Patents by Inventor Ronald REBENTISCH

Ronald REBENTISCH 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: 20160164195
    Abstract: A spring sleeve for an electrical contact element, in particular for a medical implant, including a connector bore for receiving an electrical mating contact in an insertion direction; at least one spring accommodating region, which is disposed around the connector bore, at least in regions, and is open, at least in regions, toward the connector bore, said spring accommodating region being provided to receive a spring element for the electrical contacting of the electrical mating contact, wherein an open space is provided in the spring accommodating region such that a properly inserted spring element can deflect into the open space when the mating contact is inserted. Furthermore, an electrical contact element comprising a spring sleeve is proposed, as well as a method for producing a contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Marcel Starke, Martin Bohmeyer, Ringo Mannhaupt, Ronald Rebentisch, Torsten Oertmann
  • Patent number: 9306307
    Abstract: An electrical contact element, in particular for a medical implant, including a spring sleeve with a bushing for receiving an electrical mating contact in a direction of insertion, at least one groove that is arranged transversely around the bushing at least in areas and that is open to the bushing at least in areas; at least one spring element, arranged in the groove, for electrically contacting the electrical mating contact. Here, at least one feed-through channel is provided to feed the spring element into the peripheral groove and leads from an outer face of the spring sleeve to the at least one groove. The invention further relates to a method for producing a contact element and also to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marcel Starke, Ronald Rebentisch
  • Patent number: 9233239
    Abstract: A spring contact component for a plug socket of an electromedical implant, with a coil surrounding the outer periphery of a plug opening. A simpler, more cost effective and automatable design of a plug socket module can be achieved in that at least one end of the coil is electrically and mechanically connected directly to a connector pin via a wire-shaped and/or strip-shaped element. The invention also relates to a corresponding plug socket module, a modular header, and a method for producing a spring contact component of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ronald Rebentisch, Stefan Lehmann
  • Patent number: 9112325
    Abstract: A contact configuration for producing an electrical connection between a plug and a socket, preferably for connecting an electrode to an electronic implantable device (such as a pacemaker), has a contact section on the plug and/or the socket. The contact section includes metallic conductive fibers which project between the plug and socket when the socket receives the plug. The contact configuration has a high degree of redundancy in providing electrical communication between the socket and plug, and high contact stability under mechanical load. In addition, friction corrosion is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK CRM PATENT AG
    Inventor: Ronald Rebentisch
  • Publication number: 20150214650
    Abstract: An electrical contact element, in particular for a medical implant, including a spring sleeve with a bushing for receiving an electrical mating contact in a direction of insertion, at least one groove that is arranged transversely around the bushing at least in areas and that is open to the bushing at least in areas; at least one spring element, arranged in the groove, for electrically contacting the electrical mating contact. Here, at least one feed-through channel is provided to feed the spring element into the peripheral groove and leads from an outer face of the spring sleeve to the at least one groove. The invention further relates to a method for producing a contact element and also to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Marcel Starke, Ronald Rebentisch
  • Publication number: 20150018909
    Abstract: A spring contact component for a plug socket of an electromedical implant, with a coil surrounding the outer periphery of a plug opening. A simpler, more cost effective and automatable design of a plug socket module can be achieved in that at least one end of the coil is electrically and mechanically connected directly to a connector pin via a wire-shaped and/or strip-shaped element. The invention also relates to a corresponding plug socket module, a modular header, and a method for producing a spring contact component of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Rebentisch, Stefan Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20100264651
    Abstract: A plug connection, including a plug connector and a socket for an implantable medical device, and further including a sealing element which is sheared along the axis of the plug connector and which seals the lumen formed by the socket and the proximal end of the plug connector against the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK CRM PATENT AG
    Inventors: Erhard Flach, Ronald Rebentisch
  • Publication number: 20090099620
    Abstract: A contact configuration for producing an electrical connection between a plug and a socket, preferably for connecting an electrode to an electronic implantable device (such as a pacemaker), has a contact section on the plug and/or the socket. The contact section includes metallic conductive fibers which project between the plug and socket when the socket receives the plug. The contact configuration has a high degree of redundancy in providing electrical communication between the socket and plug, and high contact stability under mechanical load. In addition, friction corrosion is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Ronald Rebentisch
  • Publication number: 20080234778
    Abstract: A contact socket for connecting an electrode line to an implantable medical device has a socket housing which has a plug receptacle having an elongate receiving chamber having a longitudinal axis for receiving a plug along the longitudinal axis, the plug receptacle being formed by a one-piece cast part, extending over the entire length of the plug receptacle, made of a permanently-elastic compound, in which electrical contact elements made of electrically conductive material are inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Ronald REBENTISCH
  • Publication number: 20070213780
    Abstract: To produce implantable devices such as cardiac pacemakers, it is suggested that the housing be assembled from prefinished plastic parts (A, B). Such housing parts may be produced cost-effectively and are very simple to connect to one another using known joining technologies. To achieve the required seal, such a housing may be coated using a special plastic after the assembly, for example. In order to fulfill the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility, interiors of the plastic parts are vapor-deposited using metal. Metal surfaces (3) may be embedded in parts of the housing wall as reference electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Ronald REBENTISCH, Roland Jacobsen