Patents by Inventor Kathrin Eggelbusch

Kathrin Eggelbusch 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).

  • Automatic inspection device for stents, and method of automatic inspection
    Patent number: 8237789
    Abstract: A device for automatic illumination and inspection of tubular probes, in particular stents, is proposed, with rotatable means for holding the probes that are to be inspected, with an electronic camera and associated lens, with a computer-based electronic imaging system, and with means for illuminating the probe that is to be inspected. The probe surfaces are illuminated by means of a combination of dark field illumination and transillumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: IMSTec GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Maehringer-Kunz, Matthias Loeffler, Reinhard Rode, Tanja Schneider, Gerald Jarschel, Kathrin Eggelbusch
  • Automatic inspection device for stents, and method of automatic inspection
    Publication number: 20090251535
    Abstract: A device for automatic illumination and inspection of tubular probes, in particular stents, is proposed, with rotatable means for holding the probes that are to be inspected, with an electronic camera and associated lens, with a computer-based electronic imaging system, and with means for illuminating the probe that is to be inspected. The probe surfaces are illuminated by means of a combination of dark field illumination and transillumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: IMSTec GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Maehringer-Kunz, Matthias Loeffler, Reinhard Rode, Tanja Schneider, Gerald Jarschel, Kathrin Eggelbusch