Patents by Inventor Monika Loeffler

Monika Loeffler 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).

  • Surgical endoscopic instrument
    Patent number: 5976077
    Abstract: A surgical endoscopic instrument for surgery in a region directly underneath a layer of tissue covering a body cavity and traversed by the instrument which has a tubular sleeve with an operating duct and an optical system. The optical system image guide exits through a lateral outlet, the operating duct is mounted in a cross-sectional zone adjacent to the outlet and the optical system is mounted in a cross-sectional zone of the sleeve substantially opposite the outlet. The image guide of the operating duct extends laterally around the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
    Inventors: Cees H. A. Wittens, Monika Loeffler, Michael Wiegand