Patents by Inventor Matthias Schweizer

Matthias Schweizer 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: 12280171
    Abstract: A sterilization packaging includes an interior space for receiving medical packaged goods and a sensor unit adapted to measure a first parameter in the interior space. The packaging has a data transmission unit for receiving and transmitting parameter values measured by the sensor unit. The packaging and data transmission unit are matched to one another to allow transmission of parameter values received by the data transmission unit into an outer space around the packaging. A sterilization method includes: introducing packaged goods into packaging and closing the packaging; introducing the closed packaging into a receiving chamber of a sterilizer; starting a sterilization process flow in the sterilizer; detecting parameter values in the packaging and transmitting the parameter values to a control unit of the sterilizer; and controlling the sterilization process flow as a function of the parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventor: Matthias Schweizer
  • Patent number: 12138087
    Abstract: A container system and a method for forming a knob in a container. The container system includes a container, in particular a medical or surgical sterile container preferably having a tub-like container vessel and/or a container cover; at least one separate coupling element; and at least one coupling system for releasably connecting the coupling element to the container. The coupling system includes a male coupling portion formed on the container and a female coupling portion formed on the coupling element. The coupling portions can be coupled to and uncoupled from one another. The male coupling portion is integrally formed in a wall of the container and is designed as a protruding knob having an undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Martina Höfler, Gerold Zieris, Matthias Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20240366473
    Abstract: A sterile container, in particular for medical use or storage of medical products or articles, includes a tray with an external base surface and a lid with an external top surface. At least one slide support element is attached to the tray or to the lid. The sterile container is stackable with a second sterile container that is identical to the sterile container. The slide support element acts as a spacer and slide rail to prevent direct contact between facing base surfaces and top surfaces when handling or stacking the sterile containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, John Wallace, Martin Machill, Philipp Bohnenstengel, Matthias Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20240156545
    Abstract: An apparatus can detect surgical instruments provided with RFID transponders. The apparatus has a receiving space delimited by a bottom and side walls. A surgical instrument can be introduced into the receiving space through an upper side of the receiving space. The receiving space is shielded from external electromagnetic waves at the bottom and at the sides by shielding. An antenna device is configured within the shielding in at least two side walls that extend transversely to one another and/or parallel to one another, in such a way that the antenna device can transmit electromagnetic waves into the receiving space and receive electromagnetic waves from the receiving space with respect to two different sides of the receiving space. An identification device is configured to identify a surgical instrument introduced into the receiving space and store identification data corresponding to the identification of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Frederick Lenzenhuber, Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Matthias Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20230255637
    Abstract: A medical clip includes a first clamping arm, a second clamping arm, and a biasing element with a first and a second end. The first clamping arm has a first clamping arm end, which is connected to the first end of the biasing element by way of a first connecting portion. The second clamping arm has a second clamping arm end, which is connected to the second end of the biasing element by way of a second connecting portion. The clip includes a box lock with a connection perforation arranged or formed on the first connecting portion and a connection portion comprised by the second connecting portion and passing through the connection perforation. The first clamping arm and the second clamping arm are maximally proximate to one another in a basic position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Scholten, Jens Beger, Thomas Pleil, Alexander Happle, Jan Reich, Matthias Schweizer, Thomas Hagen, Natalia Dalmann
  • Publication number: 20230025190
    Abstract: A filter covering for a sterile container lid, for completely covering at least one gas exchange portion, which is provided on a lid component of the sterile container lid, on an outside of the sterile container lid, the filter covering having at least two clip portions arranged opposite to each other on the filter covering, which are adapted to engage in a form-fitting manner in at least two clip receiving portions provided on the lid component, and by which the filter covering is mountable to and dismountable from the lid component without tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, Andreas Elisch, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Thomas, John Gray-Dreizler, Philipp Bohnenstengel, Thomas Sterk, Betina Bernauer
  • Patent number: 11490982
    Abstract: A modularly structured lid for a sterile container includes a lid component, which has at least one gas exchange portion, on which, on the inner side of a lid, at least one filter device can be arranged, and at least one filter covering by which the at least one gas exchange portion can be completely covered on an outside of the lid. The lid component has at least one standardized clip receiving portion and the filter covering has at least one standardized clip portion, by which the filter covering and the lid component can be interlockingly fixed to each other, and can be mounted and removed without tools. A sterile container can include such a lid and a filter covering for such a lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, Andreas Elisch, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Thomas, John Gray-Dreizler, Philipp Bohnenstengel, Thomas Sterk, Betina Bernauer
  • Publication number: 20220008590
    Abstract: A sterilization packaging includes an interior space for receiving medical packaged goods and a sensor unit adapted to measure a first parameter in the interior space. The packaging has a data transmission unit for receiving and transmitting parameter values measured by the sensor unit. The packaging and data transmission unit are matched to one another to allow transmission of parameter values received by the data transmission unit into an outer space around the packaging. A sterilization method includes: introducing packaged goods into packaging and closing the packaging; introducing the closed packaging into a receiving chamber of a sterilizer; starting a sterilization process flow in the sterilizer; detecting parameter values in the packaging and transmitting the parameter values to a control unit of the sterilizer; and controlling the sterilization process flow as a function of the parameter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Matthias Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20210393363
    Abstract: A container system and a method for forming a knob in a container. The container system includes a container, in particular a medical or surgical sterile container preferably having a tub-like container vessel and/or a container cover; at least one separate coupling element; and at least one coupling system for releasably connecting the coupling element to the container. The coupling system includes a male coupling portion formed on the container and a female coupling portion formed on the coupling element. The coupling portions can be coupled to and uncoupled from one another. The male coupling portion is integrally formed in a wall of the container and is designed as a protruding knob having an undercut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Martina Höfler, Gerold Zieris, Matthias Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20210379227
    Abstract: A sterilization container includes a housing having at least one opening and at least one valve unit for opening and closing the opening. The valve unit is of the electromechanical type having an electromechanical actuator which is controllable or actuated by a control unit. Furthermore, the valve unit has a valve body to which the control unit is coupled, wherein the opening can be opened and can be closed by the valve body, more precisely the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Matthias Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20200383745
    Abstract: A modularly structured lid for a sterile container includes a lid component, which has at least one gas exchange portion, on which, on the inner side of a lid, at least one filter device can be arranged, and at least one filter covering by which the at least one gas exchange portion can be completely covered on an outside of the lid. The lid component has at least one standardized clip receiving portion and the filter covering has at least one standardized clip portion, by which the filter covering and the lid component can be interlockingly fixed to each other, and can be mounted and removed without tools. A sterile container can include such a lid and a filter covering for such a lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: MATTHIAS HENKE, ANDREAS ELISCH, MATTHIAS SCHWEIZER, STEFAN THOMAS, JOHN GRAY-DREIZLER, PHILIPP BOHNENSTENGEL, THOMAS STERK, BETINA BERNAUER
  • Patent number: 10434206
    Abstract: A closure for a medical sterile container having a trough-like first container part and a lid-type second container part includes a closure flap which can be arranged on one of the container parts so as to be able to pivot between a closed position, in which the container parts are interlocked with each other by the closure, and an open position in which the container parts are unlocked. The closure includes a latch element which in the closed position of the closure interlocks the closure flap with the other container part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Stefan Thomas, Serkan Bellikli, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Schuster, Dieter Weisshaupt
  • Patent number: 10427841
    Abstract: The present application discloses a centering aid for a container having a container trough, with an access opening, a container lid and a seal. In the closed state of the container, the seal is arranged between the container trough and the container lid. The centering aid has a first centering device, which is provided on either the container lid or the container trough, and a second centering device, which is provided on the other of either the container lid or the container trough. The first and second centering devices interact in such a way as to ensure that, in the closed state of the container, the seal is in contact with the container trough and with the container lid along the entire periphery of the access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Dieter Weisshaupt, Stefan Schuster, Matthias Schweizer, John Gray-Dreizler, Gerold Zieris
  • Patent number: 9888977
    Abstract: A medical sterile container includes a tray-like first container part, a lid-type second container part, a fastener and a ventilation valve to ventilate a container interior surrounded by the first container part and the second container part. The fastener is mounted on one of the container parts so as to be pivotable between a closed position, in which the container parts are locked to one another by the fastener, and an open position in which the container parts are unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Stefan Thomas, Serkan Bellikli, John Gray-Dreizler, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Schuster, Dieter Weisshaupt
  • Patent number: 9857469
    Abstract: A modulation technique for 3D time-of-flight (TOF) cameras allows the operation of fully autonomous operated 3D TOF cameras. The method subdivides the exposure time into several sub-exposure intervals, for which the signal control unit adds a preferably pseudo-random common phase delay to the illumination and the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thierry Oggier, Bernhard Buettgen, Matthias Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20170360976
    Abstract: A closure for a medical sterile container having a trough-like first container part and a lid-type second container part includes a closure flap which can be arranged on one of the container parts so as to be able to pivot between a closed position, in which the container parts are interlocked with each other by the closure, and an open position in which the container parts are unlocked. The closure includes a latch element which in the closed position of the closure interlocks the closure flap with the other container part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Thomas, Serkan Bellikli, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Schuster, Dieter Weisshaupt
  • Patent number: D957677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AESCULAP AG
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, Betina Bernauer, Lisa Marie Blöchle, Andreas Elisch, John Gray-Dreizler, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Thomas, Michael Scherger, Björn Vibrans
  • Patent number: D981005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, Betina Bernauer, Lisa Marie Blöchle, Andreas Elisch, John Gray-Dreizler, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Thomas, Michael Scherger, Björn Vibrans
  • Patent number: D993441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, Betina Bernauer, Lisa Marie Blöchle, Andreas Elisch, John Gray-Dreizler, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Thomas, Michael Scherger, Björn Vibrans
  • Patent number: D1026466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, Betina Bernauer, Lisa Marie Blöchle, Andreas Elisch, John Gray-Dreizler, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Thomas, Michael Scherger, Björn Vibrans