Patents by Inventor Achim Hurst

Achim Hurst 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).

  • Patent number: 5700901
    Abstract: The invention relates to resorbable mouldings and processes for producing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim KG
    Inventors: Achim Hurst, Wladis Winkler-Gwienek, Berthold Buchholz, Dieter Bendix, Gunther Entenmann
  • Patent number: 5169400
    Abstract: In order to reduce the risk that a bone screw, in particular one made of resorbing plastic material, with an externally threaded shaft will be destroyed by high screw-in torques, it is proposed that an insertion channel open at the top, arranged concentrically with the shaft and extending along most of the length of the shaft be located in the shaft for an insertion tool and have a cross-section which is non-circular and corresponds to the cross-section of the screwing-in tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Joachim Muhling, Theodor Lutze, Hans Pistner, Achim Hurst