Patents by Inventor Philippe Maerten

Philippe Maerten 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).

  • Medical instrument with injection needles that can be spread out sideways
    Patent number: 7842011
    Abstract: A medical instrument comprises a tubular body, housing at least one injection needle with a radially outwardly directed tip portion in an axially undisplaceable manner. A control element serves for deploying the tip of the injection needle out sideways from the tubular body. It is proposed that the control element is housed in the tubular body in an axially displaceable manner, and that said element it in operative connection with the at least one injection needle in such a way that, in a first axially displaced position, the outwardly directed tip portion of the injection needle is fully retracted in the body and, in a second axially displaced position, at least the tip of the outwardly directed tip portion is pressed sideways out from the tubular body (FIG. 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philippe Maerten, Andreas Efinger, Rainer Hermle
  • Medical Instrument with Injection Needles That Can Be Spread Out Sideways
    Publication number: 20090112161
    Abstract: A medical instrument comprises a tubular body, housing at least one injection needle with a radially outwardly directed tip portion in an axially undisplaceable manner. A control element serves for deploying the tip of the injection needle out sideways from the tubular body. It is proposed that the control element is housed in the tubular body in an axially displaceable manner, and that said element it in operative connection with the at least one injection needle in such a way that, in a first axially displaced position, the outwardly directed tip portion of the injection needle is fully retracted in the body and, in a second axially displaced position, at least the tip of the outwardly directed tip portion is pressed sideways out from the tubular body (FIG. 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Philippe Maerten, Andreas Efinger, Rainer Hermle