Patents by Inventor Maarten Wobbe van der Werf

Maarten Wobbe van der Werf 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: 10639067
    Abstract: Guiding tube, in particular a trocar, for receiving and guiding a medical instrument, wherein the guiding tube includes engaging members for engaging an instrument inside the tube and a substantially spherically shaped ball member provided on an outer surface of said tube, wherein the engaging members are provided movable with respect to the tube in a direction having a radial component, seen with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube, upon compression of the ball member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Mofixx B.V.
    Inventors: Maurice Petrus Wilhelmus Tak, Jasper Boter, Hendricus Johannes Vertegaal, Marianne Gratia Meijerink-van Tilburg, Maarten Wobbe van der Werf, Joris Emanuel Nicolaas Jaspers, Jesse Mattan Bosma
  • Publication number: 20180049768
    Abstract: Guiding tube, in particular a trocar, for receiving and guiding a medical instrument, wherein the guiding tube comprises engaging members for engaging an instrument inside the tube and a substantially spherically shaped ball member provided on an outer surface of said tube, wherein the engaging members are provided movable with respect to the tube in a direction having a radial component, seen with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube, upon compression of the ball member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Maurice Petrus Wilhelmus Tak, Jasper Boter, Hendricus Johannes Vertegaal, Marianne Gratia Meijerink - van Tilburg, Maarten Wobbe van der Werf, Joris Emanuel Nicolaas Jaspers, Jesse Mattan Bosma