Patents by Inventor Beat Spörri

Beat Spörri 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).

  • Publication number: 20190183544
    Abstract: A system for treating a bone fracture includes an intramedullary nail sized and shaped to be inserted through a medullary canal of a bone to extend across a fracture site of the bone, the intramedullary device extending from a first end to a second end and including a plurality of openings extending laterally therethrough, the openings sized and shaped to receive bone fixation elements therethrough, and an insertion device including a base portion and a handle portion extending therefrom, the base portion integrally formed with the intramedullary nail and connected thereto via a plurality of connection points which, when a force is exerted thereon, break to disconnect the insertion device from the intramedullary nail, the base portion including a plurality of guide channels extending therethrough, each of the guide channels being aligned with a corresponding one of the openings of the intramedullary nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Yvonne SCHUMACHER, Robert FRIGG, Alfred NIEDERBERGER, Daniel FLURI, Andreas APPENZELLER, Beat SPÖRRI
  • Patent number: 10251682
    Abstract: A system for treating a bone fracture includes an intramedullary nail sized and shaped to be inserted through a medullary canal of a bone to extend across a fracture site of the bone, the intramedullary device extending from a first end to a second end and including a plurality of openings extending laterally therethrough, the openings sized and shaped to receive bone fixation elements therethrough, and an insertion device including a base portion and a handle portion extending therefrom, the base portion integrally formed with the intramedullary nail and connected thereto via a plurality of connection points which, when a force is exerted thereon, break to disconnect the insertion device from the intramedullary nail, the base portion including a plurality of guide channels extending therethrough, each of the guide channels being aligned with a corresponding one of the openings of the intramedullary nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Yvonne Schumacher, Robert Frigg, Alfred Niederberger, Daniel Fluri, Andreas Appenzeller, Beat Spörri
  • Publication number: 20180271567
    Abstract: A system for treating a bone fracture includes an intramedullary nail sized and shaped to be inserted through a medullary canal of a bone to extend across a fracture site of the bone, the intramedullary device extending from a first end to a second end and including a plurality of openings extending laterally therethrough, the openings sized and shaped to receive bone fixation elements therethrough, and an insertion device including a base portion and a handle portion extending therefrom, the base portion integrally formed with the intramedullary nail and connected thereto via a plurality of connection points which, when a force is exerted thereon, break to disconnect the insertion device from the intramedullary nail, the base portion including a plurality of guide channels extending therethrough, each of the guide channels being aligned with a corresponding one of the openings of the intramedullary nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yvonne SCHUMACHER, Robert FRIGG, Alfred NIEDERBERGER, Daniel FLURI, Andreas APPENZELLER, Beat SPÖRRI
  • Patent number: 5206928
    Abstract: A fluid heater and storage device for a bidet includes an electric heater (3) positioned inside a housing (1) in a lower portion thereof. The housing (1) has a connection side with an inlet opening (6) and an outlet opening (7) for the fluid to enter and exit the housing located in an upper portion of the connection side. An insert (10) is positioned in the upper portion the housing (1) adjacent to the inlet opening (6). The insert (10) receives input fluid from the inlet opening (6) and guides the fluid along the connection side towards the lower portion of the housing (1). The input fluid then flows across the bottom of the housing and is heated by the heater (3) as it flows the recross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Geberit AG
    Inventor: Beat Sporri
  • Patent number: D689523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG
    Inventors: Sofia Elisabeth Galbraith, Christoph Rickert, Beat Spörri, Nicole Bernini, Martin Müri, Hans August Peter Michael, Nicola Chamberlain, Lars Thomas Nilsson, Marcus Gabriel Narmer Heneen
  • Patent number: D720449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG
    Inventors: Sofia Elisabeth Galbraith, Christoph Rickert, Beat Spörri, Nicole Bernini, Martin Müri, Hans August Peter Michael, Nicola Chamberlain, Lars Thomas Nilsson, Marcus Gabriel Narmer Heneen