Patents by Inventor Lukas Eschbach

Lukas Eschbach 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 for fixing surgical implants
    Patent number: 7485135
    Abstract: A device for treating bone fractures and/or for fixing surgical implants, surgical threads or tissues in or on the bone comprising a closing element and a rivet. The rivet includes a shaft extending from a rear end to a front end coaxial to a central axis and having a through-hole extending coaxially therethrough. The shaft of the closing element is coaxially displaceable in the through-hole and the head of the closing element can be axially brought to rest on the front shaft end. The rivet also comprises at least two grooves on the outside, these grooves extending from the front shaft in the direction of the rear end, parallel to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Synthes (U.S.A.)
    Inventors: Peter Steiger, Robert Frigg, Lukas Eschbach
  • Device for fixing surgical implants
    Publication number: 20030199877
    Abstract: A device for treating bone fractures and/or for fixing surgical implants, surgical threads or tissues in or on the bone comprising a closing element and a rivet. The rivet includes a shaft extending from a rear end to a front end coaxial to a central axis and having a through-hole extending coaxially therethrough. The shaft of the closing element is coaxially displaceable in the through-hole and the head of the closing element can be axially brought to rest on the front shaft end. The rivet also comprises at least two grooves on the outside, these grooves extending from the front shaft in the direction of the rear end, parallel to the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Steiger, Robert Frigg, Lukas Eschbach