Patents by Inventor Thomas Kottig

Thomas Kottig 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 measuring urine output
    Patent number: 5776077
    Abstract: A urine-output measuring apparatus has a catheter adapted to be inserted in a patient and having an outer end, a stationarily mounted flow device having an input connected to the outer end of the catheter and an output, a highly flexible tube having an input end connected to the output of the flow device and an output end, and an elongated urine-collection bag connected to the output end of the flexible tube. A relatively incompressible but flexible and elongated element of noncircular section is loosely received in the tube and extends generally a full length of the tube between its ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Walter Sarstedt Gerate und Verbrauchs-Material for Medizin und Wissenschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Kottig