Patents by Inventor Bernhard Bischoff

Bernhard Bischoff 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).

  • Implant for Sealing and/or Healing a Defect in an Annulus of an Intervertebral Disc
    Publication number: 20090012540
    Abstract: An implant for sealing and/or healing a defect in an annulus having an area intended to encompass the defect. The implant is a textile strip that has a middle area which is intended to encompass the defect and which is an oriented low-density embroidered structure for guided tissue ingrowth and reinforcement and end areas adjacent to the middle area which are a high-density embroidered structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicants: BISCHOFF TEXTIL AG, UNIVERSITAT BERN
    Inventors: Stephen Ferguson, Thomas Steffen, Max Aebi, Jivko Stoyanov, Bernhard Bischoff, Mario F. Billia
  • Medicinal product with a textile component
    Patent number: 6737149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicinal product with a textile component such as a wound compress having a surface containing a multiplicity of openings arranged in at least two hole patterns. The diameter of one opening of one hole pattern deviates from the diameter of an opening of another hole pattern by about at least a factor of 5. Better wound healing is achieved by adapting the structural and mechanical characteristics of the medicinal product to the characteristics of the target tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Tissupor AG
    Inventors: Erich Wintermantel, Jörg Mayer, Erdal Karamuk, Roland Seidl, Bärbel Wagner, Bernhard Bischoff, Mario Billia
  • Medicinal product with a textile component
    Patent number: RE40833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicinal product with a textile component such as a wound compress having a surface containing a multiplicity of openings arranged in at least two hole patterns. The diameter of one opening of one hole pattern deviates from the diameter of an opening of another hole pattern by about at least a factor of 5. Better wound healing is achieved by adapting the structural and mechanical characteristics of the medicinal product to the characteristics of the target tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Tissupor AG
    Inventors: Erich Wintermantel, Jorg Mayer, Erdal Karamuk, Roland Seidl, Barbel Wagner, Bernhard Bischoff, Mario Billia