Patents by Inventor Joachim Dehmel

Joachim Dehmel 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: 7212737
    Abstract: A videoendoscopic system (1) including an endoscope optical system (2) and a camera portion (3), the endoscope optical system (2) having an elongated shaft (4) through which an optical image guide (5) and a fiber light guide (6) pass, and an end housing (7), which is proximally connected to the shaft (4) and has an image exit window (10) and a light entry window (8) with radiation directions that are parallel to one another and to the axis of the shaft (4). The camera portion (3) includes a camera housing (15), from which an image signal cable (24) and a light guide cable (20) pass out, and an image entry window (18) and a light exit window (19), which are arranged with parallel radiation directions at a distance from the windows (8, 10) in the end housing (7) and the end housing (7). The camera housing (15) is constructed with a rotationally fixedly lockable coupling device (7, 16, 25, 26, 19) for coupling the windows (8, 19; 10, 18) to one another in a centering manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Dehmel, Thomas Förster, Mathias Kraas, Gilbert Spahn
  • Publication number: 20060206004
    Abstract: A ureteroscope comprising a stem receiving an optics, a light guide and a duct is characterized in that the stem comprises at least along one segment of its length at least one substantially longitudinal indentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Dehmel, Graham Watson
  • Publication number: 20060129030
    Abstract: A ureteroscope (1) fitted with a stem (2) which exhibits at least at its distal end zone a substantially oval cross-section and which comprises a rounded beak (6) projecting at the distal end of the cross-section in the direction of the longer transverse axis (7), is characterized in that the beak (6) is asymmetrical to the transverse axis (7) in a manner that its center line (8) deviates increasingly from the transverse axis (7) as the radius increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Dehmel
  • Publication number: 20050191046
    Abstract: A videoendoscopic system (1) including an endoscope optical system (2) and a camera portion (3), the endoscope optical system (2) having an elongated shaft (4) through which an optical image guide (5) and a fiber light guide (6) pass, and an end housing (7), which is proximally connected to the shaft (4) and has an image exit window (10) and a light entry window (8) with radiation directions that are parallel to one another and to the axis of the shaft (4). The camera portion (3) includes a camera housing (15), from which an image signal cable (24) and a light guide cable (20) pass out, and an image entry window (18) and a light exit window (19), which are arranged with parallel radiation directions at a distance from the windows (8, 10) in the end housing (7) and the end housing (7). The camera housing (15) is constructed with a rotationally fixedly lockable coupling device (7, 16, 25, 26, 19) for coupling the windows (8, 19; 10, 18) to one another in a centering manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Dehmel, Thomas Forster, Mathias Kraas, Gilbert Spahn