Patents by Inventor Rainer Konietschke

Rainer Konietschke 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).

  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROBOT
    Publication number: 20150134113
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a robot, including detecting the spatial position and/or location of at least one delimiting structure which causes a kinematic delimitation of the work space that can be reached by an instrument connected to a robotic arm of the telemanipulation robot; and continuously representing the reachable work space on an object to be manipulated by the instrument in such a way that a change in the position and/or location of the delimiting structure results, in real time, in a change of the represented reachable work space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.
    Inventors: Rainer Konietschke, Stefan Jörg, Julian Klodmann
  • Anthropomorphic medical robot arm with movement restrictions
    Patent number: 8160743
    Abstract: An anthropomorphic medical robot arm includes a base end, a first arm element, a base joint coupling the base end to the first arm element, a second arm element, a middle joint coupling the second arm element to the first arm element, a distal functional end, a distal joint coupling the distal functional end to the second arm element, and at least one selectively operable movement inhibitor operable on the base joint, middle joint and/or distal joint so as to restrict the functionally possible range of movement of the robot arm to the range of movement of a human arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Rainer Birkenbach, Andreas Hartlep, Richard Wohlgemuth, Michael Bertram, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Markus Grebenstein, Ulrich Hagn, Klaus Jöhl, Mathias Nickl, Tobias Ortmaier, Franz Hacker, Rainer Konietschke, Stefan Jörg
  • ANTHROPOMORPHIC MEDICAL ROBOT ARM WITH MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS
    Publication number: 20070129846
    Abstract: An anthropomorphic medical robot arm includes a base end, a first arm element, a base joint coupling the base end to the first arm element, a second arm element, a middle joint coupling the second arm element to the first arm element, a distal functional end, a distal joint coupling the distal functional end to the second arm element, and at least one selectively operable movement inhibitor operable on the base joint, middle joint and/or distal joint so as to restrict the functionally possible range of movement of the robot arm to the range of movement of a human arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventors: Rainer Birkenbach, Andreas Hartlep, Richard Wohlgemuth, Michael Bertram, Alin Albu-Schaffer, Markus Grebenstein, Ulrich Hagn, Klaus Johl, Mathias Nickl, Tobias Ortmaier, Franz Hacker, Stefan Jorg, Rainer Konietschke