Patents by Inventor Jochen Schmidberger

Jochen Schmidberger 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: 10918405
    Abstract: A surgical instrument has at least one tool unit including at least one first tool element, at least one second tool element, and at least one coupling element that is connected to the second tool element, the at least one coupling element and the second tool element being supported in such a way that they are together displaceable relative to the first tool element along at least one displacement axis, and has an actuation, which includes at least one actuation element that is coupled with the coupling element in at least one first position of the coupling element relative to the second tool element, wherein for the purpose of releasing the actuation element, the coupling element is transferred from the first position into at least one second position relative to the second tool element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Rominger, Karl-Heinz Haunschild, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Publication number: 20190029704
    Abstract: A surgical instrument has at least one tool unit including at least one first tool element, at least one second tool element, and at least one coupling element that is connected to the second tool element, the at least one coupling element and the second tool element being supported in such a way that they are together displaceable relative to the first tool element along at least one displacement axis, and has an actuation, which includes at least one actuation element that is coupled with the coupling element in at least one first position of the coupling element relative to the second tool element, wherein for the purpose of releasing the actuation element, the coupling element is transferred from the first position into at least one second position relative to the second tool element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Markus ROMINGER, Karl-Heinz HAUNSCHILD, Jochen SCHMIDBERGER
  • Patent number: 10045762
    Abstract: A dilation device including a dilation instrument which includes a distal radially expandable section which is coupled via an elongate shank to a handling section, and an expandable covering with a closed distal end and an open proximal end, for the expansion section of the dilation instrument. The covering has a shank section extending along the shank of the dilation instrument. The open proximal end of the covering is detachably coupled to the distal end of the handling section of the dilation instrument. Furthermore, the covering is disclosed per se, which consists of a mesh material and has a shank section, which is connected to a coupling sleeve at the open proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Bacher, Martin Blocher, Jochen Schmidberger, Tobias Unger
  • Publication number: 20140336688
    Abstract: A dilation device including a dilation instrument which includes a distal radially expandable section which is coupled via an elongate shank to a handling section, and an expandable covering with a closed distal end and an open proximal end, for the expansion section of the dilation instrument. The covering has a shank section extending along the shank of the dilation instrument. The open proximal end of the covering is detachably coupled to the distal end of the handling section of the dilation instrument. Furthermore, the covering is disclosed per se, which consists of a mesh material and has a shank section, which is connected to a coupling sleeve at the open proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Uwe Bacher, Martin Blocher, Jochen Schmidberger, Tobias Unger
  • Patent number: 8216265
    Abstract: Medical instrument serves to punch out tissue. It has a shaft, a first cap-shaped tool arranged at a distal end of said shaft and having a circular cutting edge. A second tool has a circular cutting edge at a distal end thereof. Said first and said second tool can be shifted relative to one another along said shaft thereby that second tool can enter into the cavity of that first tool. Said second tool bears a plate-like element, distally spaced apart from its cutting edge, said plate-like element has an extension in a cross-section plane corresponding to a clear internal cross-section plane of said cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Haunschild, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Patent number: 8066630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding and resting device for medical instruments having essentially cylindrical instrument bodies, in particular endoscopic instruments, with a base body that can be secured for instance to an operating table and an instrument input to be inserted into the base body and in which the instrument body can be secured by clamping. To create a holding and resting device for medical instruments having essentially cylindrical instrument bodies, which is of simple construction and can be activated quickly and safely, it is proposed with the invention that the instrument input includes a ring-shaped tension casing with at least two holder arms as well as a tension nut that works together with the tension casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Oberlaender, Michael Sauer, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Patent number: 7857784
    Abstract: A medical instrument for suction and irrigation comprises an elongate shaft with a first channel serving as suction channel and with a second channel serving as irrigation channel, the shaft having a first tube which is closed in cross section and in which one of the channels is present. The shaft has a second tube which is open in cross section along its length and is placed with its open lengthwise side on an outside face of the first tube and secured sealingly thereon, the other channel being formed in the space between the outside face of the first tube and an inside face of the second tube. A method for production of the instrument is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Schmidberger, Andreas Efinger
  • Publication number: 20090082799
    Abstract: Medical instrument serves to punch out tissue. punching out tissue. It has a shaft, a first cap-shaped tool arranged at a distal end of said shaft and having a circular cutting edge. A second tool has a circular cutting edge at a distal end thereof. Said first and said second tool can be shifted relative to one another along said shaft thereby that second tool can enter into the cavity of that first tool. Said second tool bears a plate-like element, distally spaced apart from its cutting edge, said plate-like element has an extension in a cross-section plane corresponding to a clear internal cross-section plane of said cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Haunschild, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Publication number: 20060058579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding and resting device for medical instruments having essentially cylindrical instrument bodies, in particular endoscopic instruments, with a base body that can be secured for instance to an operating table and an instrument input to be inserted into the base body and in which the instrument body can be secured by clamping. To create a holding and resting device for medical instruments having essentially cylindrical instrument bodies, which is of simple construction and can be activated quickly and safely, it is proposed with the invention that the instrument input includes a ring-shaped tension casing with at least two holder arms as well as a tension nut that works together with the tension casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Oberlaender, Michael Sauer, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Publication number: 20050182353
    Abstract: A medical instrument for suction and irrigation comprises an elongate shaft with a first channel serving as suction channel and with a second channel serving as irrigation channel, the shaft having a first tube which is closed in cross section and in which one of the channels is present. The shaft has a second tube which is open in cross section along its length and is placed with its open lengthwise side on an outside face of the first tube and secured sealingly thereon, the other channel being formed in the space between the outside face of the first tube and an inside face of the second tube. A method for production of the instrument is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Jochen Schmidberger, Andreas Efinger
  • Patent number: D621043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Schmäl, Peter Eisenkolb, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Patent number: D697228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Haunschild, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Patent number: D755375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Stammberger, Martin Blocher, Tobias Unger, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Patent number: D755963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Stammberger, Martin Blocher, Tobias Unger, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Patent number: D884173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Schmidberger, Karl-Heinz Haunschild, Markus Rominger
  • Patent number: D901689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Schmidberger, Karl-Heinz Haunschild, Markus Rominger