Patents by Inventor Robert Wirth

Robert Wirth 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).

  • Holding device
    Patent number: 8156587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device for supporting the hands of a patient resting on an examination couch. In accordance with the invention, the holding device for supporting the hands of a patient resting on an examination couch comprises gripping zones which are distanced from one another, said gripping zones each being grippable with a hand of the patient, with the holding device being moveable independently of further devices surrounding the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Gagneur, Volker Schmidt, Robert Wirth
  • Holding device
    Publication number: 20080172793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device for supporting the hands of a patient resting on an examination couch. In accordance with the invention, the holding device for supporting the hands of a patient resting on an examination couch comprises gripping zones which are distanced from one another, said gripping zones each being grippable with a hand of the patient, with the holding device being moveable independently of further devices surrounding the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Gagneur, Volker Schmidt, Robert Wirth
  • Actuator for a patient support table
    Patent number: 6023799
    Abstract: An actuator for a patient support table, such as a table allocated to a magnetic resonance or computed tomography system, that is movable in vertical and horizontal direction, the motion mode being controlled with a control unit dependent on the actuation of the actuator, has two actuation positions enabling the movement mode to which two defined movement modes are respectively allocated. The currently allowable and implementable movement mode is dependent on the momentary table position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Wirth, Klaus Mueglich