Patents by Inventor Reiner Liebing

Reiner Liebing 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: 20190167875
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catheter device, having a hollow catheter in the catheter cavity of which a moveable shaft is guided, having a proximal coupling device, for detachable coupling of a drive device, the coupling device having a coupling cavity which is open towards the drive device and into which the shaft or an extension of the shaft protrudes with a connection element for mechanical coupling of a motor shaft, the coupling cavity having a germ barrier for reducing the pathogenicity of pathogenic substances or microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Cornelia Simon, Julia Honselmann, Jens Baumgaertel, Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 10265448
    Abstract: A fluid pump device changeable in diameter is provided. The device has a pump housing which is changeable in diameter and with a rotor which is changeable in diameter. The device has at least one delivery element for fluid, as well as a drive shaft on which the rotor is rotatably mounted. A bearing arrangement is arranged on the drive shaft or its extension, at the distal end of the drive shaft behind the rotor seen from the proximal end of the drive shaft. The bearing arrangement has struts, which elastically brace between a hub of the bearing arrangement and the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft MBH
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 10221866
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a pump arrangement (1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50), in particular for use in the body's own vessels, having a pump (11, 41, 51) and a sheath (12, 42, 52) receiving the pump, bounding a flow passage (S) and having a distal intake opening (13, 43, 53) and a proximal outflow opening (14, 29, 39, 44, 54) for producing a driving flow by means of the pump, wherein the pump is arranged in a first fluid-tight section (12a, 42a, 52a) having the distal intake opening and a second fluid-tight section (12b, 42b, 52b) includes the proximal outflow opening. In accordance with the invention, a further inlet opening (15) is present between the first section and the second section and is arranged between the intake opening and the outflow opening, with the first section and the second section being arranged with respect to one another such that the inlet opening opens into the flow proximal to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 10195323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supply device for a channel (8), in particular within a hollow catheter (1), and to a method for operating a supply device of this type that supplies a channel (8) with a liquid and has two pumps (10, 19) arranged at points of the channel distanced from one another, characterized in that the parameter values of at least one operating parameter of both pumps are coordinated with one another in a controlled manner. As a result of the method, interruption-free and precisely controllable operation is to be ensured with simple structural means, in particular in the case of use of wear-free diaphragm pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Melanie Tiller, Sami Er, Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 10172985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catheter device, having a hollow catheter in the catheter cavity of which a moveable shaft is guided, having a proximal coupling device, for detachable coupling of a drive device, the coupling device having a coupling cavity which is open towards the drive device and into which the shaft or an extension of the shaft protrudes with a connection element for mechanical coupling of a motor shaft, the coupling cavity having a germ barrier for reducing the pathogenicity of pathogenic substances or microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Cornelia Simon, Julia Honselmann, Jens Baumgaertel, Reiner Liebing
  • Publication number: 20180200421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid pump or rotary cutter having at least one first element (9??, 10??) which can be brought from a transport state into an operating state by changing at least one mechanical property. Such a pump can, for example, be a blood pump for the medical, microinvasive area. The object of achieving a transition between the transport state and the operating state which is as comfortable as possible and in so doing leaving a freedom in the design of the corresponding apparatus, in particular of a pump, which is as large as possible, is achieved using the means of the invention in that the first element at least partly comprises a material (24, 25, 26, 27) or can be filled with a material or material mixture which passes through a chemical reaction, in particular cross-linking, or a crystallization for transition into the operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Petra Wiessler, Sven-Rene Friedel, Reiner Liebing, Sami Er, Henning Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20180133380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catheter device (100) comprising a catheter (68) for insertion into a living being and at least one lumen (69, 70, 74, 79) for guiding a fluid flow within a section of the catheter device, and comprising a valve for controlling a fluid flow, in particular through a catheter, having a valve control chamber (12, 12a), into which an inlet opening (1a) of an inlet channel (1) and an outlet opening (2a) of an outlet channel (2) open, and further having a closure element (5, 13, 17) which can be moved in the valve control chamber (12, 12a) in a controlled manner and which, in at least a first position (I), closes the outlet opening (2a), in at least a second position (II) closes the inlet opening (1a), and which, in at least a third position (III), keeps open a connecting channel between the inlet opening (1a) and the outlet opening (2a), a valve train (A, A?, B, B?, 3, 14, 18) being provided and optionally moving the closure element (5, 13, 17) to at least the first, second or third posi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 9907891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid pump or rotary cutter having at least one first element (9??, 10??) which can be brought from a transport state into an operating state by changing at least one mechanical property. Such a pump can, for example, be a blood pump for the medical, microinvasive area. The object of achieving a transition between the transport state and the operating state which is as comfortable as possible and in so doing leaving a freedom in the design of corresponding apparatus, in particular of a pump, which is as large as possible, is achieved using the means of the invention in that the first element at least partly comprises a material (24, 25, 26, 27) or can be filled with a material or material mixture which passes through a chemical reaction, in particular cross-linking, or a crystallization for transition into the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Petra Wiessler, Sven-Rene Friedel, Reiner Liebing, Sami Er, Henning Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20180031004
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a pump arrangement (1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50), in particular for use in the body's own vessels, having a pump (11, 41, 51) and a sheath (12, 42, 52) receiving the pump, bounding a flow passage (S) and having a distal intake opening (13, 43, 53) and proximal outflow opening (14, 29, 39, 44, 54) for producing a driving flow by means of the pump, wherein the pump is arranged in a first fluid-tight section (12a, 42a, 52a) having the distal intake opening and a second fluid-tight section (12b, 42b, 52b) includes the proximal outflow opening. In accordance with the invention, a further inlet opening (15) is present between the first section and the second section and is arranged between the intake opening and the outflow opening, with the first section and the second section being arranged with respect to one another such that the inlet opening opens into the flow proximal to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Publication number: 20170368305
    Abstract: The invention relates to, amongst other things, a catheter device comprising a catheter (24) in which a rotating shaft (25) which is made at least partially from a magnetic material is arranged, and a separating device which contains an annular body (27) surrounding the rotating shaft and having a cavity containing a magnetic body (13?), the magnetic body being arranged downstream from a point at which the shaft (25) exits the catheter (24) which it surrounds with respect to the direction of flow of the fluid through the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sami Er, Cornelia Simon, Joerg Schumacher, Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 9759237
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a pump arrangement (1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50), in particular for use in the body's own vessels, having a pump (11, 41, 51) and a sheath (12, 42, 52) receiving the pump, bounding a flow passage (S) and having a distal intake opening (13, 43, 53) and a proximal outflow opening (14, 29, 39, 44, 54) for producing a driving flow by means of the pump, wherein the pump is arranged in a first fluid-tight section (12a, 42a, 52a) having the distal intake opening and a second fluid-tight section (12b, 42b, 52b) includes the proximal outflow opening. In accordance with the invention, a further inlet opening (15) is present between the first section and the second section and is arranged between the intake opening and the outflow opening, with the first section and the second section being arranged with respect to one another such that the inlet opening opens into the flow proximal to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 9603983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible shaft arrangement having a flexible hollow shaft which has an end at the drive side and an end at the output side, wherein the hollow shaft is reinforced sectionally between these ends by a core extending in its interior. Stiffer and more flexible sections can hereby be selectively positioned within the shaft arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Daniel Roehn, Reiner Liebing
  • Publication number: 20170014562
    Abstract: A fluid pump device changeable in diameter is provided. The device has a pump housing which is changeable in diameter and with a rotor which is changeable in diameter. The device has at least one delivery element for fluid, as well as a drive shaft on which the rotor is rotatably mounted. A bearing arrangement is arranged on the drive shaft or its extension, at the distal end of the drive shaft behind the rotor seen from the proximal end of the drive shaft. The bearing arrangement has struts, which elastically brace between a hub of the bearing arrangement and the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 9512839
    Abstract: A fluid pump device changeable in diameter is provided. The device has a pump housing which is changeable in diameter and with a rotor which is changeable in diameter. The device has at least one delivery element for fluid, as well as a drive shaft on which the rotor is rotatably mounted. A bearing arrangement is arranged on the drive shaft or its extension, at the distal end of the drive shaft behind the rotor seen from the proximal end of the drive shaft. The bearing arrangement has struts, which elastically brace between a hub of the bearing arrangement and the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Publication number: 20160319846
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a pump arrangement (1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50), in particular for use in the body's own vessels, having a pump (11, 41, 51) and a sheath (12, 42, 52) receiving the pump, bounding a flow passage (S) and having a distal intake opening (13, 43, 53) and a proximal outflow opening (14, 29, 39, 44, 54) for producing a driving flow by means of the pump, wherein the pump is arranged in a first fluid-tight section (12a, 42a, 52a) having the distal intake opening and a second fluid-tight section (12b, 42b, 52b) includes the proximal outflow opening. In accordance with the invention, a further inlet opening (15) is present between the first section and the second section and is arranged between the intake opening and the outflow opening, with the first section and the second section being arranged with respect to one another such that the inlet opening opens into the flow proximal to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Publication number: 20160144088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid pump or rotatary cutter having at least one first element (9??, 10??) which can be brought from a transport state into an operating state by changing at least one mechanical property. Such a pump can, for example, be a blood pump for the medical microinvasive area. The object of achieving a transition between the transport state and the operating state which is as comfortable as possible and in so doing leaving a freedom in the design of corresponding apparatus, in particular of a pump, which is as large as possible, is achieved using the means of the invention in that the first element at least partly comprises a material (24, 25, 26, 27) or can be filled with a material or material mixture which passes through a chemical reaction, in particular cross-linking, or a crystallization for transition into the operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Petra Wiessler, Sven-Rene Friedel, Reiner Liebing, Sami Er, Henning Schlicht
  • Patent number: 9328741
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a pump arrangement, in particular for use in the body's own vessels, having a pump and a sheath receiving the pump, bounding a flow passage and having a distal intake opening and a proximal outflow opening for producing a driving flow by means of the pump, wherein the pump is arranged in a first fluid-tight section having the distal intake opening and a second fluid-tight section includes the proximal outflow opening. In accordance with the invention, a further inlet opening is present between the first section, and the second section and is arranged between the intake opening and the outflow opening, with the first section and the second section being arranged with respect to one another such that the inlet opening opens into the flow proximal to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 9217442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid pump or rotary cutter having at least one first element which can be brought from a transport state into an operating state by changing at least one mechanical property. Such a pump can, for example, be a blood pump for the medical, microinvasive area. The object of achieving a transition between the transport state and the operating state which is as comfortable as possible and in so doing leaving a freedom in the design of the corresponding apparatus, in particular of a pump, which is as large as possible, is achieved using the means of the invention in that the first element at least partly comprises a material or can be filled with a material or material mixture which passes through a chemical reaction, in particular cross-linking, or a crystallization for transition into the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Petra Wiessler, Sven-René Friedel, Reiner Liebing, Sami Er, Henning Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20150176582
    Abstract: A fluid pump device changeable in diameter is provided. The device has a pump housing which is changeable in diameter and with a rotor which is changeable in diameter. The device has at least one delivery element for fluid, as well as a drive shaft on which the rotor is rotatably mounted. A bearing arrangement is arranged on the drive shaft or its extension, at the distal end of the drive shaft behind the rotor seen from the proximal end of the drive shaft. The bearing arrangement has struts, which elastically brace between a hub of the bearing arrangement and the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing
  • Patent number: 8944748
    Abstract: A fluid pump device, in particular for a medical application, is described having a compressible pump housing and rotor, as well as with a drive shaft which runs in a sleeve and on whose end the fluid pump is arranged. In order to utilize all possibilities of a space-saving arrangement of the respective pump housing of the rotor, which is compressible per se, and as the case a bearing arrangement, the mentioned elements are displaceable to one another in the axial direction compared to an operation position. In particular these elements may be end-configured by way of an axial movement of the drive shaft after the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Reiner Liebing