Patents by Inventor Olaf Schermeier

Olaf Schermeier 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: 11547515
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile selection system for selecting medical accessories comprising a control system, a user interface and a treatment cart. The treatment cart comprises a plurality of storage devices each having at least two storage areas for a respective accessory type. The control system thereby implements a selection method having the following method steps. The treatment identifier of the treatment to be performed is determined in one method step via the user interface. In a further method step, a plurality of accessory set parameters which characterize a medical accessory set are determined on the basis of an accessory database and on the basis of the treatment identifier of the treatment to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Kirill Koulechov
  • Patent number: 11380437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for selecting a medical accessory for treatment of a patient. The method comprises at least one of the following method steps. A first method step of receiving a patient identifier identifying the patient to be treated. A second method step of determining a treatment identifier of the treatment to be performed which identifies the treatment to be performed on the patient. A third method step of comparing an accessory database containing data sets on at least two medical accessories for one or more patient treatments to an actual inventory of stocked medical accessories. A fourth method step of selecting a suitable medical accessory for a treatment to be performed on the patient by means of the accessory database and on the basis of at least the patient identifier, the treatment identifier and the actual inventory. A fifth method step of segregating the selected medical accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Kirill Koulechov
  • Publication number: 20220130527
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for executing a sharing enabler of a registered medical treatment machine. The registered medical treatment machine is used in a shared medical treatment system. The method comprises the method steps: Providing a registration procedure for registering the medical treatment machine in the shared medical treatment system; Receiving an initiation request for initiating a medical treatment for a patient, being registered in the shared medical treatment system; Checking whether the received initiation request is valid by receiving a confirmation signal and if yes: Unlocking the medical treatment machine in reply to the received confirmation signal for use for the patient; Operating the medical treatment machine according to a treatment procedure in a sharing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Christina I. Allegrini, Harvey Cohen, John Viero, Kirill Koulechov, Maria Millan-Galante, Matthew Buraczenski, Michael Thorwarth, Paul von Buenau, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar, Stephen A. Merchant, Thomas Stahl, Thorsten Timm, Nina Muellers, Klaus Wolf, Erik Schumacher, Olaf Schermeier, Zdenek Cerman, Christopher Hauke
  • Publication number: 20220130508
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing dialysis. In one aspect, a dialysis hub receives a request to use a dialysis machine. The dialysis hub transmits a list of available dialysis machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen A. Merchant, Olaf Schermeier, Kirill Koulechov, Zdenek Cerman, Christopher Hauke
  • Patent number: 11133097
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical treatment system (1), comprising: a medical treatment device (10), wherein the medical treatment device comprises input means (11) for selecting a treatment, wherein the medical treatment device comprises a device (12) for generating a patient-related and a treatment-related request code, wherein the request code is presented (13) on the medical treatment device (10), a therapy-enabling device (20), wherein the therapy-enabling device (20) comprises a device (21) for receiving request code data, wherein the therapy-enabling device (20) furthermore comprises an enabling code generating device (22) which, as a function of a received request code and stored data (DB), decides whether an enabling code will be generated and sends the generated request code (23), wherein the medical treatment device (10) furthermore comprises means for entering an enabling code (11, 14), wherein the medical treatment device (10) decides, at least as a function of the enabling code and optionally
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Kirill Koulechov, Peter Eifler
  • Patent number: 10617835
    Abstract: A breathing gas-carrying patient connection (2) for the artificial respiration of a patient (1) by an anesthesia apparatus or respirator (3) with one or more sensors (9, 10, 11) for detecting patient-relevant measured variables and with a telemetric transmission of the sensor data from the patient connection (2) to a machine-side connection element (13) for the patient connection (2), wherein the telemetric transmission of the sensor data is designed for wireless bidirectional communication between the patient connection (2) and the connection element (13), makes possible the reliable transmission of data into the machine-side connection element (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Götz Kullik
  • Publication number: 20190392949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for selecting a medical accessory for treatment of a patient. The method comprises at least one of the following method steps. A first method step of receiving a patient identifier identifying the patient to be treated. A second method step of determining a treatment identifier of the treatment to be performed which identifies the treatment to be performed on the patient. A third method step of comparing an accessory database containing data sets on at least two medical accessories for one or more patient treatments to an actual inventory of stocked medical accessories. A fourth method step of selecting a suitable medical accessory for a treatment to be performed on the patient by means of the accessory database and on the basis of at least the patient identifier, the treatment identifier and the actual inventory. A fifth method step of segregating the selected medical accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf SCHERMEIER, Kirill KOULECHOV
  • Publication number: 20190392947
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pick-and-place system for the equipping of medical accessory holders, in particular medical accessory boxes, for a patient treatment. The pick-and-place system comprises a storage apparatus for a plurality of medical accessories of at least two types, a separating apparatus for medical accessories and an assembling area for a medical accessory holder. The pick-and-place system furthermore comprises an accessory database for data sets on the plurality of medical accessories and in respect of one or more patient treatments as well as a data storage apparatus for the accessory database designed to store the accessory database. The pick-and-place system furthermore comprises one or more data interfaces, wherein at least one of the data interfaces is designed to receive one or more selection parameters, in particular treatment data or patient data, relative to the treatment of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf SCHERMEIER, Kirill KOULECHOV
  • Publication number: 20190388171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile selection system for selecting medical accessories comprising a control system, a user interface and a treatment cart. The treatment cart comprises a plurality of storage devices each having at least two storage areas for a respective accessory type. The control system thereby implements a selection method having the following method steps. The treatment identifier of the treatment to be performed is determined in one method step via the user interface. In a further method step, a plurality of accessory set parameters which characterize a medical accessory set are determined on the basis of an accessory database and on the basis of the treatment identifier of the treatment to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf SCHERMEIER, Kirill KOULECHOV
  • Publication number: 20190336674
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the automatic deaerating and filling of a catheter connected to a blood vessel of a patient with blood, in particular in preparation for hemodialysis, and in particularly by means of a cannulation robot. The invention implements this in particular by the deaerating and filling of a fluid channel fluidly connected to the catheter by means of a deaeration device, by the detecting of the deaerating and/or filling of the fluid channel by a sensor device which generates a measurement signal containing information on the deaerating and/or filling of the fluid channel, and by the controlling of the deaeration device as a function of the measure-ment signal by means of a control device with electrical circuitry so as to achieve the automated deaerating and/or filling of the fluid channel and the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf SCHERMEIER, Kirill KOULECHOV
  • Publication number: 20190244703
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical treatment system (1), comprising: a medical treatment device (10), wherein the medical treatment device comprises input means (11) for selecting a treatment, wherein the medical treatment device comprises a device (12) for generating a patient-related and a treatment-related request code, wherein the request code is presented (13) on the medical treatment device (10), a therapy-enabling device (20), wherein the therapy-enabling device (20) comprises a device (21) for receiving request code data, wherein the therapy-enabling device (20) furthermore comprises an enabling code generating device (22) which, as a function of a received request code and stored data (DB), decides whether an enabling code will be generated and sends the generated request code (23), wherein the medical treatment device (10) furthermore comprises means for entering an enabling code (11, 14), wherein the medical treatment device (10) decides, at least as a function of the enabling code and optionally
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Olaf SCHERMEIER, Kirill KOULECHOV, Peter EIFLER
  • Publication number: 20170106156
    Abstract: A breathing gas-carrying patient connection (2) for the artificial respiration of a patient (1) by an anesthesia apparatus or respirator (3) with one or more sensors (9, 10, 11) for detecting patient-relevant measured variables and with a telemetric transmission of the sensor data from the patient connection (2) to a machine-side connection element (13) for the patient connection (2), wherein the telemetric transmission of the sensor data is designed for wireless bidirectional communication between the patient connection (2) and the connection element (13), makes possible the reliable transmission of data into the machine-side connection element (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Olaf SCHERMEIER, Götz KULLIK
  • Patent number: 9393373
    Abstract: A process and system are provided for transmitting monitoring states between respirators. The process includes the detection of and recording of monitoring states of a monitoring unit (5) of at least a first monitoring period (10) of a first respirator (2). There is an assignment of an identification to the monitoring states of the monitoring unit (5) of the at least first monitoring period (10) of the first respirator (2). There is a transmission of the monitoring states of the monitoring unit (5) of the at least first monitoring period (10) of the first respirator (2) to a second respirator (3). This is followed by a setting of the monitoring unit (5) of the second respirator (3) corresponding to the transmitted monitoring states of the monitoring unit (5) of the at least first monitoring period (10) of the first respirator (2). This is then followed by a repetition of steps for the monitoring states of the monitoring unit (5) of each additional monitoring period (10) of the first respirator (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Drëgerwerk AG & Co. KGaA.
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Ralf Heesch, Jennifer Lünse, Robert Schmid
  • Patent number: 9089664
    Abstract: A medical device has a fluid port (2), a tube (20), a socket (4), which can be connected to the fluid port and to the tube with freely selectable rotation positions. The tube is provided with a transponder (22) and with a writing and reading device for communication with the transponder, which has an antenna (24) in the area of the fluid port. The socket is provided with a coil (5, 6) each, whose axis of rotation is directed essentially coaxially to the axis of rotation about which the relative rotation position of the socket is variable. The two coils are connected by electric lines (8), to which at least one capacitor (9) is connected as a circuit component. The coils, the electric lines and the circuit component form an electric oscillatory circuit for transmitting signals between the writing and reading device and the transponder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Gerd Wotha, Markus Steeger, Ludger Tappehorn
  • Patent number: 8739778
    Abstract: A breathing tube connecting device is provided for connecting a breathing tube to at least two respirators. The breathing tube connecting device includes a base body with a breathing gas through duct embodied in the base body, a jacket body, which can be meshed with the base body in a positive-locking manner and thus encloses at least a part of the base body in a coaxial manner, and a transponder. The transponder is provided between the base body and the jacket body. The breathing gas through duct and the jacket body are embodied at least partly as a coupling section for a selective connection of the breathing tube to one of the at least two respirators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Ludger Tappehorn, Olaf Schermeier, Gerd Wotha, Klaus Abraham
  • Patent number: 8677994
    Abstract: A multipart medical engineering system, which comprises at least two components that can be connected via positioning-determining connection feature (410, 411). At least one component (44) is intended to remain in the vicinity of the patient in the connected and unconnected states of the system and at least one component (41) can be removed or replaced with other components in the unconnected state. The component (44) intended to remain in the vicinity of the patient contains a data storage element (45) that can be written to and read via an interface (46) that is mechanically integrated in the position-determining connection means (410, 411).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Frank Ziermann
  • Patent number: 8567389
    Abstract: An anesthesia system is provided including an anesthesia apparatus, an anesthetic dispenser with an anesthetic reservoir, at least one dispensing parameter detection means, a contactless interface between the anesthesia apparatus and the anesthetic dispenser for transmitting data, especially the dispensing parameters, and for supplying the at least one dispensing parameter detection means with energy. The data and energy transmission takes place by means of electromagnetic field forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Götz Kullik, Olaf Schermeier, Wolfgang Falb, Ernst-Günther Scharmer
  • Patent number: 8547231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical system (1) with a monitoring station (3) and at least one medical work station (5, 7). The medical work station (5, 7) is designed to gather physiological data of a patient (4). The invention is characterized in that the at least one medical work station (5, 7) comprises a respiratory device (43, 60) with a connection (49, 51, 72, 74) for a respiratory hose (53, 57). The medical work station (5, 7) comprises a radio frequency detection unit (45, 68), which is designed for detecting a radio frequency marking (55) connected with a respiratory hose in the region of the connection for a respiratory hose, and to create a marking signal, representing the marking information. The medical system (1) is designed to associated the physiological data and the patient data, particularly the data set representing the physiological data and the patient data set, with each other, as a function of the marking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Drager Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Gerd Wotha, Andreas Otto
  • Patent number: 8518025
    Abstract: A system is provided for clearing modes of operation on a multicomponent medical instrument with a basic instrument (1) and at least one connectable accessory instrument (4) for the basic instrument (1). The accessory instrument (4) is equipped with a wireless, readable data memory (2) for modes of operation of the medical instrument and the basic instrument (1) has a reading unit (3) for the data memory (2). The reading unit (3), when the accessory instrument (4) is connected, reaches a sending/receiving range for reading out the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Marita Kalfke, Andreas Otto, Gerd Wotha
  • Patent number: 8496001
    Abstract: A process and a device/system are provided for the automatic identification of the type of a breathing tube. A memory element (5) is connected to the breathing tube (4). The memory element carries stored data identifying the breathing tube (4). The data are read by a reading unit (6), which is part of a respirator (1). The data may be read when the breathing tube (4) is brought into the vicinity of the respirator (1) or connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Schermeier, Heiko Lokotsch, Axinja Schoenbeck, Michael Wilkening