Patents by Inventor Klaus Gottwaldt

Klaus Gottwaldt 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: 7369306
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image reversion system (500) which enables an image reversion and beam transposition of a plurality of observation beam paths (503a, 503b, 504a and 504b) to be carried out simultaneously. The system includes at least one Porro prism system and is designed in such a way that it can be arranged in a convergent beam path. The inventive system is suitable as an image reversion system in an ancillary module for operational microscopes used in ophthalmoscopy due to the low overall height thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Fritz Straehle, Peter Reimer, Klaus Gottwaldt, Franz Merz
  • Patent number: 6805453
    Abstract: A medical instrument arrangement includes an operation microscope system (100) and a carrier unit (101) carrying the operation microscope (102). The medical instrument arrangement is at least partially covered by a drape (110). The air inside the drape (110) is removed by a suction unit. The drape (110) is fixed to a portion of the carrier unit (101) at a collar (115). By operating the suction unit at different suction rates, disturbing vibrations of the system during a surgical procedure can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Robert F. Spetzler, Jeremy Diringer, Günther Grubauer, Klaus Gottwaldt, Kirsten Stäbler
  • Publication number: 20030165012
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image reversion system (500) which enables an image reversion and beam transposition of a plurality of observation beam paths (503a, 503b, 504a and 504b) to be carried out simultaneously. The system includes at least one Porro prism system and is designed in such a way that it can be arranged in a convergent beam path. The inventive system is suitable as an image reversion system in an ancillary module for operational microscopes used in ophthalmoscopy due to the low overall height thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Fritz Straehle, Peter Reimer, Klaus Gottwaldt, Franz Merz
  • Publication number: 20030066534
    Abstract: A medical instrument arrangement includes an operation microscope system (100) and a carrier unit (101) carrying the operation microscope (102). The medical instrument arrangement is at least partially covered by a drape (110). The air inside the drape (110) is removed by a suction unit. The drape (110) is fixed to a portion of the carrier unit (101) at a collar (115). By operating the suction unit at different suction rates, disturbing vibrations of the system during a surgical procedure can be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Robert F. Spetzler, Jeremy Diringer, Gunther Grubauer, Klaus Gottwaldt, Kirsten Stabler
  • Patent number: 5514125
    Abstract: An applicator for treatment of an elevated internal ocular pressure by means of laser radiation has a handpiece, which releasably surrounds a fiber optic light guide on its exit side end. A sleeve portion is releasably connected to the exit side end of the light guide, a condensing optical element being provided in the sleeve portion, optically dimensioned and arranged in the sleeve portion at a distance from the exit side end of the light guide such that the applied laser radiation can be focused in the ciliary body of the eye on contact of the sleeve portion with the surface of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Theo Lasser, Peter Schaffer, Peter Reimer, Klaus Gottwaldt, Joachim Hug