Patents by Inventor Josef Peter Pichler

Josef Peter Pichler 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).

  • Method of and devices for fluorescence diagnosis of tissue, particularly by endoscopy
    Patent number: 6510338
    Abstract: A method of and a device for the endoscopic fluorescence diagnosis of tissue, wherein the tissue is exposed to stimulating light via an endoscope for stimulation of fluorescence, which stimulating light is suitable, on account of its spectral distribution, to stimulate at least two different fluorescence modes in the tissue without filter switching in the stimulation beam path, and wherein the fluorescence light of the different fluorescence modes can be selectively observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus M. Irion, André Erhardt, Herbert Stepp, Josef Peter Pichler