Patents by Inventor Klaus Kleve

Klaus Kleve 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: 20170112721
    Abstract: A gastrostomy tube (1) comprises a head (10) having a port (15) for feeding a fluid, a tube section (11) extending from the head (10) and having a duct (150) for transporting a fluid fed into the port (15), and a cap assembly (2) attachable to the head (10). Herein the cap assembly (2) comprises a cap (20) forming an inner chamber (205), wherein in an assembled state of the gastrostomy tube (1) the head (10) is inserted into the inner chamber (205) of the cap (20). In this way a gastrostomy tube is provided which allows for an aesthetically pleasing appearance of the head of the gastrostomy tube and represent an as small as possible obstacle for a patient in everyday life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Katharina Munnich, Klaus Kleve
  • Patent number: 9555230
    Abstract: A port for a catheter includes a housing, a chamber arranged in the housing for receiving a medically active substance, a connecting piece for connecting the catheter to produce a flow connection between the chamber and the catheter, and at least one lever, mounted to be pivotable about a pivot axis and realized to allow the catheter to be fitted onto the connecting piece in a first pivot position and to hold the catheter in a clamping manner on the connecting piece in a second pivot position. The at least one lever has different first and second portions. The first portion carries a latching device for latching the at least one lever with the housing and/or with a first portion of a further lever in the second pivot position. The second portion has a clamping device for holding the catheter in the clamping manner in the second pivot position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Jochum, Martina Papiorek, Rainer Schumacher, Hans Haindl, Markus Kämereit, Klaus Kleve
  • Publication number: 20160106966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a port for a catheter comprising a housing (10, 11), a chamber (120) disposed in the housing (10, 11) in order to accommodate a medical active substance, a connecting piece (122) for connection of a catheter (2), in order to produce a flow connection between the chamber (120) and the catheter (2), and at least one lever (14, 15) which is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis (102, 103) of the housing (10, 11), wherein the at least one lever (14, 15) is designed such that, in a first pivot position, the lever allows application of the catheter (2) to the connecting piece (122) and, in a second pivot position, the lever holds the catheter (2) in a clamping manner on the connecting piece (122).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Christoph Jochum, Martina Papiorek, Rainer Schumacher, Hans Haindl, Markus Kämereit, Klaus Kleve
  • Patent number: D794782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kämereit, Klaus Kleve, Christoph Jochum, Hans Haindl, Rainer Schumacher, Martina Papiorek