Patents by Inventor Annika Homeier

Annika Homeier 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).

  • Polyaxial locking hole arrangement
    Patent number: 9545273
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail according to the invention has a locking hole arrangement having one first opening on one side of the intramedullary nail and one second opening at an opposing side of the intramedullary nail. The locking hole arrangement has a first bore having a first bore axis and a second bore having a second bore axis. The first bore and the second bore each having a first orifice on one side of the intramedullary nail and each having a second orifice at an opposite side of the intramedullary nail. The first bore axis and the second bore axis are inclined with respect to each other and the first bore and the second bore intersect each other within the intramedullary nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Ilan Howling, Claudia Graca, Annika Homeier
  • Method for tibial nail insertion
    Patent number: 9427267
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca
  • Intramedullary nail locking hole arrangement
    Patent number: 9408645
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail has a driving end portion and a non-driving end portion with a longitudinal axis. The non-driving end portion comprises a locking hole arrangement with a sequence of four holes, i.e. spaced from non-driving to driving end a first hole, a second hole, a third hole, and a fourth hole. The first hole and the fourth hole have a corresponding first orientation and the second hole and the third hole have a corresponding second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Claudia Graca, Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Edgar Kaiser
  • INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL LOCKING HOLE ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150080893
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail has a driving end portion and a non-driving end portion with a longitudinal axis. The non-driving end portion comprises a locking hole arrangement with a sequence of four holes, i.e. spaced from non-driving to driving end a first hole, a second hole, a third hole, and a fourth hole. The first hole and the fourth hole have a corresponding first orientation and the second hole and the third hole have a corresponding second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: STRYKER TRAUMA GMBH
    Inventors: Claudia Graca, Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Edgar Kaiser
  • METHOD FOR TIBIAL NAIL INSERTION
    Publication number: 20150073415
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca
  • Method for tibial nail insertion
    Patent number: 8920422
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Stryker Trauma GmbH
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca
  • POLYAXIAL LOCKING HOLE ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140276828
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail according to the invention has a locking hole arrangement having one first opening on one side of the intramedullary nail and one second opening at an opposing side of the intramedullary nail. The locking hole arrangement has a first bore having a first bore axis and a second bore having a second bore axis. The first bore and the second bore each having a first orifice on one side of the intramedullary nail and each having a second orifice at an opposite side of the intramedullary nail. The first bore axis and the second bore axis are inclined with respect to each other and the first bore and the second bore intersect each other within the intramedullary nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: STRYKER TRAUMA GMBH
    Inventors: Ilan Howling, Claudia Graca, Annika Homeier
  • METHOD FOR TIBIAL NAIL INSERTION
    Publication number: 20130072931
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Stryker Trauma GmbH
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca