Patents by Inventor Udo Nagele

Udo Nagele 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).

  • Patent number: 11338079
    Abstract: A medical instrument for diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical measures in a cavity in the body of a patient may include a proximal region, which is provided and designed for arrangement outside the body, a distal region, which is provided and designed for arrangement inside a cavity in the body, a supply structure for delivering a fluid to the cavity, wherein the supply structure reaches from a first coupling in the proximal region of the medical instrument to an outlet in the distal region, and a discharge structure for discharging a fluid from the cavity, wherein the discharge structure reaches from an inlet in the distal region of the medical instrument to a second coupling in the proximal region of the medical instrument. The flow resistance of the supply structure is greater than the flow resistance of the discharge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank Doll, Stefan Rehbein, Uwe Wittke, Rainer Hermle, Oliver Löffler, Udo Nagele
  • Patent number: 11266462
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medical instrument for minimally invasive tissue ablation by means of an HF electrode, with a hollow shaft, wherein the HF electrode is electrically insulated from the hollow shaft, is arranged at a distal end of the latter and, in order to ablate tissue, protrudes axially beyond the hollow shaft at least in part. The angle orientation of the HF electrode relative to the hollow shaft is adjustable in a controlled manner to a working position in which the HF electrode, protrudes radially beyond an outer circumference of the hollow shaft in order to ablate tissue. In the working position, by means of suitable adjustment of the shaft and of the HF electrode, a position can always be found in which the distal end of the HF electrode sufficiently reaches or touches tissue portions that are to be ablated in the region of the bladder neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Löffler, Stefan Rehbein, Uwe Wittke, Frank Doll, Rainer Hermle, Udo Nagele
  • Publication number: 20190069946
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medical instrument for minimally invasive tissue ablation by means of an HF electrode, with a hollow shaft, wherein the HF electrode is electrically insulated from the hollow shaft, is arranged at a distal end of the latter and, in order to ablate tissue, protrudes axially beyond the hollow shaft at least in part. The angle orientation of the HF electrode relative to the hollow shaft is adjustable in a controlled manner to a working position in which the HF electrode, protrudes radially beyond an outer circumference of the hollow shaft in order to ablate tissue. In the working position, by means of suitable adjustment of the shaft and of the HF electrode, a position can always be found in which the distal end of the HF electrode sufficiently reaches or touches tissue portions that are to be ablated in the region of the bladder neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Oliver LÖFFLER, Stefan REHBEIN, Uwe WITTKE, Frank DOLL, Rainer HERMLE, Udo NAGELE
  • Publication number: 20190009016
    Abstract: A medical instrument for diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical measures in a cavity in the body of a patient may include a proximal region, which is provided and designed for arrangement outside the body, a distal region, which is provided and designed for arrangement inside a cavity in the body, a supply structure for delivering a fluid to the cavity, wherein the supply structure reaches from a first coupling in the proximal region of the medical instrument to an outlet in the distal region, and a discharge structure for discharging a fluid from the cavity, wherein the discharge structure reaches from an inlet in the distal region of the medical instrument to a second coupling in the proximal region of the medical instrument. The flow resistance of the supply structure is greater than the flow resistance of the discharge structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Frank DOLL, Stefan REHBEIN, Uwe WITTKE, Rainer HERMLE, Oliver LÖFFLER, Udo NAGELE
  • Patent number: D612047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Nagele, Peter Eisenkolb, Uwe Renger
  • Patent number: D737973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Nagele, Uwe Wittke
  • Patent number: D782038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Nagele, Johannes Eisenlauer
  • Patent number: D799039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Nagele, Johannes Eisenlauer