Patents by Inventor Pascal Kopperschmidt

Pascal Kopperschmidt 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: 20220096720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for an extracorporeal blood treatment having an extracorporeal blood circuit in which a dialyzer is arranged and having a dialyzate circuit, wherein the blood circuit is in fluid communication with a first chamber and the dialyzate circuit is in fluid communication with a second chamber of the dialyzer, and wherein the two chambers are separated from one another by a semipermeable membrane, with a dialyzate pump for a conveying of the dialysis solution being present in the dialyzate circuit, wherein the apparatus has a control unit that is configured to operate the apparatus in a first phase and in a second phase following the first phase, wherein the dialyzate pump is operated with a smaller flow rate in the first phase than in the second phase and/or wherein the dialyzate pump conveys a dialysis solution in the first phase that is of a higher concentration with respect to at least one component than in the second phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Reinder SPICKERMANN, Carsten MUELLER, Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Andreas MAIERHOFER, Alfred GAGEL, Gerhard WIESEN, Liubov SMYSLOVA
  • Publication number: 20220062520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing a dialysis solution, wherein the apparatus has a dialyzate line for conducting a dialysis solution and has means that are configured to discontinuously convey a dialysis solution in the dialyzate line, wherein the apparatus has a conductivity sensor that is arranged to measure the conductivity of the dialysis solution, and wherein the apparatus has a concentrate line opening into the dialyzate line upstream of the conductivity sensor at an addition point and having a concentrate pump and has a concentrate container from which the concentrate pump conveys concentrate into the concentrate line and from this into the dialyzate line, characterized in that the apparatus has a controller that is connected to the conductivity sensor and to the concentrate pump and that is configured to control the concentrate pump such that the conductivity fluctuations over time in the dialysis solution downstream of the addition point are reduced with respect to a continu
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210369928
    Abstract: A medical system, usable for example in connection with a dialysis apparatus, may utilize radar waves for monitoring a patient, a medical area, or an object. The medical system includes at least one sending device for sending radar waves, and at least one receiving device for receiving reflected radar waves. The medical system further includes an evaluation unit for evaluating the reflected radar waves which have been received by the at least one receiving device, resulting in obtaining a result, and an output device for outputting the result or a signal based on the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Wiktor, Andreas Röse, Benedict Glaser, Manuel Weikert, Gerome Fischer, Martin Urban, David Hannes, Pascal Kopperschmidt, Felix Wege
  • Patent number: 11167071
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a computer system are disclosed. The computer system (200, 300) is suitable for detecting an operating state of a blood treatment machine (100, 201, 202, 20 . . . , 20n) or of a course of treatment in a blood treatment or a deviation from an ideal or uncomplicated operating state or a course of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Pascal Kopperschmidt
  • Patent number: 11123083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for stopping bleeding at the puncture sites of vessels of patients undergoing an extracorporeal treatment, in particular dialysis. The device has a controller which controls the introduction of fluid into an expandable chamber arranged on a strip-shaped basic element and/or draining from the chamber. The invention also relates to an evaluation unit having at least one sensor for measuring the degree of filling of the chamber. Furthermore, the invention relates to a medical technical treatment unit as an arrangement of a hemodialysis machine and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner Spickermann, Pascal Kopperschmidt
  • Patent number: 10967114
    Abstract: A dialysis machine has a blood circuit, a blood pump, a dialyzer, a venous pressure sensor, a substituate line, and a control unit. The control unit can operate the blood pump in a first operating mode and in a special operating mode, and start the special operating mode after a trigger event. In the special operating mode, a blood pump conveying rate is controlled via a default value or regulated to a desired value, with the default or desired value being derived from a value determined before the started special mode or corresponding to the value. The presence of an obstacle is polled before the special mode, and depending on the presence thereof, the start of the special mode is blocked or delayed and/or the selection of the default value or the desired value on the presence of the obstacle differs from the selection without the presence of the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Gagel, Pascal Kopperschmidt, Thomas Nuernberger
  • Patent number: 10940258
    Abstract: A dialysis device having an extracorporeal blood circuit which has an arterial line having a blood pump and an arterial needle for connection to a patient, a venous line having a venous needle for connection to a patient and a dialyzer arranged between the arterial line and the venous line and having a blood chamber and a dialysis fluid chamber is provided. The dialysis device furthermore has a control unit and an extracorporeal blood pressure sensor which is arranged at the suction side of the blood pump. The control unit is configured such that a signal output takes place which indicates the presence of recirculation when a change in the signal of the sensor following a trigger event exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal Kopperschmidt, Alfred Gagel
  • Patent number: 10940255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a medical solution from at least one first liquid component and at least one second liquid component, wherein the first component and the second component are conveyed with a respective conveying means to obtain a mixed solution, wherein the conveying means are operated such that a modulation of the concentration of the first and second components takes place and the conductivity or a parameter of the mixed solution correlating with the conductivity is measured at a measurement point, wherein the modulation of the concentrations takes place in a desired state such that no modulation or a specific desired modulation of the measured conductivity or of the parameter correlated with the conductivity occurs. The present invention furthermore relates to an apparatus for preparing a medical solution as well as to a blood treatment device having such an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Pascal Kopperschmidt
  • Publication number: 20210030938
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a blood hose set, or to an extracorporeal blood circuit, for a single-needle treatment. In some embodiments, the set includes: a patient hose line and a Y-shaped connector or three-way connecter, which is connected to the patient hose line.In some embodiments, the blood hose set does not include any single-needle chamber in a blood path or on a blood side, nor is it connected to any single-needle chamber provided in a blood path or on a blood side. The present disclosure further relates to a control device or closed-loop control device, a blood treatment apparatus, a method for the single-needle treatment, a digital storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Pascal Kopperschmidt, Christian Schlaeper
  • Publication number: 20200338309
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for data-dependent automated cannulation of patient blood vessels, in particular for hemodialysis, comprising: at least one cannulation robot (1) configured for automated cannulating of patient blood vessels, a control system (50, 51) comprising at least one data processing device and which is configured to implement a control procedure which controls the at least one cannulation robot subject to program parameters, at least one user interface device (80), enabling user input by means of which a patient is registered in the control system (50, 51), whereby in consequence of this control system registration procedure, an individually assigned patient identifier, which is referred to as the registered patient identifier, is used for the registered patient, and wherein the control system is configured to define the program parameters as a function of the registered patient identifier and control the at least one cannulation robot (1) as a function of the registered patient
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Pia DANIEL, Reiner SPICKERMANN, Otto ARKOSSY, Cacilia SCHOLZ, Kai-Uwe RITTER, Elke SCHULTE, Christopher HAUKE
  • Publication number: 20200315458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of disinfecting a region, in particular a skin region of a patient, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) Application of an optically effective substance to the region; and b) Application of a disinfectant to the region, wherein the optically effective substance and the disinfectant are configured such that the optically effective substance is removed by the disinfectant or its optical properties are changed by the disinfectant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 10751460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of flushing a dialyzer with a flushing liquid, wherein the dialyzer is arranged in a dialyzate-side circuit of a blood treatment device and wherein the dialyzer has at least one dialyzate-side chamber which has at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the flushing liquid and which is flowed through by the flushing liquid, wherein at least one property of the flushing liquid is measured at the outlet of the dialyzer or downstream of the dialyzer in the dialyzate-side circuit to obtain one or more outlet-side measured values, wherein the property depends on the quantity of the air in the flushing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Pascal Kopperschmidt
  • Patent number: 10744466
    Abstract: A method for clearing a wetted hydrophobic filter includes a first step in which the air permeability of the hydrophobic filter is monitored, and a second step in which the hydrophobic filter is cleared by means of a connected air pump, if it is detected that the hydrophobic filter is clogged. An apparatus for performing this method includes a pressure sensor and an air pump connected to an air separation chamber via a conduit, and a control and monitoring unit configured to actuate the air pump in order to clear the hydrophobic filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Pascal Kopperschmidt
  • Patent number: 10569001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for determining an optimum dialysate flow Qdopt for an extracorporeal blood treatment and to a blood treatment device comprising a device 18 for determining an optimum dialysate flow Qdopt. The optimum dialysate flow Qdopt is determined on the basis of a relationship describing the dependence of the clearance K on the dialysate flow Qd. The device according to the invention comprises a measurement device 18B for measuring at least one value which is characteristic of the clearance K, a calculation and/or evaluation unit 18A of the device according to the invention being configured in such a way that the clearance K is determined on the basis of the at least one value which is characteristic of the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Kopperschmidt, Andreas Maierhofer, Alfred Gagel, Andreas Wupper, Ulrich Moissl
  • Publication number: 20190380645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detection apparatus and a method for detecting and manipulating a blood vessel under the skin of part of the body of a patient, which comprises a treatment chamber for accommodating the body part, a data processing control device, a vascular structure measuring device for detecting the position and/or dimensions of vascular structure data of the blood vessel in the treatment chamber by measurement, a vascular manipulation device for changing the position and/or dimension of the blood vessel, wherein the control device is designed to control the vascular manipulation device as a function of the vascular structure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Pia DANIEL, Reiner SPICKERMANN, Otto ARKOSSY, Cacilia SCHOLZ, Kai-Uwe RITTER, Elke SCHULTE, Christopher HAUKE
  • Publication number: 20190381302
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (100) for producing and/or disengaging a fluid flow-capable medical threaded connection of a first connecting element (1) and a second connecting element (6), in particular for producing and/or disengaging a Luer lock connection, wherein the apparatus (100) comprises a first receiving device (20) for receiving the first connecting element (1) and a second receiving device (30) for receiving the second connecting element (6), wherein the first receiving device (20) and the second receiving device (30) are rotatable relative to each other about a common screwing axis (V) and displaceable relative to each other along said screwing axis (V), wherein the apparatus (100) is designed to relatively move the first receiving device (20) and the second receiving device (30) toward each other such that such that the first connecting element (1) and the second connecting element (6) are screwed together or the threaded connection disengaged, and wherein the associated connecting eleme
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Otto ARKOSSY, Pia DANIEL, Christopher HAUKE, Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Kai-Uwe RITTER, Cacilia SCHOLZ, Elke SCHULTE, Reiner SPICKERMANN
  • Publication number: 20190374668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an automatic disinfection machine for the controlled disinfection of the skin of a patient comprising a treatment chamber for accommodating the body part with the skin to be disinfected; an electrically controllable disinfecting device for disinfecting the skin, a recording device for recording the disinfection of the skin in the form of disinfection data, a data processing control device for controlling the disinfecting device and the recording device. The control device is thereby designed to effect the disinfection of the skin by controlling the disinfecting device, record the disinfection of a skin section of the skin in the form of disinfection data by controlling the recording device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Pia DANIEL, Reiner SPICKERMANN, Otto ARKOSSY, Cacilia SCHOLZ, Kai-Uwe RITTER, Elke SCHULTE, Christopher HAUKE
  • Publication number: 20190374700
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cannulation robot for the automated affixing of a cannula to a patient. The cannulation robot comprises a fixing apparatus for affixing the cannula to the patient by means of an adhesive carrier. The cannulation robot comprises a positioning device designed to position a cannula holder of the cannula to an area of the patient's skin. The cannulation robot comprises an actuator device for a guide means, wherein the guide means is designed to guide the adhesive carrier to said skin area. The actuator device is designed to activate the guide means and thereby move the adhesive carrier by means of the guide means toward the skin area, wherein the adhesive carrier contacts the skin area as a result of the movement and adheres to same as well as is disposed such that it is connected to the cannula at least after being adhered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Pia DANIEL, Reiner SPICKERMANN, Otto ARKOSSY, Cacilia SCHOLZ, Kai-Uwe RITTER, Elke SCHULTE, Christopher HAUKE
  • Publication number: 20190336705
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gripper apparatus for a cannulation robot and for gripping a cannula having a cannula holder. The gripper apparatus comprises two gripper elements and a moving device. The two gripper elements can be moved relative to each other and work in concert to grip the cannula holder. The moving device is designed to move the two gripper elements relative to each other and at least one of the gripper elements relative to the cannula holder. The gripper apparatus can thereby be brought into a gripping state, in which at least one of the gripper elements is engaged with the cannula holder, by means of the moving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Pia DANIEL, Reiner SPICKERMANN, Otto ARKOSSY, Cacilia SCHOLZ, Kai-Uwe RITTER, Elke SCHULTE, Christopher HAUKE
  • Patent number: 10449285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a blood treatment apparatus, with the conveying of blood using a blood pump, with the patient venous tubing clamp closed, until a predetermined volume of fluid has passed out of the blood tubing set through the membrane and into the dialysis fluid chamber. It also relates to a control and regulating apparatus and a treatment apparatus. It further relates to a computer program, a computer program product and a digital storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Chamney, Pascal Kopperschmidt, Wolfgang Wehmeyer