or flicker frequencies characteristic of open fire being detected. A linear polarizing filter positioned upstream of the radiation sensor(s) has a polarization plane rotated about a main receiving direction to largely suppress the horizontal component of the received light, based on the knowledge that light reflected from water surfaces is predominantly horizontally polarized. If characteristic flicker frequencies and a significant degree of polarization are simultaneously detected in the received light, the detector identifies sunlight reflected off bodies of water and modulated by the swell, and a false alarm output is inhibited.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Harald Ebner, Hilmar Konrad
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Patent number: 9518966Abstract: A method and test devices are used for field calibration of gas detectors. Brand new gas detectors are used as measurement standards in field calibration. The brand new gas detectors are in this case either employed directly as working standards, in which case the regular calibration by a reference standard is dispensed with, since the brand new gas detectors are always deemed to be sufficiently accurate. Alternatively, the brand new gas detectors are employed directly, namely as sufficiently accurately calibrated reference standards for the reference gas sensors acting as working standards and incorporated into the test device. In both cases the measured values of the gas sensors in the gas detectors to be calibrated are fed back to a sufficiently calibrated system, namely either directly to at least one brand new gas detector as a working standard or else to a reference sensor of a calibrated test device.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Aleksandar Duric, Harald Ebner, Martin Forster
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Publication number: 20160307423Abstract: A flame detector, may be aligned to cover a region to be monitored near a body water. The flame detector has at least one radiation sensor and a downstream evaluation unit. The at least one radiation sensor is sensitive to light in the spectrum of open fire. The evaluation unit outputs a fire alarm in the event of fluctuations or flicker frequencies characteristic of open fire being detected. A linear polarizing filter positioned upstream of the radiation sensor(s) has a polarization plane rotated about a main receiving direction to largely suppress the horizontal component of the received light, based on the knowledge that light reflected from water surfaces is predominantly horizontally polarized. If characteristic flicker frequencies and a significant degree of polarization are simultaneously detected in the received light, the detector identifies sunlight reflected off bodies of water and modulated by the swell, and a false alarm output is inhibited.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AGInventors: Harald Ebner, Hilmar Konrad
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Patent number: 9107649Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Warsaw Orothpedic, Inc.Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Patent number: 8491654Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic Inc.Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Publication number: 20130074575Abstract: A method and test devices are used for field calibration of gas detectors. Brand new gas detectors are used as measurement standards in field calibration. The brand new gas detectors are in this case either employed directly as working standards, in which case the regular calibration by a reference standard is dispensed with, since the brand new gas detectors are always deemed to be sufficiently accurate. Alternatively, the brand new gas detectors are employed directly, namely as sufficiently accurately calibrated reference standards for the reference gas sensors acting as working standards and incorporated into the test device. In both cases the measured values of the gas sensors in the gas detectors to be calibrated are fed back to a sufficiently calibrated system, namely either directly to at least one brand new gas detector as a working standard or else to a reference sensor of a calibrated test device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Aleksandar DURIC, Harald Ebner, Martin Forster
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Publication number: 20110270402Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Publication number: 20110218633Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Patent number: 7998215Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Patent number: 7993403Abstract: Laterally expanding vertebral spacer devices are provided for repairing damaged vertebral discs. The vertebral spacer devices maintain the height of a distracted vertebral disc space while providing stability to the spine. In one form of the invention, a vertebral spacer device is provided with a first arm movably coupled to a second arm. The first and second arms are laterally expandable from a first width for insertion into the disc space to a second width after insertion into the disc space. The first and second arms also define a cavity therebetween for placement of bone growth material.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Foley, Harald Ebner, Mingyan Liu, Charles Branch, Lawrence M. Boyd
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Publication number: 20100161062Abstract: Laterally expanding vertebral spacer devices are provided for repairing damaged vertebral discs. The vertebral spacer devices maintain the height of a distracted vertebral disc space while providing stability to the spine. In one form of the invention, a vertebral spacer device is provided with a first arm movably coupled to a second arm. The first and second arms are laterally expandable from a first width for insertion into the disc space to a second width after insertion into the disc space. The first and second arms also define a cavity therebetween for placement of bone growth material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Kevin Foley, Harald Ebner, Mingyan Liu, Charles Branch, Lawrence M. Boyd
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Patent number: 7655042Abstract: Laterally expanding vertebral spacer devices are provided for repairing damaged vertebral discs. The vertebral spacer devices maintain the height of a distracted vertebral disc space while providing stability to the spine. In one form of the invention, a vertebral spacer device is provided with a first arm movably coupled to a second arm. The first and second arms are laterally expandable from a first width for insertion into the disc space to a second width after insertion into the disc space. The first and second arms also define a cavity therebetween for placement of bone growth material.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Inventors: Kevin Foley, Harald Ebner, Mingyan Liu, Charles Branch, Lawrence M. Boyd
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Publication number: 20090177285Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Patent number: 7481812Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Publication number: 20070118220Abstract: A vertebral implant for impaction in a disc space to restore and/or maintain desired disc space height and spinal orientation is provided. The implant has an elongated basis body having a generally lens-shape provided by convex upper and lower surfaces. Bearing surfaces are provided on the cross-edge surfaces of the endwalls. Grooves are provided in the upper and lower surfaces positioned between the bearing surfaces. The implant can be prepared from a wide variety of materials including metallic materials, synthetic materials, polymeric materials, ceramic materials, and composite materials including reinforced materials i.e. glass, fiber, and/or carbon fiber reinforced materials (CFRP).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2007Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Mingyan Liu, Hans-Joachim Fruh, Harald Ebner, Bradley Estes
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Patent number: 7169183Abstract: This invention provides a vertebral implant for impaction in a disc space to restore and/or maintain desired disc space height and spinal orientation. The implant has an elongated basis body having a generally lens-shape provided by convex upper and lower surfaces. Bearing surfaces are provided on the cross-edge surfaces of the endwalls. Grooves are provided in the upper and lower surfaces positioned between the bearing surfaces. The implant can be prepared from a wide variety of materials including metallic materials, synthetic materials, polymeric materials, ceramic materials, and composite materials including reinforced materials i.e. glass, fiber, and/or carbon fiber reinforced materials (CFRP). These preferred materials for fabricating implants in the present invention reduce costs, increase service life and provide excellent physiological compatibility. The non-metallic material can be selected to be either a substantially permanent material, a biodegradable material or a bioerodable material.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2002Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Mingyan Liu, Hans-Joachim Früh, Harald Ebner, Bradley T. Estes
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Publication number: 20060264968Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Inventors: George Frey, John White, Steven DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Patent number: 7060073Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: George Frey, John L. White, Steven D. DeRidder, Harald Ebner
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Publication number: 20050113920Abstract: Laterally expanding vertebral spacer devices are provided for repairing damaged vertebral discs. The vertebral spacer devices maintain the height of a distracted vertebral disc space while providing stability to the spine. In one form of the invention, a vertebral spacer device is provided with a first arm movably coupled to a second arm. The first and second arms are laterally expandable from a first width for insertion into the disc space to a second width after insertion into the disc space. The first and second arms also define a cavity therebetween for placement of bone growth material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2004Publication date: May 26, 2005Inventors: Kevin Foley, Harald Ebner, Mingyan Liu, Charles Branch, Lawrence Boyd
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Patent number: 6833006Abstract: Laterally expanding vertebral spacer devices are provided for repairing damaged vertebral discs. The vertebral spacer devices maintain the height of a distracted vertebral disc space while providing stability to the spine. In one form of the invention, a vertebral spacer device is provided with a first arm movably coupled to a second arm. The first and second arms are laterally expandable from a first width for insertion into the disc space to a second width after insertion into the disc space. The first and second arms also define a cavity therebetween for placement of bone growth material.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Foley, Harald Ebner, Mingyan Liu, Charles Branch, Lawrence M. Boyd