Patents by Inventor Martin Kimmel

Martin Kimmel 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).

  • Device and method for observing vessels, specially blood vessels
    Patent number: 6217519
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for viewing vessels, in particular blood vessels, in body cavities and hollow organs, comprising an ultrasonic transducer (14) which can be guided into a viewing position by means of an endoscopy device (10, 12), an ultrasonic unit (34) which can be connected to the ultrasonic transducer (14) and which is based on the Doppler principle and which is designed to detect an organ and/or fluid movement at at least one predetermined spacing from the ultrasonic transducer, a Doppler evaluation unit (38) which is connected downstream of the ultrasonic unit (34) and which is designed for digital conversion of an output signal of the ultrasonic unit (34) into a visual representation of the organ and/or fluid movement at the at least one predetermined spacing, and a video output unit (40) which receives an output image signal of the Doppler evaluation unit (38) and an electronic image signal of the endoscopy device (12) and which is designed to produce a combined overall image (24) fo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: DWL Elektronische Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Grund, Martin Kimmel, Dieter Denner, Gerold Widenhorn, Jürgen Zolondz