Patents by Inventor Hartmut Berg

Hartmut Berg 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).

  • Lancet device
    Patent number: 8672963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lancet device, by which a lancet can be displaced along a piercing path for generating a piercing wound in a skin surface, in particular to obtain bodily fluid for diagnostic purposes, comprising a lancet drive having drive means to generate a drive force for a piercing movement of the lancet along the piercing path in the direction toward the skin surface. According to the present invention, the lancet drive comprises a magnet, by which a magnetic retention force oriented opposite to the drive force may be generated, and the lancet drive also comprises triggering means, by which the retention force may be reduced enough that the lancet is accelerated in the direction toward the skin surface under the effect of the drive force generated by the drive means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Deck, Christian Hoerauf, Malte Hinrichs, Hartmut Berg, Torsten Grunwald, Mathias Jotter, Manfred Rufer, Jens Storjohann
  • LANCET DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080188883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lancet device, by which a lancet can be displaced along a piercing path for generating a piercing wound in a skin surface, in particular to obtain bodily fluid for diagnostic purposes, comprising a lancet drive having drive means to generate a drive force for a piercing movement of the lancet along the piercing path in the direction toward the skin surface. According to the present invention, the lancet drive comprises a magnet, by which a magnetic retention force oriented opposite to the drive force may be generated, and the lancet drive also comprises triggering means, by which the retention force may be reduced enough that the lancet is accelerated in the direction toward the skin surface under the effect of the drive force generated by the drive means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Deck, Christian Hoerauf, Malte Hinrichs, Hartmut Berg, Torsten Grunwald, Mathias Jotter, Manfred Rufer, Jens Storjohann