Patents by Inventor Danielle Elisabeth VAN DER KOUWE

Danielle Elisabeth VAN DER KOUWE 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).

  • MEDICAL DEVICE FOR POSITIONING BONE ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR VERTEBRAE, RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, AS WELL AS A TOOL FOR THE PLACEMENT, PART BY PART, OF SUCH A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080300630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device for positioning bone elements, in particular vertebrae, relative to each other, comprising at least one assembly built up of two or more anchoring elements, which can each be implanted in a bone element with a first end thereof, as well as an elongated connecting element, which can be connected to the other ends of the anchoring elements projecting from the bone element in question. The object of the invention is to provide an improved medical device as referred to in the introduction, placement of which requires a simpler procedure and thus less drastic surgery, which is less burdening for the patient, therefore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BAAT HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Allard Xander BONNEMA, Hubertus Paul Maria TER BRAAK, Danielle Elisabeth VAN DER KOUWE, Joseph DE ROOSE, Dirk UYTTENDAELE, Bart POFFYN