Patents by Inventor Markus Kostron

Markus Kostron 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: 20130227791
    Abstract: A portable conveying device for patients who are heavily soiled or chemically, biologically or radioactively contaminated. The device comprises a mechanically flexible rescue sheet, wherein said rescue sheet has a top face that defines a lying surface for receiving a patient in a lying position and an underside opposite the top face. The device further comprises a mechanically flexible underlay sheet that is chemically resistant and impermeable to liquid. The underlay sheet at least partially covers the underside of the rescue sheet and is releasably connected thereto, such that the underlay sheet may in its entirety be disconnected from the rescue sheet and a patient may be carried away with the rescue sheet only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kaercher Futuretech GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kostron, Markus Kurt Saygin, Manuela Braeuning
  • Publication number: 20130227790
    Abstract: A stretcher for patients who are heavily soiled or are chemically, biologically or radioactively contaminated. The stretcher comprises a dish-shaped lying arrangement, which extends substantially along a longitudinal direction and has a lying surface for receiving a patient lying substantially along the longitudinal direction. It further comprises a securing arrangement for securing the patient on the lying arrangement and a support frame, which allows the stretcher to be rolled on a ground surface between at least two mechanically stable positions about an axis of rotation arranged parallel to the longitudinal direction. The support frame comprises a first set-down element for setting down the stretcher on the ground surface in a first mechanically stable position, wherein the lying surface is oriented substantially parallel to the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kaercher Futuretech GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kostron, Markus Kurt Saygin
  • Patent number: 7803317
    Abstract: An apparatus for decontamination of objects, such as temperature-sensitive devices for military applications, comprises a vacuum chamber having an internal space for receiving an object to be decontaminated. A vacuum pump produces a vacuum in the internal space. A heater is used for heating the internal space. A first arrangement is provided for ventilation of the internal space, and a second arrangement is provided for filling the internal space with a gaseous chemical decontamination agent. The apparatus can be used optionally for disinfection or detoxification, with a low decontamination temperature being sufficient in both cases because of the low pressure in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kaercher Futuretech GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Toepfer, Markus Kostron
  • Publication number: 20100044369
    Abstract: A container module for military and/or humanitarian field operations has a floor, a roof cover and side walls which, at least in the transport state, form a substantially closed, preferably cuboid container housing. A number of technical devices are permanently installed in the container housing and determine the functional scope of the container module. The container housing is permanently mounted on a load-bearing transport plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Toepfer, Markus Kostron
  • Publication number: 20090169426
    Abstract: An apparatus for decontamination of objects, such as temperature-sensitive devices for military applications, comprises a vacuum chamber having an internal space for receiving an object to be decontaminated. A vacuum pump produces a vacuum in the internal space. A heater is used for heating the internal space. A first arrangement is provided for ventilation of the internal space, and a second arrangement is provided for filling the internal space with a gaseous chemical decontamination agent. The apparatus can be used optionally for disinfection or detoxification, with a low decontamination temperature being sufficient in both cases because of the low pressure in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Toepfer, Markus Kostron
  • Publication number: 20080159909
    Abstract: An apparatus for decontamination of objects, such as temperature-sensitive devices for military applications, comprises a vacuum chamber having an internal space for receiving an object to be decontaminated. A vacuum pump produces a vacuum in the internal space. A heater is used for heating the internal space. A first arrangement is provided for ventilation of the internal space, and a second arrangement is provided for filling the internal space with a gaseous chemical decontamination agent. The apparatus can be used optionally for disinfection or detoxification, with a low decontamination temperature being sufficient in both cases because of the low pressure in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Toepfer, Markus Kostron