Patents by Inventor Barbara Shuldt-Hempe

Barbara Shuldt-Hempe 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).

  • Surgical Implant
    Publication number: 20070250147
    Abstract: A surgical implant (10) has an areal base structure (12) and at least one projection (14) which is absorbable or partially absorbable and which is designed to take up at least half the implant's own weight of body fluids. In a preferred embodiment, the projection (14) has an attachment area (16) which is sited on the base structure (12) and which is adjoined by a cylindrical or frustoconical middle part (17), pointing away from the base structure (12), followed by a widening (18) arranged at the end remote from the base structure (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Christoph Walther, Barbara Shuldt-Hempe, Stephen Wohlert