Patents by Inventor Joerg Loeffler

Joerg Loeffler 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).

  • RESORBABLE MAGNESIUM ALLOY
    Publication number: 20110192500
    Abstract: A magnesium alloy shown includes magnesium as a principal ingredient, and 0.5 to 8.0 percent ytterbium; 0.1 to 2.0 percent calcium; and 0.2 to 6.0 percent zinc, percentages calculated by weight. The magnesium alloy may be employed as an implant. Examples of implants include a plate, specifically a bone plate, a screw, a nail, a bone nail, a stent, a rod. Implants made of the specified alloy are suitable for implantation in animal or human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Uggowitzer, Petra Gunde, Joerg Loeffler, Thomas Imwinkelried, Stefan Beck, Andrea Montali
  • IMPLANT WITH A BASE BODY OF A BIOCORRODIBLE IRON ALLOY
    Publication number: 20090198320
    Abstract: An implant having a base body comprising entirely or in part a biocorrodible iron alloy wherein the base body of the implant comprises at least one of the following: (i) a biocorrodible iron alloy of formula (1): Fe—P where the amount of P in the alloy is from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Heinz Mueller, Joerg Loeffler, Peter Uggowitzer
  • IMPLANT HAVING A SURFACE-PROXIMAL MAGNESIUM-CONTAINING DIFFUSION LAYER AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20080312736
    Abstract: An implant comprising an implant material forming a base made of one or more metallic elements; a diffusion layer covering the base made of at least one of the metallic elements of the implant material and at least magnesium; and, optionally, a metal layer covering the diffusion layer made of magnesium or a biocorrodible magnesium alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Heinz Mueller, Peter Uggowitzer, Joerg Loeffler
  • MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND THE RESPECTIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20080031765
    Abstract: A magnesium alloy, comprising: Y: 0.5-10? Zn: 0.5-6?? Ca: 0.05-1?? Mn: ??0-0.5 Ag: 0-1 Ce: 0-1 Zr: 0-1 or Si: 0-0.4, wherein the amounts are based on weight-percent of the alloy and Mg, and manufacturing-related impurities constitute the remainder of the alloy to a total of 100 weight-percent. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing such an alloy and a biodegradable implant formed therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Bodo Gerold, Heinz Mueller, Joerg Loeffler, Anja Haenzi, Peter Uggowitzer
  • MARKER ALLOY
    Publication number: 20080033530
    Abstract: A marker alloy foreign implant made of a biodegradable metallic material and having the composition MgxYbyMz wherein x is equal to 10-60 atomic percent; y is equal to 40-90 atomic percent; z is equal to 0-10 atomic percent; M is one or more element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Zn, Au, Ga, Pd, Pt, Al, Sn, Ca, Nd, Ba, Si, and Ge; and wherein x, y, and z, together, and including contaminants caused by production, result in 100 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Bruno Zberg, Joerg Loeffler, Bodo Gerold
  • MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20070227629
    Abstract: A magnesium alloy having Y, Zn, Ca, Mn, Ag, Ce, Zr, or Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: BODO GEROLD, Heinz Mueller, Joerg Loeffler, Anja Haenzi, Peter Uggowitzer