Patents by Inventor Winfried Kimmig

Winfried Kimmig 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).

  • Metering device for anesthetics
    Patent number: 7032595
    Abstract: A device for metering anesthetic is provided such that a new anesthetic is immediately available for the metering when the anesthetic is changed. The metering device has an assembly unit that can be removed from the medical apparatus as a module with a reservoir (4) for a liquid anesthetic, an intermediate container (9) arranged downstream of the reservoir (4), a metering gas source (11) connected to the intermediate container (9) and a metering element (14) for anesthetic on the discharge side of the intermediate container (9). An evaporator chamber (15) may be provided for evaporating the metered anesthetic. A connecting device lets through at least anesthetic vapor as an interface between the assembly unit (1) and the medical apparatus (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Claus Bunke, Uwe Bausch, Winfried Kimmig, Uwe Bartels, Sven Pasdzior, Bernhard Schaible, Heiko Dickfeld, Dirk-Stefan Reichert, Martin Meyer, Matthias Witt, Ralf Dittmann
  • Metering device for anesthetics
    Publication number: 20030079745
    Abstract: A device for metering anesthetic is provided such that a new anesthetic is immediately available for the metering when the anesthetic is changed. The metering device has an assembly unit that can be removed from the medical apparatus as a module with a reservoir (4) for a liquid anesthetic, an intermediate container (9) arranged downstream of the reservoir (4), a metering gas source (11) connected to the intermediate container (9) and a metering element (14) for anesthetic on the discharge side of the intermediate container (9). An evaporator chamber (15) may be provided for evaporating the metered anesthetic. A connecting device lets through at least anesthetic vapor as an interface between the assembly unit (1) and the medical apparatus (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Claus Bunke, Uwe Bausch, Winfried Kimmig, Uwe Bartels, Sven Pasdzior, Bernhard Schaible, Heiko Dickfeld, Dirk-Stefan Reichert, Martin Meyer, Matthias Witt, Ralf Dittmann