Patents by Inventor Bernhard Mayer

Bernhard Mayer 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).

  • Biocompatibly coated medical implants
    Publication number: 20050079200
    Abstract: Implantable medical devices with biocompatible coatings and processes for their production are described. The present invention relates in particular to medical implantable devices coated with a carbon-containing layer which devices are produced by at least partially coating the device with a polymer film and heating the polymer film in an atmosphere which is essentially free from oxygen to temperatures in the region of 200° C. to 2500° C., a carbon-containing layer being produced on the implantable medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Jorg Rathenow, Andreas Ban, Jurgen Kunstmann, Bernhard Mayer, Soheil Asgari
  • Method for coating substrates with a carbon-based material
    Publication number: 20050079356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating substrates with a carbon-based material, comprising the steps of at least partially coating a substrate with a polymer film on at least one outside surface of the substrate and carbonizing the polymer film in an atmosphere that is essentially free of oxygen at temperatures in the range of 200° C. to 2500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Jorg Rathenow, Jurgen Kunstmann, Bernhard Mayer, Andreas Ban