Patents by Inventor Andreas Block
Andreas Block 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).
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Patent number: 10849770Abstract: A tubular prosthesis having at least two helical loops or discrete loops, linked by a bridge, includes at least two regular struts connected by a regular inflection point forming a regular gap between the regular struts and at least two stagger struts connected by a stagger inflection point forming a stagger gap wherein the regular gap has a size different from the stagger gap.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Martin Schlun, Achim Zipse, Thilo Wack, Andreas Block
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Publication number: 20190068704Abstract: A method of determining a time for executing a command on a device of a plurality of devices is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes requesting a host computing system for network time and retrieving via the host computing system the network time. The method further includes determining a device time of each of the plurality of devices. The method further includes determining a true offset between the network time and the device time of each of the plurality of devices, such that the true offset is determined iteratively based on a predetermined offset threshold range (POTR). The method further includes determining the time for executing the command based on the true offset between the network time and the device time of each of the plurality of devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Jay Adlao Block, Martin Andreas Block
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Publication number: 20180271684Abstract: A tubular prosthesis having at least two helical loops or discrete loops, linked by a bridge, includes at least two regular struts connected by a regular inflection point forming a regular gap between the regular struts and at least two stagger struts connected by a stagger inflection point forming a stagger gap wherein the regular gap has a size different from the stagger gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Martin Schlun, Achim Zipse, Thilo Wack, Andreas Block
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Patent number: 9956098Abstract: A tubular prosthesis having a succession of turns around a longitudinal axis includes connectors between adjacent turns distributed around the circumference of the prosthesis. Each turn includes struts interspersed by inflection zones located at the axial ends of each turn such that, when the prosthesis expands radially, gaps open up between adjacent struts of each of the turn. The inflection zones are distributed regularly around the circumference so that the gaps are substantially the same size as each other around the circumference of the turn. The prosthesis may include a turn that exhibits a stagger zone within which the gap between adjacent struts is of an individual size different from that common to the other gaps of that turn. The inflection zones in that turn that lie circumferentially next to the stagger zone are displaced out of facing relationship with corresponding zones of inflection in the adjacent turn.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Martin Schlun, Achim Zipse, Thilo Wack, Andreas Block
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Publication number: 20160030213Abstract: A tubular prosthesis having a succession of turns around a longitudinal axis includes connectors between adjacent turns distributed around the circumference of the prosthesis. Each turn includes struts interspersed by inflection zones located at the axial ends of each turn such that, when the prosthesis expands radially, gaps open up between adjacent struts of each of the turn. The inflection zones are distributed regularly around the circumference so that the gaps are substantially the same size as each other around the circumference of the turn. The prosthesis may include a turn that exhibits a stagger zone within which the gap between adjacent struts is of an individual size different from that common to the other gaps of that turn. The inflection zones in that turn that lie circumferentially next to the stagger zone are displaced out of facing relationship with corresponding zones of inflection in the adjacent turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Martin Schlun, Achim Zipse, Thilo Wack, Andreas Block
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Patent number: 9155642Abstract: A tubular prosthesis having a succession of turns around a longitudinal axis includes connectors between adjacent turns distributed around the circumference of the prosthesis. Each turn includes struts interspersed by inflection zones located at the axial ends of each turn such that, when the prosthesis expands radially, gaps open up between adjacent struts of each of the turn. The inflection zones are distributed regularly around the circumference so that the gaps are substantially the same size as each other around the circumference of the turn. The prosthesis may include a turn that exhibits a stagger zone within which the gap between adjacent struts is of an individual size different from that common to the other gaps of that turn. The inflection zones in that turn that lie circumferentially next to the stagger zone are displaced out of facing relationship with corresponding zones of inflection in the adjacent turn.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Martin Schlun, Achim Zipse, Thilo Wack, Andreas Block
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Patent number: 8500793Abstract: Preferred embodiments of an implantable medical device with a high degree of flexibility is shown and described. One aspect includes an implantable stent having an intermediate portion with a helical winding and first and second end portions. The implantable stent further includes a coupling portion with a helical winding, and bridges joining struts of defining the helical windings. The stent also includes a paddle providing a bridge joining the ends or the helical windings. Another aspect relates to a radially self-expansible stent with a plurality of radiopaque markers attached to it. The markers are shaped and located at the stent end such that the compressive stress exerted on the end annulus of the stent during release of the stent is shared between the markers and the inflection zones that do not carry a marker.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Achim Zipse, Andreas Block, Pauline Weise, Martin Schlun
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Patent number: 8403978Abstract: Stent exhibiting a succession of turns around the axis, adjacent turns being connected by connector portions distributed around the circumference of the prosthesis, each of the turns being made up of struts that extend the length of the turn and are interspersed by inflection zones located at the axial ends of each of the turns. When the prosthesis expands radially, gaps open up between adjacent struts of each of the turns, the inflection zones being distributed regularly around the circumference so that the gaps are substantially the same size as each other around the circumference of the turn, characterized in that at least every second turn exhibits a stagger zone within which the said gap between adjacent said struts is of an individual size different from that common to the other gaps of that second turn.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Martin Schlun, Achim Zipse, Thilo Wack, Andreas Block
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Publication number: 20100298921Abstract: Stent exhibiting a succession of turns around the axis, adjacent turns being connected by connector portions distributed around the circumference of the prosthesis, each of the turns being made up of struts that extend the length of the turn and are interspersed by inflection zones located at the axial ends of each of the turns. When the prosthesis expands radially, gaps open up between adjacent struts of each of the turns, the inflection zones being distributed regularly around the circumference so that the gaps are substantially the same size as each other around the circumference of the turn, characterised in that at least every second turn exhibits a stagger zone within which the said gap between adjacent said struts is of an individual size different from that common to the other gaps of that second turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2007Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Martin Schlun, Achim Zipse, Thilo Wack, Andreas Block
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Publication number: 20100004725Abstract: Preferred embodiments of an implantable medical device with a high degree of flexibility is shown and described. One aspect includes an implantable stent having an intermediate portion with a helical winding and first and second end portions. The implantable stent further includes a coupling portion with a helical winding, and bridges joining struts of defining the helical windings. The stent also includes a paddle providing a bridge joining the ends or the helical windings. Another aspect relates to a radially self-expansible stent with a plurality of radiopaque markers attached to it. The markers are shaped and located at the stent end such that the compressive stress exerted on the end annulus of the stent during release of the stent is shared between the markers and the inflection zones that do not carry a marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: C. R. BARD, INC.Inventors: Achim Zipse, Andreas Block, Pauline Weise, Martin Schlun
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Publication number: 20050233457Abstract: The invention relates to recombining viral vectors which can be suppressed in a highly efficient manner by means of tetracycline or tetracycline derivatives, and the use thereof for expressing genes in eukaryotic cells, particularly within the framework of gene therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2003Publication date: October 20, 2005Inventor: Andreas Block