Patents by Inventor Klaus Ackern

Klaus Ackern 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).

  • Apparatus and method for triggering therapeutic shock waves
    Patent number: 4745920
    Abstract: An instrument for therapeutic shock waves in which the shock waves are triggered in response to the patient's heartbeat cycle or to the patient's breathing cycle or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Dornier System GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Forssmann, Wolfgang Hepp, Klaus Ackern, Christian Chaussy
  • Apparatus and method for triggering shock waves in lithotripsy
    Patent number: 4685461
    Abstract: A trigger instrument for therapeutic shock waves, in particular for comminuting kidney stones, in which the shock waves are triggered by the R pip of the EKG or by a preselected time-delay thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Dornier System GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Forssmann, Wolfgang Hepp, Klaus Ackern, Christian Chaussy