Patents by Inventor Thomas Clement Barthel

Thomas Clement Barthel 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).

  • Endoscope with flexible light guide having offset distal end
    Patent number: 6814698
    Abstract: An optical fiber viewing assembly for an endoscope has a light guide with an elastically flexible portion and a substantially rigid pre-curved distal portion. The viewing assembly is particularly suited for traversing bends of relatively small radii in an endotracheal breathing tube without scraping accumulated biological material from the inner surface of the breathing tube that could collect on the distal end of the light guide and obscure the endoscopic view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Clarus Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Clement Barthel, Scott Allen Sundet, Craig Louis Riedl, Dinh Thuc Ha
  • Endoscope with flexible light guide having offset distal end
    Publication number: 20030069473
    Abstract: An optical fiber viewing assembly for an endoscope has a light guide with an elastically flexible portion and a substantially rigid pre-curved distal portion. The viewing assembly is particularly suited for traversing bends of relatively small radii in an endotracheal breathing tube without scraping accumulated biological material from the inner surface of the breathing tube that could collect on the distal end of the light guide and obscure the endoscopic view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Clement Barthel, Scott Allen Sundet, Craig Louis Riedl, Dinh Thuc Ha