Patents by Inventor Denis Reibel

Denis Reibel 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).

  • Publication number: 20200289715
    Abstract: A biocompatible soft tissue implant for introduction into a human body includes at least one layer comprising an elastomeric material, and at least one textile fabric arranged on the at least one layer comprising the elastomeric material. The at least one textile fabric forms a surface of the biocompatible soft tissue implant. The at least one textile fabric includes bioresorbable fibers which are embedded at least partially in the at least one layer comprising the elastomeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Heffels, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Guenter Germann, Oliver Boegershausen
  • Publication number: 20200289716
    Abstract: A biocompatible composite material for complete or partial insertion into a human body includes at least one layer comprising an elastomeric material, and at least one textile fabric arranged on the at least one layer comprising the elastomeric material. The at least one textile fabric forms a surface of the biocompatible composite material. The at least one textile fabric includes bioresorbable fibers that are embedded at least partially in the at least one layer comprising the elastomeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Heffels, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Alexandra Kaul, Yosuke Kadomae, Guenter Germann
  • Patent number: 10736985
    Abstract: A medical device in the form of a nonwoven wound dressing includes rotospun fibers including at least one synthetic and bioabsorbable polymer and at least one hydrophilic and/or tissue-adhesive polymer, and a method of producing the medical device including using rotospinning to produce fibers from a fiber raw material including at least one synthetic and bioabsorbable polymer and at least one hydrophilic and/or tissue-adhesive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: Aesculap AG, Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Erich Odermatt, Rainer Bargon, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller, Denis Reibel
  • Patent number: 10624985
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes fibers of a fiber raw material including gelatin, the fibers including at least one of an antimicrobially effective substance and an antibiotic, wherein the fibers are produced by rotational spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Denis Reibel, Claudio Walter, Bernd Altmueller
  • Patent number: 10196759
    Abstract: A multi-component fiber includes a first component made of a first fiber raw material and a second component made of a second fiber raw material. The first and second components are combined by rotational spinning so as to form a fiber body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Wiebke Schmitz, Dirk Grafahrend, Denis Reibel
  • Publication number: 20180008743
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-woven fabrics containing growth and differentiation factor proteins. Said fabrics are specifically designed to accelerate tissue regeneration and wound healing processes of mammalian tissues. Furthermore, the invention provides wound dressings, pads or implants comprising the novel non-woven fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicants: BIOPHARM GESELLSCHAFT ZUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHEN ENTWI CKLUNG VON PHARMAKA MBH, CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Frank Plöger, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller
  • Patent number: 9782511
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-woven fabrics containing growth and differentiation factor proteins. Said fabrics are specifically designed to accelerate tissue regeneration and wound healing processes of mammalian tissues. Furthermore, the invention provides wound dressings, pads or implants comprising the novel non-woven fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: Biopharm Gesellschaft Zur Biotechnologischen Entwicklung von Pharmaka MBH, Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Frank Plöger, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller
  • Publication number: 20170165394
    Abstract: A medical device in the form of a nonwoven wound dressing includes rotospun fibers including at least one synthetic and bioabsorbable polymer and at least one hydrophilic and/or tissue-adhesive polymer, and a method of producing the medical device including using rotospinning to produce fibers from a fiber raw material including at least one synthetic and bioabsorbable polymer and at least one hydrophilic and/or tissue-adhesive polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Erich Odermatt, Rainer Bargon, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller, Denis Reibel
  • Publication number: 20160222557
    Abstract: A fabric sheet, with low-cost production, has high thermal and light stability, is recyclable, has a high mechanical load-bearing capacity, and is elastically compliant, wherein the fabric sheet has a main body composed of at least one ply, wherein the at least one ply contains first fibers comprising a first polymer and second fibers with a second polymer or wherein the at least one ply has one and the same fibers that contain a first and a second polymer, wherein a cold crystallization temperature of the first polymer lies at the softening temperature of the second polymer or below the softening temperature of the second polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Gerald JARRE, Robert GROTEN, Anke BOLD, SungYong RYU, Denis REIBEL
  • Publication number: 20160199530
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-woven fabrics containing growth and differentiation factor proteins. Said fabrics are specifically designed to accelerate tissue regeneration and wound healing processes of mammalian tissues. Furthermore, the invention provides wound dressings, pads or implants comprising the novel non-woven fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicants: BIOPHARM GESELLSCHAFT ZUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHEN ENTWICKLUNG VON PHARMAKA MBH, CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Frank Plöger, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller
  • Patent number: 9278156
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-woven fabrics containing growth and differentiation factor proteins. Said fabrics are specifically designed to accelerate tissue regeneration and wound healing processes of mammalian tissues. Furthermore, the invention provides wound dressings, pads or implants comprising the novel non-woven fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: Biopharm Gesellschaft zur Biotechnologischen Entwicklung Von Pharmaka MBH
    Inventors: Frank Plöger, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller
  • Publication number: 20150010612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biodegradable fleece containing (i) at least one polymer for inducing primary haemostasis, (ii) at least one non-proteinogenic, low-molecular, water-soluble activator of secondary haemostasis, and (iii) at least one non-proteinogenic, low-molecular, water-soluble inhibitor of fibrinolysis. The invention also relates to a method for producing a biodegradable fleece, in which (i) a fluidised fiber raw material, and additives if applicable, is placed in a container, (ii) the container is made to rotate, (iii) the fluidised fiber raw material is dispensed from the container by means of centrifugal forces, whereby fibers or filaments are formed, and (iv) a biodegradable fleece is produced from the fibers or filaments. The invention also relates to the use of said biodegradable fleece as a local haemostatic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicants: CARL FREUDENBERG KG, HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Ekaterini Copanaki, Dirk Grafahrend, Denis Reibel, Daniel Neumüller
  • Publication number: 20140141050
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-woven fabrics containing growth and differentiation factor proteins. Said fabrics are specifically designed to accelerate tissue regeneration and wound healing processes of mammalian tissues. Furthermore, the invention provides wound dressings, pads or implants comprising the novel non-woven fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: BIOPHARM GESELLSCHAFT ZUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHEN ENTWICKLUNG VON PHARMAKA MBH, CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Frank Plöger, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller
  • Publication number: 20130011676
    Abstract: A multi-component fiber includes a first component made of a first fiber raw material and a second component made of a second fiber raw material. The first and second components are combined by rotational spinning so as to firm a fiber body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Wiebke Schmitz, Dirk Grafahrend, Denis Reibel
  • Patent number: 8226970
    Abstract: In order to provide a non-woven fiber fabric, in particular, in the form of a flat material or as part of a flat material which can be used as a biodegradable material in medicine, in particular, as an implant or carrier material for living cells (tissue engineering) but also a non-woven fiber fabric which can be used in food technology in a variety of applications, in particular, as a preliminary product for foods, a non-woven fiber fabric is provided containing fibers consisting of a gelatin material, wherein the thickness of the fibers is on average 1 to 500 ?m and wherein the non-woven fiber fabric has a plurality of areas, at which two or more fibers merge into one another without any phase boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Gelita AG
    Inventors: Michael Ahlers, Denis Reibel, Jutta Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20120150097
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a tube, a bioresorbable nonwoven disposed in the tube, and a plunger disposed inside the tube that closes off a first end of the tube. The plunger is movable relative to the tube and slidable inside the tube so as to expel the nonwoven from the tube through actuation of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Daniel Neumueller, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend
  • Publication number: 20100285291
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes fibers of a fiber raw material including gelatin, the fibers including at least one of an antimicrobially effective substance and an antibiotic, wherein the fibers are produced by rotational spinning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Denis Reibel, Claudio Walter, Bernd Altmueller
  • Publication number: 20100021517
    Abstract: In order to provide a non-woven fiber fabric, in particular, in the form of a flat material or as part of a flat material which can be used as a biodegradable material in medicine, in particular, as an implant or carrier material for living cells (tissue engineering) but also a non-woven fiber fabric which can be used in food technology in a variety of applications, in particular, as a preliminary product for foods, a non-woven fiber fabric is provided containing fibers consisting of a gelatin material, wherein the thickness of the fibers is on average 1 to 500 ?m and wherein the non-woven fiber fabric has a plurality of areas, at which two or more fibers merge into one another without any phase boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicants: GELITA AG, CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Michael Ahlers, Denis Reibel, Jutta Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20090061710
    Abstract: A gas diffusion layer, including at least two functional areas (2a, 2b) which are operationally linked to one another, the first area (2a) having a porous structure and the second area (2b) being designed as a stabilization zone, achieves the object of providing a system which implements problem-free operation of a fuel cell while optimizing its efficiency. A system which includes two gas diffusion layers and a method for manufacturing the gas diffusion layer achieve the further cited objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Axel Helmbold, Karim Salama, Denis Reibel, Klaus-Dietmar Wagner, Achim Bock, Silke Wagener
  • Patent number: 7408117
    Abstract: A three-dimensional moulded planar cable, includes a laminate made from at least one conductor track, bonded between two insulation layers and at least one support layer, connected to each other by an adhesive layer. The cable is applied to a positive moulding tool, brought into shape by the application of heat and/or radiation and/or pressure and fixed in the three-dimensional shape thereof by cooling to below the glass temperature Tg of the adhesive layer or by hardening of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Denis Reibel, Thorsten Frank