Patents by Inventor Ignaz HENZEN

Ignaz HENZEN 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).

  • Patent number: 9956326
    Abstract: A portable suction pump unit for aspirating body fluids and/or air from a patient has a pump module housing for a pump module and a fluid collection container. The pump module housing has a pump-side suction connector, and the fluid collection container has a container-side suction connector for leaktight connection to the pump-side suction connector. The two suction connectors define a common axis. The fluid collection container can be secured on the pump module housing via a repeatedly releasable and restorable connection. This connection is releasable and/or restorable by means of a rotation movement of the fluid collection container relative to the pump module housing about said axis. The suction unit according to the invention is inexpensive to produce and permits an easily manageable connection between housing and container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Medela Holding AG
    Inventors: Ivo Ramella, Ignaz Henzen
  • Publication number: 20130237937
    Abstract: A portable suction pump unit for aspirating body fluids and/or air from a patient has a pump module housing for a pump module and a fluid collection container. The pump module housing has a pump-side suction connector, and the fluid collection container has a container-side suction connector for leaktight connection to the pump-side suction connector. The two suction connectors define a common axis. The fluid collection container can be secured on the pump module housing via a repeatedly releasable and restorable connection. This connection is releasable and/or restorable by means of a rotation movement of the fluid collection container relative to the pump module housing about said axis. The suction unit according to the invention is inexpensive to produce and permits an easily manageable connection between housing and container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Medela Holding AG
    Inventors: Ivo Ramella, Ignaz Henzen
  • Patent number: 8425489
    Abstract: A drainage tube device for removing fluids by suction from a human or animal body comprises a coupling unit with first and second coupling parts that can be connected to each other in a leaktight manner, a first valve that is arranged in the first coupling part, and a drainage tube with an end that is directed towards the patient and is held in the second coupling part. The drainage tube has a multi-lumen design with a drainage conduit and at least one auxiliary conduit. This drainage conduit and at least one of said auxiliary conduits are in fluidic communication with each other at their end directed towards the patient and arranged inside the second coupling part. The drainage tube device further comprises a second valve, which is arranged in the second coupling part and which opens and closes the drainage conduit. The drainage tube device and the coupling unit according to the invention are of simple construction but nonetheless permit many functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Medela Holding AG
    Inventors: Adrian Hofmann, Ignaz Henzen, Daniel Zanetti
  • Publication number: 20100286596
    Abstract: A drainage tube device for removing fluids by suction from a human or animal body comprises a coupling unit with first and second coupling parts that can be connected to each other in a leaktight manner, a first valve that is arranged in the first coupling part, and a drainage tube with an end that is directed towards the patient and is held in the second coupling part. The drainage tube has a multi-lumen design with a drainage conduit and at least one auxiliary conduit. This drainage conduit and at least one of said auxiliary conduits are in fluidic communication with each other at their end directed towards the patient and arranged inside the second coupling part. The drainage tube device further comprises a second valve, which is arranged in the second coupling part and which opens and closes the drainage conduit. The drainage tube device and the coupling unit according to the invention are of simple construction but nonetheless permit many functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Adrian HOFMANN, Ignaz HENZEN, Daniel ZANETTI