Patents by Inventor Juergen Barth

Juergen Barth 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).

  • Publication number: 20260041439
    Abstract: A medical motor handpiece for driving a distal end effector includes a handle portion and a preferably sleeve-shaped operating element that is held to rotate about a handle longitudinal axis at a distal end portion of the handle portion. The operating element can be coupled to the end effector so as to transform a rotational movement of the operating element in a first direction of rotation into a movement of the end effector. In the event of a rotational movement of the operating element in a second direction of rotation, opposite the first direction of rotation, a function on the end effector can be effected. The medical motor handpiece can be a component of a medical manual instrument that has an end effector coupled to the medical motor handpiece via a shaft in order to transfer torque from the motor handpiece to the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Andre Buerk, Thomas Hagen, Simone Hermle, Lilian Killinger, Juergen Barth, Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Uwe Schaz, Aaron Vogler
  • Publication number: 20250235216
    Abstract: A medical tool system includes a tool holder formed in a distal instrument portion adjoined by a proximal instrument portion. The proximal instrument portion is bendable relative to the distal instrument portion. A tool can be accommodated in the tool holder and pivoted relative to the tool holder. A first coupling device is arranged in the distal instrument portion. A second coupling device is arranged on the tool. In a coupling state, the second coupling device realizes a coupling between the tool and the distal shaft portion by operative engagement with the first coupling device to fix the tool in the distal shaft portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Andre Buerk, Thomas Hagen, Simone Hermle, Lilian Killinger, Juergen Barth, Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Uwe Schaz
  • Publication number: 20250204931
    Abstract: A surgical tool is adapted to be inserted into an instrument shaft of a surgical instrument. The tool includes a distal tool tip, a tool shaft extending from the distal tool tip in a proximal direction and having a distal bearing portion as well as a drive portion arranged proximally to the distal bearing portion. The drive portion is formed for positive engagement with a drive shaft of the surgical instrument. A bearing bush is mounted on the distal bearing portion and has a bearing coupling element for releasable coupling with an instrument shaft of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Andre Buerk, Thomas Hagen, Simone Hermle, Lilian Killinger, Juergen Barth, Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Uwe Schaz
  • Patent number: 12255511
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a motor winding interconnection for operating an electrosurgical instrument with exactly one motor platform that is designed to operate the motor at a first operating voltage and a second operating voltage different from the first operating voltage. The motor platform includes a circuit, preferably a delta circuit or a star circuit, formed in each case by three phases with a respective phase coil. At least one phase coil is formed from N>1 interconnected individual coils. At the first operating voltage, the N individual coils of each phase coil are connected in parallel. At the second operating voltage, the N individual coils of each phase coil are connected in series. At least one short-circuiting mechanism per phase coil switches over between the first and second operating voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Juergen Barth
  • Publication number: 20230080962
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a motor winding interconnection for operating an electrosurgical instrument with exactly one motor platform that is designed to operate the motor at a first operating voltage and a second operating voltage different from the first operating voltage. The motor platform includes a circuit, preferably a delta circuit or a star circuit, formed in each case by three phases with a respective phase coil. At least one phase coil is formed from N>1 interconnected individual coils. At the first operating voltage, the N individual coils of each phase coil are connected in parallel. At the second operating voltage, the N individual coils of each phase coil are connected in series. At least one short-circuiting mechanism per phase coil switches over between the first and second operating voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Juergen Barth