Patents Assigned to Thommen Medical AG
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Patent number: 9867682Abstract: A package (1) for a dental implant (2) comprising a housing (5) with a compartment (51), closable liquid-tight by cover (4) and for receiving a first section (2?) of the implant (2), and an area (19) for a second section (3) of the implant (2). The area is separated rated from the compartment (51) by housing wall (8). A passage (35) in wall (8) connects the compartment (51) and area (19). The housing wall (8) comprises a removal slot (9, 36) for removal of the implant when the cover (4) is open without separating the sections (2, 3). The package (1) has a fluid cartridge (12) and an associated release element (18) and the fluid cartridge (12) can be opened by way of the release element (18) when the cover (4) is closed such that fluid located in the fluid cartridge (12) can flow out into the compartment (51).Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Uwe Werner, Daniel Iranyi, Matthias Gunthart, Nico Spinelli
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Patent number: 9669111Abstract: The document proposes a diagnostic chewing gum for identifying the presence of inflammatory tissues in the mouth, in particular in or adjacent to the mandible, the maxilla, an implant or the teeth of a user, comprising a base material or particles (3) embedded and/or attached to the base material; an element (1, 5-7), like e.g. a releasable flavor molecule, attached to the base material and/or the particles, for the generation of a change in the chewing gum directly detectable by the user; wherein the element (1, 5-7) generates the change upon direct or indirect contact with a marker (4), e.g. a proteolytic enzyme, which is released by inflammatory tissue in response to bacterial mediators.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Matthias Schnabelrauch, Lorenz Meinel, Falko Schlottig, Ralf Wyrwa
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Publication number: 20150216632Abstract: A package (1) for a dental implant (2) comprising a housing (5) with a compartment (51), closable liquid-tight by cover (4) and for receiving a first section (2?) of the implant (2), and an area (19) for a second section (3) of the implant (2). The area is separated rated from the compartment (51) by housing wall (8). A passage (35) in wall (8) connects the compartment (51) and area (19). The housing wall (8) comprises a removal slot (9, 36) for removal of the implant when the cover (4) is open without separating the sections (2, 3). The package (1) has a fluid cartridge (12) and an associated release element (18) and the fluid cartridge (12) can be opened by way of the release element (18) when the cover (4) is closed such that fluid located in the fluid cartridge (12) can flow out into the compartment (51).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Falko SCHLOTTIG, Uwe Werner, Daniel Iranyi, Matthias Gunthart, Nico Spinelli
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Patent number: 8973747Abstract: Package (1) for an implant (2), in particular for a dental implant, comprising a housing (5) with a compartment (51) that can be closed by way of a pivotable and/or slidable cover (4) so as to be essentially liquid-tight, said compartment being intended for a first section (2?) of the implant (2), and an area (19) for a second section (3) of the implant (2), said area being separated rated from the compartment (51) by way of a housing wall (8), wherein a passage (35) connecting the compartment (51) and said area (19) is provided in the housing wall (8) for a transition section (3?) between the first section (2?) and the second section (3) of the implant (2), and wherein the housing wall (8) comprises a removal slot (9, 36) for removal of the implant when the cover (4) is open without separating the sections (2, 3).Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Uwe Werner, Daniel Irányi, Matthias Günthart, Nico Spinelli
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Patent number: 8940320Abstract: The invention relates to a dental implant, which comprises a coating at least in those surface areas that come into contact with hard and/or soft tissue when implanted. To ensure that the active ingredient contained in the coating (bisphosphonate) is released into the surrounding tissue or can act in the latter in a controlled manner at the correct speed, the coating is characterized in that it contains bisphosphonate, the respective pharmaceutically compatible salts or esters of the latter, in addition to at least one amphiphilic component, selected from the group containing branched or linear, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or partially unsaturated C10-C30 alkyl-, alkenyl, alkylaryl-, aryl-, cycloalkyl-, alkylcycloalkyl-, alkylcycloaryl-carboxylates, -phosphates or -sulfates or mixtures thereof and/or a water-soluble ionic polymer component.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Matthias Schnabelrauch, Armin Rex Kautz
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Publication number: 20150017101Abstract: The document proposes a diagnostic chewing gum for identifying the presence of inflammatory tissues in the mouth, in particular in or adjacent to the mandible, the maxilla, an implant or the teeth of a user, comprising a base material or particles (3) embedded and/or attached to said base material; an element (1, 5-7), like e.g. a releasable flavor molecule, attached to said base material and/or said particles, for the generation of a change in the chewing gum directly detectable by the user; wherein the element (1, 5-7) generates the change upon direct or indirect contact with a marker (4), e.g. a proteolytic enzyme, which is released by inflammatory tissue in response to bacterial mediators.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Matthias Schnabelrauch, Lorenz Meinel, Falko Schlottig, Ralf Wyrwa
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Patent number: 8920866Abstract: A metal implant, in particular a dental implant, with a hydrophilic surface for at least partial insertion into a bone, and a method for the production of said implant are described. A particularly advantageous hydrophilic surface for improved osteointegration properties is made available if it is briefly treated, at least in some areas, in a weakly alkaline solution. These excellent osteointegration properties can be achieved in a method in which, optionally after a preceding mechanical surface modification by material removal and/or chemical surface modification, at least the areas exposed of this surface exposed to bone and/or soft tissue are chemically modified in an alkaline solution.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Daniel Snetivy
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Patent number: 8789693Abstract: A metal implant, in particular a dental implant, with a hydrophilic surface for at least partial insertion into a bone, and a method for the production of said implant are described. A particularly advantageous hydrophilic surface for improved osteointegration properties is made available if it is briefly treated, at least in some areas, in a weakly alkaline solution. These excellent osteointegration properties can be achieved in a method in which, optionally after a preceding mechanical surface modification by material removal and/or chemical surface modification, at least the areas exposed of this surface exposed to bone and/or soft tissue are chemically modified in an alkaline solution.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Daniel Snétivy
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Patent number: 8734889Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic implant, especially a dental implant, comprising a structured or porous surface for at least partially inserting into a bone. An especially advantageous surface is obtained when it is at least partially modified by a salt melt. These excellent osteointegration properties can be obtained by a method whereby the surface is modified in a salt melt at least in the regions exposed to the bones and/or soft tissue, optionally following a previous modification of the surface whereby material has been removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Thomas Hefti
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Patent number: 8671572Abstract: The invention discloses a novel implant provided with a macroporous surface on the top surface, and a method for the production of such a metallic and/or ceramic implant having a textured, particularly porous, surface for the at least partial insertion in hard tissue, such as in a bone, and/or into soft tissue. The implant is produced as a green compact, at least in sections, using a cold isostatic pressing, casting, and/or injecting (CIM, MIM) with subsequent sintering to obtain an implant, and is particularly characterized in that the surface is modified and/or prepared before sintering such that a macroporous surface is present after sintering without requiring any finishing.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Luis Alfonso Ortega Cruz
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Patent number: 8425694Abstract: A process for producing a ceramic implant which is structured on the surface at least in the region in contact with bone and/or tissue is described. The process is characterized in that the ceramic implant after shaping and sintering is, in the region to be structured, I. reduced to the corresponding metal on the surface; II. the essentially metallic surface is subsequently subjected to a structuring surface treatment; III. the structure surface is oxidized. Furthermore, implants which have been provided with a topological structure on the surface by means of this process are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Luis Alfonso Ortega Cruz, Falko Schlottig
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Patent number: 8414958Abstract: What is described is an implant that comprises a coating, at least in areas, in the implanted state in the surface areas that are at least directly in contact with skin and/or soft tissue. The implant is preferably characterized in that the coating comprises both a statin, such as simvastatin, in the hydrolyzed or unhydrolyzed form, or pharmaceutically compatible salts thereof, as well as at least one other component selected from the group consisting of branched or linear, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or partially unsaturated C10-C30 alkyl, alkenyl, alkylaryl, aryl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, alkylcycloaryl amines or mixtures thereof and/or at least one water-soluble ionic polymer component. A method for production such an implant is also described as well as a composition that can be used in such a method.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Matthias Schnabelrauch, Armin Rex Kautz, Falko Schlottig
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Patent number: 8057843Abstract: A metal implant, in particular a dental implant, with a hydrophilic surface for at least partial insertion into a bone, and a method for the production of said implant are described. A particularly advantageous hydrophilic surface for improved osteointegration properties is made available if it is briefly treated, at least in some areas, in a weakly alkaline solution. These excellent osteointegration properties can be achieved in a method in which, optionally after a preceding mechanical surface modification by material removal and/or chemical surface modification, at least the areas exposed of this surface exposed to bone and/or soft tissue are chemically modified in an alkaline solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Daniel Snétivy
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Publication number: 20110171602Abstract: A metal implant, in particular a dental implant, with a hydrophilic surface for at least partial insertion into a bone, and a method for the production of said implant are described. A particularly advantageous hydrophilic surface for improved osteointegration properties is made available if it is briefly treated, at least in some areas, in a weakly alkaline solution. These excellent osteointegration properties can be achieved in a method in which, optionally after a preceding mechanical surface modification by material removal and/or chemical surface modification, at least the areas exposed of this surface exposed to bone and/or soft tissue are chemically modified in an alkaline solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Falko SCHLOTTIG, Daniel SNETIVY
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Publication number: 20110104638Abstract: A metal implant, in particular a dental implant, with a hydrophilic surface for at least partial insertion into a bone, and a method for the production of said implant are described. A particularly advantageous hydrophilic surface for improved osteointegration properties is made available if it is briefly treated, at least in some areas, in a weakly alkaline solution. These excellent osteointegration properties can be achieved in a method in which, optionally after a preceding mechanical surface modification by material removal and/or chemical surface modification, at least the areas exposed of this surface exposed to bone and/or soft tissue are chemically modified in an alkaline solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Falko SCHLOTTIG, Daniel SNÉTIVY
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Publication number: 20110056851Abstract: Package (1) for an implant (2), in particular for a dental implant, comprising a housing (5) with a compartment (51) that can be closed by way of a pivotable and/or slidable cover (4) so as to be essentially liquid-tight, said compartment being intended for a first section (2?) of the implant (2), and an area (19) for a second section (3) of the implant (2), said area being separated rated from the compartment (51) by way of a housing wall (8), wherein a passage (35) connecting the compartment (51) and said area (19) is provided in the housing wall (8) for a transition section (3?) between the first section (2?) and the second section (3) of the implant (2), and wherein the housing wall (8) comprises a removal slot (9, 36) for removal of the implant when the cover (4) is open without separating the sections (2, 3).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Falko Schlottig, Uwe Werner, Daniel Iranyi, Matthias Günthart, Nico Spinelli
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Publication number: 20110053113Abstract: What is described is an implant that comprises a coating, at least in areas, in the implanted state in the surface areas that are at least directly in contact with skin and/or soft tissue. The implant is preferably characterized in that the coating comprises both a statin, such as simvastatin, in the hydrolyzed or unhydrolyzed form, or pharmaceutically compatible salts thereof, as well as at least one other component selected from the group consisting of branched or linear, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or partially unsaturated C10-C30 alkyl, alkenyl, alkylaryl, aryl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, alkylcycloaryl amines or mixtures thereof and/or at least one water-soluble ionic polymer component. A method for production such an implant is also described as well as a composition that can be used in such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Matthias Schnabelrauch, Armin Rex Kautz, Falko Schlottig
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Publication number: 20100274361Abstract: A process for producing a ceramic implant which is structured on the surface at least in the region in contact with bone and/or tissue is described. The process is characterized in that the ceramic implant after shaping and sintering is, in the region to be structured, I. reduced to the corresponding metal on the surface; II. the essentially metallic surface is subsequently subjected to a structuring surface treatment; III. the structure surface is oxidized. Furthermore, implants which have been provided with a topological structure on the surface by means of this process are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: THOMMEN MEDICAL AGInventors: Luis Alfonso Ortega Cruz, Falko Schlottig
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Patent number: D664658Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Matthias Günthart, Daniel Irányl, Falko Schlottig, Nico Spinelli, Uwe Werner
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Patent number: D664659Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Thommen Medical AGInventors: Matthias Günthart, Daniel Irányi, Falko Schlottig, Nico Spinelli, Uwe Werner