Patents by Inventor Tasso Ströhle

Tasso Ströhle 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).

  • Apparatus for operating a medical appliance
    Patent number: 7256771
    Abstract: An apparatus for operating a medical appliance, such as a moving operating table, has a touchscreen on which a user interface is displayed. The user interface has a number of first buttons. A control unit initiates first actions of the medical appliance when the first buttons are actuated by a user. Furthermore, the user interface has at least one stop area which, when actuated, stops any first action. The first buttons and the stop area are spatially distributed over the user interface such that center points between each first button and the stop area are located outside each first button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Storz Endoskop Produktions GmbH
    Inventors: Pavel Novak, Tasso Ströhle