Patents by Inventor Christoph Saager

Christoph Saager 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).

  • Apparatus for the production of endochondral or osteochondral bores
    Patent number: 6110178
    Abstract: The apparatus for the production of endochondral or osteochondral bores comprises a combination of a substantially hollow cylindrical sleeve (10), of which one end is formed as a circular cutting edge (11), with a flat borer (20) which is rotatably and axially displaceably arranged in the sleeve (10). Through pressing in of the cutting edge (11) into the tissue, advantageously only into the cartilage tissue, a tissue column is punched out which then is cut away and removed through screwing in of the flat borer (20). In this the boring is done up to the depth of the cutting edge (11) or deeper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Sulzer Orthopadie AG
    Inventors: Manfred Zech, Werner Muller-Glauser, Christoph Saager, Pierre Mainil-Varlet