Patents by Inventor Volker Marx

Volker Marx 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 delivery and deployment of an expandable stent within a blood vessel
    Patent number: 8979916
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for delivering and deployment of an expandable stent with a protection sheath within a blood vessel is provided. The system comprises a fluid pressure device which is coupled with a retraction device for the protection sheath such that after retraction of the protection sheath the stent is automatically deployed by the fluid pressure device. The advantage of the invention is an easy and simple operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Volker Trosken, Volker Marx, Armin Stopper, Louise Balfe, Lorcan James Coffey
  • Method for Producing a Hot-Formed and Hardened Steel Component Coated with a Metallic Anti-Corrosion Coating from a Sheet Steel Product
    Publication number: 20130206284
    Abstract: A method for producing a steel component with a metallic anti-corrosion coating from a sheet steel product comprising at least 0.4% by weight Mn is disclosed. The sheet steel product is annealed in a continuous furnace under an annealing atmosphere containing up to 25% by volume H2, 0.1% to 10% by volume NH3, H2O, N2, and process-related impurities as the remainder, at a dew point between ?50° C. and ?5° C. at a temperature of 400 to 1100° C. for 5 to 600 s. The annealed sheet steel product has a 5 to 200 ?m thick nitration layer with a particle size finer than the particle size of the inner core layer. Once coated with a metallic protective layer, a blank is separated from the annealed sheet steel product, heated to an austenitising temperature of 780 to 950° C., hot-formed, and cooled so that a hardened structure forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Martin Norden, Jens Kondrattuk, Manfred Meurer, Patrik Kuhn, Volker Marx, Horst Berndsen, Frank Friedel
  • APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY AND DEPLOYMENT OF AN EXPANDABLE STENT WITHIN A BLOOD VESSEL
    Publication number: 20110160847
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for delivering and deployment of an expandable stent with a protection sheath within a blood vessel is provided. The system comprises a fluid pressure device which is coupled with a retraction device for the protection sheath such that after retraction of the protection sheath the stent is automatically deployed by the fluid pressure device. The advantage of the invention is an easy and simple operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES, LTD.
    Inventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Volker Trösken, Volker Marx, Armin Stopper, Louise Balfe, Lorcan James Coffey
  • FLUORINATED POLYMERS IN MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20110022030
    Abstract: The present invention refers to medical devices comprising fluorinated polymers, especially to tubings, used for constructing catheters like balloon catheters, delivery catheters or guide catheters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Volker Marx
  • Apparatus for delivery and deployment of an expandable stent within a blood vessel
    Patent number: 7875067
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering and deploying an expandable stent having a protection sheath within a blood vessel is provided. The apparatus comprises a fluid pressure device that is coupled with a retraction device for the protection sheath, wherein the stent is automatically deployed by the fluid pressure device after retraction of the protection sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Volker Trösken, Volker Marx, Armin Stopper, Louise Balfe, Lorcan Coffey
  • Apparatus for delivery and deployment of an expandable stent within a blood vessel
    Publication number: 20060142833
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for delivering and deployment of an expandable stent with a protection sheath within a blood vessel is provided. The system comprises a fluid pressure device which is coupled with a retraction device for the protection sheath such that after retraction of the protection sheath the stent is automatically deployed by the fluid pressure device. The advantage of the invention is an easy and simple operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Volker Trosken, Volker Marx, Armin Stopper, Louise Balfe