Patents by Inventor Gerhard Emil Maale

Gerhard Emil Maale 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).

  • MOULD FOR PRODUCING BONE CEMENT PELLETS
    Publication number: 20120032374
    Abstract: A mould for producing bone cement pellets, the mould comprising a plurality of complementarily shaped mould segments which fit together to make a composite mould having a plurality of individual mould cavities and one or more injection ports for feeding, in use, hardenable bone cement to said mould segments and said plurality of individual mould cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Biocomposites Limited
    Inventors: John Stephen BRATT, John Warren COLCLOUGH, Gerhard Emil MAALE, David Russell WATERS
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF SNORING AND SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20080173313
    Abstract: Snoring and sleep apnea are prevented by advancing the mandible of an individual during sleep. Instead of using an intra-oral device that has the potential to cause movement of the teeth, an extra-oral device is used, having a headpiece attached to an occipital piece which rests against the occipital bone behind the skull and an adjustable device attached to the occipital piece that is a capable of pressing against the posterior angle of the mandible to cause the force that maintains the mandible in the forward position to be transmitted to the head, rather than the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Patrick Raymond Brady, Gerhard Emil Maale, Holly Neville
  • Method and device for the prevention of snoring and sleep apnea
    Patent number: 7331349
    Abstract: Snoring and sleep apnea are prevented by advancing the mandible of an individual during sleep. Instead of using an intra-oral device that has the potential to cause movement of the teeth, an extra-oral device is used, having a rigid headpiece, mandibular cradles that press against the posterior angle of the mandible, and a connector between the headpiece and the jaw pads to cause the force that maintains the mandible in the forward position to be transmitted to the head, rather than the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Surgical Devices, Ltd., Co. Morningstar Holding Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrick Raymond Brady, Gerhard Emil Maale, Holly Neville
  • Method and device for the prevention of snoring and sleep apnea
    Publication number: 20040144391
    Abstract: Snoring and sleep apnea are prevented by advancing the mandible of an individual during sleep. Instead of using an intra-oral device that has the potential to cause movement of the teeth, an extra-oral device is used, having a rigid headpiece, mandibular cradles that press against the posterior angle of the mandible, and a connector between the headpiece and the jaw pads to cause the force that maintains the mandible in the forward position to be transmitted to the head, rather than the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Patrick Raymond Brady, Gerhard Emil Maale, Holly Neville