Patents by Inventor Claudio Küng

Claudio Küng 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).

  • Fixation clamp
    Patent number: 9402651
    Abstract: A fixation clamp for use in an external fixation system for holding bone fragments adjacent to each other with the help of fixation elements, has of at least one clamping assembly having at least one reception provided by means of grooves to accommodate a fixation element along the longitudinal axis of the reception. At least one locking element extends through the clamping assemblies for blocking the position of the clamping assemblies in a defined angular position. The clamping assembly comprises a first jaw and a second jaw which are in contact with each other via respective contact surfaces. The clamping assembly comprises at least two orientation devices that extend from and/or into said contact surfaces which at least two orientation devices serve to orient the first jaw with respect to the second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Dorawa, Adam Busch, Claudio Küng
  • FIXATION CLAMP
    Publication number: 20140336649
    Abstract: A fixation clamp for use in an external fixation system for holding bone fragments adjacent to each other with the help of fixation elements, has of at least one clamping assembly having at least one reception provided by means of grooves to accommodate a fixation element along the longitudinal axis of the reception. At least one locking element extends through the clamping assemblies for blocking the position of the clamping assemblies in a defined angular position. The clamping assembly comprises a first jaw and a second jaw which are in contact with each other via respective contact surfaces. The clamping assembly comprises at least two orientation devices that extend from and/or into said contact surfaces which at least two orientation devices serve to orient the first jaw with respect to the second jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Klaus Dorawa, Adam Busch, Claudio Küng
  • Fixation clamp
    Patent number: 8827998
    Abstract: A fixation clamp for use in an external fixation system for holding bone fragments adjacent to each other with the help of fixation elements, has of at least one clamping assembly having at least one reception provided by means of grooves to accommodate a fixation element along the longitudinal axis of the reception. At least one locking element extends through the clamping assemblies for blocking the position of the clamping assemblies in a defined angular position. The clamping assembly comprises a first jaw and a second jaw which are in contact with each other via respective contact surfaces. The clamping assembly comprises at least two orientation devices that extend from and/or into said contact surfaces which at least two orientation devices serve to orient the first jaw with respect to the second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Stryker Trauma SA
    Inventors: Klaus Dorawa, Adam Busch, Claudio Küng
  • FIXATION CLAMP
    Publication number: 20120150181
    Abstract: A fixation clamp for use in an external fixation system for holding bone fragments adjacent to each other with the help of fixation elements, has of at least one clamping assembly having at least one reception provided by means of grooves to accommodate a fixation element along the longitudinal axis of the reception. At least one locking element extends through the clamping assemblies for blocking the position of the clamping assemblies in a defined angular position. The clamping assembly comprises a first jaw and a second jaw which are in contact with each other via respective contact surfaces. The clamping assembly comprises at least two orientation devices that extend from and/or into said contact surfaces which at least two orientation devices serve to orient the first jaw with respect to the second jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: STRYKER TRAUMA SA
    Inventors: Klaus Dorawa, Adam Busch, Claudio Küng