Patents by Inventor Thomas Hermle

Thomas Hermle 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).

  • Publication number: 20240164867
    Abstract: A medical sterile goods container and a device setup for documenting a content and a location of the sterile goods container. The device setup includes the sterile goods container, a transport or storage device, and a holding device insertable into the sterile goods container. The sterile goods container has at least one first identification element that is identifiable by an identifier and able to be read digitally. The first identification element is located on an outside of the sterile goods container. The sterile goods container also has at least one second identification element that is identifiable by an identifier and able to be read digitally. The second identification element is located on an inside of the sterile goods container, with the identifier of the first identification element of the sterile goods container corresponding to the identifier of the second identification element of the sterile goods container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Stephanie Auber, Thomas-Erwin Kahler, Uwe Schaz, Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Frederick Lenzenhuber, Ralf Pfister, Saul Dufoo Ochoa, Simone Hermle, Martin Machill, André Buerk
  • Patent number: 11497509
    Abstract: A fixing clamp for an aligning device, and an aligning device that includes the fixing clamp, for clamping to a bodily extremity. The clamp includes a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm and a frame device having an attaching section for attaching to an adjustment rod. The first clamp arm is rotatably attached to a first rotary joint about a first axis of rotation, and the second clamp arm is rotatably connected to a second rotary joint about a second axis of rotation. A locking mechanism locks the first clamp arm and/or the second clamp arm relative to the frame device in at least one position, and blocks movement of the first or second clamp arm about the respective rotary joint in an open rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Martin Hirt, Anil Varsani, Thomas Hermle
  • Publication number: 20220022889
    Abstract: A fixing clamp for an aligning device, and an aligning device that includes the fixing clamp, for clamping to a bodily extremity. The clamp includes a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm and a frame device having an attaching section for attaching to an adjustment rod. The first clamp arm is rotatably attached to a first rotary joint about a first axis of rotation, and the second clamp arm is rotatably connected to a second rotary joint about a second axis of rotation. A locking mechanism locks the first clamp arm and/or the second clamp arm relative to the frame device in at least one position, and blocks movement of the first or second clamp arm about the respective rotary joint in an open rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Hirt, Anil Varsani, Thomas Hermle
  • Patent number: 10856991
    Abstract: The invention relates to an artificial joint implant, having a first implant part, a second implant part, and at least one fixing element for fixing the first and the second implant part to each other in an at least one of non-positive- and positive-locking manner in a connecting position, wherein the at least one fixing element and the first implant part are moveably coupled to each other in a non-detachable manner, in such a way that the at least one fixing element is detachable from the first implant part only by destroying the at least one fixing element or the first implant part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventor: Thomas Hermle
  • Publication number: 20180271664
    Abstract: The invention relates to an artificial joint implant, having a first implant part, a second implant part, and at least one fixing element for fixing the first and the second implant part to each other in an at least one of non-positive- and positive-locking manner in a connecting position, wherein the at least one fixing element and the first implant part are moveably coupled to each other in a non-detachable manner, in such a way that the at least one fixing element is detachable from the first implant part only by destroying the at least one fixing element or the first implant part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas Hermle
  • Publication number: 20160250040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical instrumentation, in particular, for implanting an acetabular cup, comprising a medical alignment instrument with a shaped body, which has a patient-specific bone abutment surface facing away from the shaped body and deviating from a spherical surface section, the bone abutment surface being shaped so as to correspond to a bone surface of the patient, wherein the shaped body has at least one viewing edge with a viewing height, and wherein the viewing edge adjoins the patient-specific bone abutment surface, and wherein a transition between the viewing edge and the patient-specific bone abutment surface is tangentially discontinuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Hermle, Berna Richter
  • Publication number: 20070055268
    Abstract: Two cutting blocks are provided for preparing a femur for total knee arthroplasty. A first cutting block comprises a block body positionable on a resected distal end of the femur. A first slot is provided in the block body for guiding a saw blade when making an anterior femoral cut. A second slot is provided for guiding a saw blade when making an anterior chamfer cut. A third slot is provided for guiding a saw blade when making a posterior chamfer cut. The second cutting block comprises a block body positionable on the resected distal end of the femur after making the anterior femoral cut, the anterior chamfer cut, and the posterior chamfer cut. A slot is provided in the block body of the second cutting block for guiding a saw blade when making a posterior femoral cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Utz, Thomas Hermle, S. Stulberg
  • Publication number: 20060288837
    Abstract: In a surgical saw guide comprising a guide body having a front side for placement on a body structure, an opposite rear side, and a guide slot for a saw blade, which extends through the guide body from the rear side to the front side thereof and is delimited at the sides, in order to enlarge the cutting area that can be reached by the saw blade and nevertheless ensure a reliable guidance of the saw blade in the guide slot, it is proposed that the guide slot be open at the sides at least at one end on the front side of the guide body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Utz, Thomas Hermle