Patents by Inventor Rudi Klumpp

Rudi Klumpp 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 having a tube-like element and a bent handle in combination with an endoscope and camera module
    Patent number: 6083151
    Abstract: A medical instrument has a tube-like element, a handle bent off from said tube-like element, an endoscope having a shaft, a camera module connected to said endoscope, a light pipe and a guide provided on said tube-like element for receiving said shaft of said endoscope. The endoscope is provided with at least two coupling elements extending in a direction of said bent-off handle and into an inside of said handle, one of said at least two coupling elements is coupled to said light pipe, another of said at least two coupling elements is coupled to said camera module, and said camera module is disposed inside of said handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Renner, Klaus M. Irion, Horst Dittrich, Jurgen Rudischhauser, Rudi Klumpp
  • Endoscope
    Patent number: D420131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Renner, Klaus M. Irion, Horst Dittrich, Juergen Rudischhauser, Rudi Klumpp, Andre Ehrhardt
  • Endoscope
    Patent number: D428487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Renner, Klaus M Irion, Horst Dittrich, Juergen Rudischhauser, Rudi Klumpp, Andre Ehrhardt