Patents by Inventor Ekaterina Notheis

Ekaterina Notheis 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).

  • Device and method for applying a medical lockable clip in a tissue area
    Patent number: 9433417
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for clips or staples as an effective substitute for suture material when joining body tissue or covering body tissue with a mesh, such as is particularly used in fracture operations. The device for applying a medical lockable clip (1) in a tissue area, includes a) an automatic advancing mechanism oriented in the direction of the tissue area from a starting position and having a guide in the advancing direction for the clip, wherein the clip has two gripper teeth oriented in the advancing direction, b) a stop for the advancing mechanism, and c) a locking element displaceable with the advancing mechanism and having a locking mechanism on the clip side for locking the clip, wherein d) the locking element is displaceable together with and parallel to the advancing mechanism, and e) the stop does not limit the motion of the locking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: JOIMAX GMBH, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE
    Inventors: Bernhard Kneifel, Rainer Körber, Günter Herrmann, Klaus-Peter Brhel, Ekaterina Notheis, Wolfgang Ries
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A MEDICAL LOCKABLE CLIP IN A TISSUE AREA
    Publication number: 20120071899
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for clips or staples as an effective substitute for suture material when joining body tissue or covering body tissue with a mesh, such as is particularly used in fracture operations. The device for applying a medical lockable clip (1) in a tissue area, includes a) an automatic advancing mechanism oriented in the direction of the tissue area from a starting position and having a guide in the advancing direction for the clip, wherein the clip has two gripper teeth oriented in the advancing direction, b) a stop for the advancing mechanism, and c) a locking element displaceable with the advancing mechanism and having a locking mechanism on the clip side for locking the clip, wherein d) the locking element is displaceable together with and parallel to the advancing mechanism, and e) the stop does not limit the motion of the locking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Bernhard Kneifel, Rainer Körber, Günter Herrmann, Klaus-Peter Brhel, Ekaterina Notheis, Wolfgang Ries