Patents by Inventor Werner Schuele

Werner Schuele 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 for medical and non-medical purposes
    Patent number: 7896800
    Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscope for medical and non-medical purposes having a housing and a shaping element positioned in the housing containing a hygroscopic substance. To design a medical instrument of the aforementioned type in such a manner than the hygroscopic substance can be integrated into the housing simply and securely with the greatest possible drying effect, it is proposed in keeping with the invention that the binding agent is also a hygroscopically active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Renner, Werner Schuele
  • Endoscope for medical and non-medical purposes
    Publication number: 20060069308
    Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscope for medical and non-medical purposes having a housing and a shaping element positioned in the housing containing a hygroscopic substance. To design a medical instrument of the aforementioned type in such a manner than the hygroscopic substance can be integrated into the housing simply and securely with the greatest possible drying effect, it is proposed in keeping with the invention that the binding agent is also a hygroscopically active substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Klaus Renner, Werner Schuele