Renato Fricker 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).
Abstract: The invention relates to a sleeve (1), for a bone fixation element, in particular, a wire (10), comprising A) two tubular elements (3; 4), having a common longitudinal axis (2), each with a central drilling (8) of the same diameter (D), an external end (20; 21) and an intermediate end (22; 23) with a front face (28; 29) and B) a shearable connector web (5), fixed to the two tubular elements (3; 4), outside the central drilling (8), by means of which the two tubular elements (3; 4) are axially connected to each other.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2004
Date of Patent:
January 15, 2013
Assignee:
Synthes USA, LLC
Inventors:
Renato Fricker, Hans Gelpke, Romano Matthys
Abstract: The invention relates to a sleeve (1), for a bone fixation element, in particular, a wire (10), comprising A) two tubular elements (3; 4), having a common longitudinal axis (2), each with a central drilling (8) of the same diameter (D), an external end (20; 21) and an intermediate end (22; 23) with a front face (28; 29) and B) a shearable connector web (5), fixed to the two tubular elements (3; 4), outside the central drilling (8), by means of which the two tubular elements (3; 4) are axially connected to each other.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 2, 2004
Publication date:
October 16, 2008
Applicant:
SYNTHES (U.S.A.)
Inventors:
Renato Fricker, Hans Gelpke, Romano Matthys
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