Patents by Inventor Dieter Kuhn

Dieter Kuhn 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: 20190192740
    Abstract: An implant is provided having an antibiotic coating that is inexpensive and easy to manufacture. The antibiotic coating adheres well and in stable manner to the surface of the implant, can be degraded by the body without forming toxic products, prevents the crystallization of the antibiotics in the coating, and ensures a high immediate locally-effective antibiotic concentration at the implant site. A coating solution useful for making the implant and a method for the manufacture of the implant are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian VOGT, Hubert BÜCHNER, Klaus-Dieter KÜHN
  • Patent number: 9833472
    Abstract: The invention proposes an antiseptic composition for use as bone cement, in particular an antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement, that can be cured and comprises a content of at least one component that is a compound with an oxidizing effect or from which a compound with an oxidizing effect can be released. Preferably, hydrogen peroxide is or can be released. In this context, it is particularly preferred to use an adduct or a salt of hydrogen peroxide that releases hydrogen peroxide in the presence of water or aqueous conditions. The antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement can be used for mechanical fixation of primary total articular endoprostheses, for mechanical fixation of revision total articular endoprostheses, and for producing spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Klaus-Dieter Kühn
  • Publication number: 20170245457
    Abstract: A method and system for homogenizing a fibrous, viscous food mass 1, in particular pasta filata, such as mozzarella, for example, wherein a feed quantity of the food mass 1 is initially fed continuously to a homogenizing device comprising a container, wherein in a subsequent step the food mass 1 exiting an outlet gap of the container is fed to a shaping and/or cooling device disposed underneath the container, wherein the shaping and/or cooling device forms a filling gap between two rollers, each of which, in particular, is equipped with a belt, and shapes the food mass 1 into a food strip, wherein the outlet gap of the container is oriented at least substantially parallel to the filling gap, wherein the opening width of the outlet gap 5 and/or the feed quantity are set such that the food mass located in the container can settle for the purpose of homogenization, wherein the fibers of the food mass entering the filling gap are aligned substantially in the processing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Hochland SE
    Inventors: Dieter Kuhn, Oskar Milz, Andreas Mueller
  • Patent number: 9738535
    Abstract: A precipitated silica having an SiOHisolated absorbance ratio of greater than or equal to 1.5, a silanol group density of 1 to 3.0 SiOH/nm2, a modified tapped density of 1 to 50 g/l, and a pH of 3-5, when measured as a aqueous suspension of 5.00 g of the precipitated silica in 100 ml. of deionized water allows preparation of storage-stable RTV-1 silicone rubber formulations without stabilizer. A process for preparing the precipitated silica and its use in thickening sealants is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Panz, Helga Obladen, Karl Meier, Markus Ruf, Rene Allerdisse, Dieter Kuhn, Aziz El Moussaoui, Mario Scholz, Michael Kempf
  • Patent number: 9700657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material that comprises at least one magnesium component, whereby the magnesium component consists of pure magnesium or a magnesium-calcium alloy or a magnesium-calcium-X alloy, whereby X is another biodegradable element. The composite material also contains at least one organic anti-infective agent having a solubility in water at room temperature of less than 10 grams per liter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH, MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Kühn, Annelie Weinberg, Peter Uggowitzer, Sebastian Vogt, Jörg Löffler
  • Patent number: 9480778
    Abstract: A method for coating at least regions of a medical implant includes providing a medical implant having a surface to be coated, and immersing the surface of the medical implant into a liquid including at least one pharmaceutically active substance, whereby the liquid is transferred to the surface of the medical implant due to the immersing. The method also includes pulling the surface of the medical implant out of the liquid, whereby part of the liquid remains adhering to the surface of the medical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Klaus-Dieter Kühn
  • Publication number: 20160302378
    Abstract: A method and system for homogenizing a fibrous, viscous food mass 1, in particular pasta filata, such as mozzarella, for example, wherein a feed quantity of the food mass 1 is initially fed continuously to a homogenizing device comprising a container, wherein in a subsequent step the food mass 1 exiting an outlet gap of the container is fed to a shaping and/or cooling device disposed underneath the container, wherein the shaping and/or cooling device forms a filling gap between two rollers, each of which, in particular, is equipped with a belt, and shapes the food mass 1 into a food strip, wherein the outlet gap of the container is oriented at least substantially parallel to the filling gap, wherein the opening width of the outlet gap 5 and/or the feed quantity are set such that the food mass located in the container can settle for the purpose of homogenization, wherein the fibers of the food mass entering the filling gap are aligned substantially in the processing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Dieter Kuhn, Oskar Milz, Andreas Mueller
  • Patent number: 9241746
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-infective spacer for osteosynthesis plates comprising a plate having at least one opening for accommodating a screw, whereby the plate is made up of at least one biocompatible material, in which at least one antimicrobial substance is distributed, dispersed or dissolved. The invention also relates to a set comprising at least one osteosynthesis plate and at least one said spacer, preferably comprising at least one screw for each recess of each spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Klaus-Dieter Kühn
  • Patent number: 9185876
    Abstract: A method and system for homogenizing a fibrous, viscous food mass 1, in particular pasta filata, such as mozzarella, for example, wherein a feed quantity of the food mass 1 is initially fed continuously to a homogenizing device comprising a container, wherein in a subsequent step the food mass 1 exiting an outlet gap of the container is fed to a shaping and/or cooling device disposed underneath the container, wherein the shaping and/or cooling device forms a filling gap between two rollers, each of which, in particular, is equipped with a belt, and shapes the food mass 1 into a food strip, wherein the outlet gap of the container is oriented at least substantially parallel to the filling gap, wherein the opening width of the outlet gap 5 and/or the feed quantity are set such that the food mass located in the container can settle for the purpose of homogenization, wherein the fibers of the food mass entering the filling gap are aligned substantially in the processing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hochland SE
    Inventors: Dieter Kuhn, Oskar Milz, Andreas Mueller
  • Patent number: 9078959
    Abstract: A device for coating at least regions of a medical implant includes an elastically deformable transfer means having a liquid that contains at least one pharmaceutically active substance. The liquid can be transferred to the medical implant when the transfer means is contacted with a surface of the medical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Klaus-Dieter Kühn
  • Patent number: 8962008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polymeric material with enhanced hydrophilicity for medical use comprising a biocompatible polyester material selected from the group consisting of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s, poly(lactic acid)s, poly(glycolic acid)s, poly(caprolactone)s and copolymers and blends thereof, wherein the biocompatible polyester material is crosslinked with a functionalized poly(alkylene oxide) having at least two functional groups independently selected from the group consisting of azido-formate and alkanoyl azide. The novel polymeric material with enhanced hydrophilicity is useful as a biocompatible material in a variety of medical applications, including medical implants, bioresorbable implants, tissue engineering, and controlled release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Technische Universitat Graz, Medical University of Graz MUG, AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft, Herabus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Wiesbrock, Clemens Ebner, Franz Stelzer, Annelie-Martina Weinberg, Klaus-Dieter Kühn
  • Publication number: 20150032201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material that comprises at least one magnesium component, whereby the magnesium component consists of pure magnesium or a magnesium-calcium alloy or a magnesium-calcium-X alloy, whereby X is another biodegradable element. The composite material also contains at least one organic anti-infective agent having a solubility in water at room temperature of less than 10 grams per liter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicants: MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ, HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: KLAUS-DIETER KÜHN, ANNELIE WEINBERG, PETER UGGOWITZER, SEBASTIAN VOGT, JÖRG LÖFFLER
  • Publication number: 20140360935
    Abstract: For treatment of ballast water, on uptake of ballast water into a ship, equilibrium peracetic acid and catalase are added to the ballast water, wherein equilibrium peracetic acid is added in an amount of from 5 to 50 mg/l peracetic acid and catalase is added in an amount which within 120 h breaks down the content of the hydrogen peroxide introduced with the equilibrium peracetic acid to less than 2 mg/l in the ballast water. For treating the ballast water, a device is suitable that comprises a ballast water tank, a conduit for filling the ballast water tank and a conduit for emptying the ballast water tank, wherein metering devices for equilibrium peracetic acid and catalase are connected to the conduit for filling the ballast water tank, and a metering device for a reducing agent is connected to the conduit for emptying the ballast water tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Meier, Frank Dieter Kuhn, Sven Siebenlist
  • Publication number: 20140228449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polymeric material with enhanced hydrophilicity for medical use comprising a biocompatible polyester material selected from the group consisting of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s, poly(lactic acid)s, poly(glycolic acid)s, poly(caprolactone)s and copolymers and blends thereof, wherein the biocompatible polyester material is crosslinked with a functionalized poly(alkylene oxide) having at least two functional groups independently selected from the group consisting of azido-formate and alkanoyl azide. The novel polymeric material with enhanced hydrophilicity is useful as a biocompatible material in a variety of medical applications, including medical implants, bioresorbable implants, tissue engineering, and controlled release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Technische Universitat Graz
    Inventors: Frank Wiesbrock, Clemens Ebner, Franz Stelzer, Annelie-Martina Weinberg, Klaus-Dieter Kühn
  • Patent number: 8779031
    Abstract: Thermoplastic elastomer mixture which comprises at least one thermoplastic elastomer TPE, with the exception of a thermoplastic polyurethane TPU, and at least one filler from the group of precipitated silica, or precipitated silicate or carbon black. The thermoplastic elastomer mixtures are produced by, in a first step, mixing at least one filler selected from the group of precipitated silica, or precipitated silicate or carbon black, and at least one thermoplastic to give a masterbatch and, in a second step, mixing the masterbatch with at least one thermoplastic elastomer, with the exception of a thermoplastic polyurethane TPU. The thermoplastic elastomer mixture can be used in injection-molded items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Schachtely, Dieter Kuhn, Uwe Kinzlinger, Gerold Schmidt, Guido Scharf, Joerg Roeder, Thomas Welker
  • Patent number: 8758827
    Abstract: A local system for the release of active principle is described which consists of approximately spherical or rotation symmetrical bodies which are composed essentially of polymethyl methacrylate or polymethyl methacrylate co-methyl acrylate, zirconium dioxide or barium sulphate and one or more pharmaceutical active principles, in particular antibiotics, and which are produced by radical polymerization, radical polymerization activators effective in the temperature range of 10-80° C. or residues of these polymerization activators from the groups of aromatic amines, heavy metal salts and barbiturates not being contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Kuhn, Sebastian Vogt
  • Publication number: 20140141097
    Abstract: The invention proposes an antiseptic composition for use as bone cement, in particular an antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement, that can be cured and comprises a content of at least one component that is a compound with an oxidising effect or from which a compound with an oxidising effect can be released. Preferably, hydrogen peroxide is or can be released. In this context, it is particularly preferred to use an adduct or a salt of hydrogen peroxide that releases hydrogen peroxide in the presence of water or aqueous conditions. The antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement can be used for mechanical fixation of primary total articular endoprostheses, for mechanical fixation of revision total articular endoprostheses, and for producing spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian VOGT, Klaus-Dieter Kühn
  • Patent number: 8617504
    Abstract: Hydrophilic precipitated silicas which combine a particularly low initial moisture content with low moisture absorption over time, a low tapped density and a low silanol group density, have the following physicochemical parameters: equilibrium moisture content (at 70% relative humidity/20° C.) of 0.5%-5.0% by weight, based on the weight of the hydrophilic precipitated silica, BET surface area of 50-250 m2/g, CTAB surface area of 50-250 m2/g, and DBP (anhydrous) of 200-350 g/100 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Panz, Helga Obladen, Rene Allerdisse, Karl Meier, Markus Ruf, Michael Kempf, Mario Scholz, Dieter Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20130327718
    Abstract: A device comprising a measuring device for determining the flow rate of a water stream, a measuring device for determining the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the water stream, a measuring device for determining the concentration of peracetic acid in the water stream, a metering device for metering a reducing agent into the water stream downstream of the measuring devices for the concentrations, and a control device which, from the flow rate of the water stream, the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the water stream and the concentration of peracetic acid in the water stream, calculates an amount of reducing agent for reducing the content of hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid to a desired value and actuates the metering device for metering the reducing agent, makes possible reliable reduction of the content of hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid in a water stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: Katayama Chemical, Inc., Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Adami, Hubert Angert, Bernhard König, Steffen Krück, Frank Dieter Kuhn, Martin Lietzenmayer, Egon Walzer, Corinna Schmidt, Nobuhiro Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20130267954
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-infective spacer for osteosynthesis plates comprising a plate having at least one opening for accommodating a screw, whereby the plate is made up of at least one biocompatible material, in which at least one antimicrobial substance is distributed, dispersed or dissolved. The invention also relates to a set comprising at least one osteosynthesis plate and at least one said spacer, preferably comprising at least one screw for each recess of each spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Klaus-Dieter Kühn