Patents by Inventor Johannes AGRICOLA

Johannes AGRICOLA 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: 11980353
    Abstract: A medical mechatronic male interface device couples a surgical assistance system to a mount. The male interface device includes a base including an end face and a functional body extending from the end face, a first mechanical coupling for positive and/or non-positive coupling to a medical mechatronic female interface device, and at least one first electronic interface configured to connect to a second electronic interface of the female interface device. The functional body includes a centering device that centers the surgical assistance system free of play relative to the base. The centering device includes a first functional surface, a second functional surface, and a third functional surface that together at least partially define a three-sided pyramid. The first mechanical coupling includes a first undercut and a second undercut on the functional body that each define a segment engageable from behind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Brainlab Robotics GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Krinninger, Stephan Nowatschin, Christian Kühnau, Daniel Roppenecker, Dominik Gierlach, Johannes Agricola, Stefan Hofberger
  • Patent number: 11638617
    Abstract: A surgical manipulator device for positioning a surgical instrument has a frame, a first mount, a second mount, a first suspension arm arrangement supported on the frame and connecting the frame to the first mount in an articulated manner, and a second suspension arm arrangement supported on the frame and connecting the frame to the second mount in an articulated manner. The first and the second suspension arm arrangements are each displaceable relative to the frame in first and second motion planes parallel to each other and spaced apart, so that the first mount is displaceable in the first motion plane and the second mount is displaceable in the second motion plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Brainlab Robotics GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Nowatschin, Maximilian Krinninger, Christian Kühnau, Daniel Roppenecker, Dominik Gierlach, Johannes Agricola, Johann Ulrich Wigger
  • Publication number: 20220087663
    Abstract: A medical mechatronic male interface device couples a surgical assistance system to a mount. The male interface device includes a base including an end face and a functional body extending from the end face, a first mechanical coupling for positive and/or non-positive coupling to a medical mechatronic female interface device, and at least one first electronic interface configured to connect to a second electronic interface of the female interface device. The functional body includes a centering device that centers the surgical assistance system free of play relative to the base. The centering device includes a first functional surface, a second functional surface, and a third functional surface that together at least partially define a three-sided pyramid. The first mechanical coupling includes a first undercut and a second undercut on the functional body that each define a segment engageable from behind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Maximilian KRINNINGER, Stephan NOWATSCHIN, Christian KÜHNAU, Daniel ROPPENECKER, Dominik GIERLACH, Johannes AGRICOLA, Stefan HOFBERGER
  • Patent number: 11229426
    Abstract: A medical mechatronic male interface device for coupling a surgical assistance system to a mounting structure has a base with an end face, a functional body, extending from the end face, first mechanical coupling means for positive and/or non-positive coupling to a corresponding medical mechatronic female interface device, and at least one first electronic interface for connecting to a corresponding second electronic interface of the female interface device. The functional body has a centring device to center the surgical assistance system free of play relative to the base. The centring device has a first functional surface, a second functional surface, and a third functional surface that are not parallel to each other and that have normals which do not lie in a common plane. A corresponding female interface device and a mounting arm and a surgical assistance system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brainlab Robotics GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Krinninger, Stephan Nowatschin, Christian Kühnau, Daniel Roppenecker, Dominik Gierlach, Johannes Agricola, Stefan Hofberger
  • Publication number: 20200163658
    Abstract: A medical mechatronic male interface device for coupling a surgical assistance system to a mounting structure has a base with an end face, a functional body, extending from the end face, first mechanical coupling means for positive and/or non-positive coupling to a corresponding medical mechatronic female interface device, and at least one first electronic interface for connecting to a corresponding second electronic interface of the female interface device. The functional body has a centring device to center the surgical assistance system free of play relative to the base. The centring device has a first functional surface, a second functional surface, and a third functional surface that are not parallel to each other and that have normals which do not lie in a common plane. A corresponding female interface device and a mounting arm and a surgical assistance system are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Maximilian KRINNINGER, Stephan NOWATSCHIN, Christian KÜHNAU, Daniel ROPPENECKER, Dominik GIERLACH, Johannes AGRICOLA, Stefan HOFBERGER
  • Publication number: 20200138530
    Abstract: A surgical manipulator device for positioning a surgical instrument has a frame, a first mount, a second mount, a first suspension arm arrangement supported on the frame and connecting the frame to the first mount in an articulated manner, and a second suspension arm arrangement supported on the frame and connecting the frame to the second mount in an articulated manner. The first and the second suspension arm arrangements are each displaceable relative to the frame in first and second motion planes parallel to each other and spaced apart, so that the first mount is displaceable in the first motion plane and the second mount is displaceable in the second motion plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan NOWATSCHIN, Maximilian KRINNINGER, Christian KÜHNAU, Daniel ROPPENECKER, Dominik GIERLACH, Johannes AGRICOLA, Johann Ulrich WIGGER