Patents by Inventor Marc Steffen Schurr

Marc Steffen Schurr 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: 20200338319
    Abstract: A device for delivering energy and/or measuring electrical activity in a tubular part of a body has a catheter and/or an inflatable balloon and at least one electrode. A distal end of the catheter with the at least one electrode, or the at least one electrode, is disposed on the outside of an envelope of the balloon. So as to achieve good contact between the at least one electrode and the wall of the vessel to be treated and continuous blood flow, the elasticity of the envelope of the balloon is less in at least one first region than in a second region that different from the first region. The distal end of the catheter with the at least one electrode is disposed in the at least one first region, or the at least one electrode is disposed in the at least one second region of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Biotronik AG
    Inventors: Chritian BLUEMEL, Erik TRIP, Jan Helge RICHTER, Marc Steffen SCHURR
  • Patent number: 8914096
    Abstract: An adaptation probe for insertion into implanted electrode devices of active medical implants to enable them for use in high-frequency magnetic alternating fields of MRI systems comprises an elongated, flexible probe body, and at least one electrical assembly, which has one or more electrical components connected to an interface, in the probe body, and which can be electrically connected to a supply lead of the electrode device such that the electrically properties of the electrode device can be adapted, in particular the frequency-dependent resistance, impedance, capacitance, or inductance thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ingo Weiss, Michael Friedrich, Stefan Knorr, René Fischer, Marc Steffen Schurr
  • Patent number: 8527065
    Abstract: An electrode device for active medical implants that includes an elongated electrode body having a proximal end and a distal end, a tip contact pole on the distal end and/or a ring contact pole before the distal end, electrical supply leads to the tip and ring contact poles, and a high-frequency filter in at least one of the supply leads, which is composed of one or more electronic components (9) and is assigned to the tip and/or ring contact pole, wherein the electronic component(s) (9) are each designed as a miniature component using LTCC technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ingo Weiss, Michael Friedrich, Stefan Knorr, René Fischer, Marc Steffen Schurr
  • Patent number: 8380322
    Abstract: Electrode device for active medical implants with an elongated electrode body (2) having a proximal end and a distal end (1), a tip contact pole (6) on the distal end (1), at least one ring contact pole (5) before the distal end (1), electrical supply leads (3, 4) to the tip and ring contact pole (6, 5), and a high-frequency filter (11) before the distal end (1), which has electrical contact to the tip contact pole (6) and is connected to the supply lead (4) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Biotronik CRM Patent AG
    Inventors: Kerstin Taeubert, Hartmut Lenski, Ingo Weiss, Michael Friedrich, Stefan Knorr, René Fischer, Marc Steffen Schurr
  • Patent number: 8346371
    Abstract: An electrode unit for carrying current or voltage between an implantable electromedical device and a treatment and/or diagnosis site in the human body comprises at least one current-/voltage-carrying feed line (1) and at least one electric contact pole to the body part. The feed line (1) is associated with at least one section (4) having frequency-dependent transmission behavior, wherein this at least one frequency-dependent transmission section (4) at least partially filters out therapeutically and/or diagnostically undesirable signals in at least one defined frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ingo Weiss, Michael Friedrich, Stefan Knorr, René Fischer, Marc Steffen Schurr
  • Publication number: 20110196229
    Abstract: An adaptation probe for insertion into implanted electrode devices of active medical implants to enable them for use in high-frequency magnetic alternating fields of MRI systems comprises an elongated, flexible probe body, and at least one electrical assembly, which has one or more electrical components connected to an interface, in the probe body, and which can be electrically connected to a supply lead of the electrode device such that the electrically properties of the electrode device can be adapted, in particular the frequency-dependent resistance, impedance, capacitance, or inductance thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Ingo WEISS, Michael Friedrich, Stefan Knorr, René Fischer, Marc Steffen Schurr
  • Publication number: 20110196463
    Abstract: Electrode device for active medical implants with an elongated electrode body (2) having a proximal end and a distal end (1), a tip contact pole (6) on the distal end (1), at least one ring contact pole (5) before the distal end (1), electrical supply leads (3, 4) to the tip and ring contact pole (6, 5), and a high-frequency filter (11) before the distal end (1), which has electrical contact to the tip contact pole (6) and is connected to the supply lead (4) thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Kerstin TAEUBERT, Hartmut Lenski, Ingo Weiss, Michael Friedrich, Stefan Knorr, René Fischer, Marc Steffen Schurr
  • Publication number: 20110196461
    Abstract: An electrode unit for carrying current or voltage between an implantable electromedical device and a treatment and/or diagnosis site in the human body comprises at least one current-/voltage-carrying feed line (1) and at least one electric contact pole to the body part. The feed line (1) is associated with at least one section (4) having frequency-dependent transmission behavior, wherein this at least one frequency-dependent transmission section (4) at least partially filters out therapeutically and/or diagnostically undesirable signals in at least one defined frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Ingo Weiss, Michael Friedrich, Stefan Knorr, René Fischer, Marc Steffen Schurr
  • Publication number: 20110196462
    Abstract: An electrode device for active medical implants that includes an elongated electrode body having a proximal end and a distal end, a tip contact pole on the distal end and/or a ring contact pole before the distal end, electrical supply leads to the tip and ring contact poles, and a high-frequency filter in at least one of the supply leads, which is composed of one or more electronic components (9) and is assigned to the tip and/or ring contact pole, wherein the electronic component(s) (9) are each designed as a miniature component using LTCC technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Ingo WEISS, Michael FRIEDRICH, Stefan KNORR, René FISCHER, Marc Steffen SCHURR
  • Publication number: 20100324637
    Abstract: An electrode probe for medical applications includes a tubular, flexible probe body, an electrode mounted at the distal end of the probe body, and an electrical supply line within the probe body and extending to the electrode. At least a portion of the distal end section of the probe body can be transformed into a radially broadened collar, preferably owing to relative motion between the electrical supply line and the probe body. Where a screw-in electrode is used, the distal end section may be deformed into a radially broadened collar when the electrode is screwed into the body tissue, owing to forces exerted by the body tissue onto the distal end section, and/or owing to forces exerted by the screw-in electrode on the distal end section via a thrust bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Erik Trip, Erhard Flach, Christian Schnittker, Marc Steffen Schurr