Patents by Inventor Dirk Kerstan

Dirk Kerstan 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).

  • Patent number: 10470835
    Abstract: A single use disposable sterile kit, including a sterile sealed container including a first module configured to fit within the sterile sealed container including a single bone plate including a plurality of fastener apertures, and a fastener housing including a plurality of protrusions on the top of the fastener housing, a plurality of stairs extending downward from the top of the fastener housing and a plurality of concave depressions located on the top surface of the plurality of stairs for housing a plurality of fasteners, each of the plurality of fasteners including a head and a shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Healey, Philip Watt, Miriam Chapman, Dirk Kerstan, Steven Greco, David Moszak, Todd Beaupre
  • Publication number: 20180206933
    Abstract: A single use disposable sterile kit, including a sterile sealed container including a first module configured to fit within the sterile sealed container including a single bone plate including a plurality of fastener apertures, and a fastener housing including a plurality of protrusions on the top of the fastener housing, a plurality of stairs extending downward from the top of the fastener housing and a plurality of concave depressions located on the top surface of the plurality of stairs for housing a plurality of fasteners, each of the plurality of fasteners including a head and a shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Healey, Philip Watt, Miriam Wehrli, Dirk Kerstan, Steven Greco, David Moszak, Todd Beaupre
  • Patent number: 9370386
    Abstract: A bone fixation plate comprises a plate body extending from a first end configured for placement over a shaft of a bone to a second end configured and dimensioned for placement over an epiphysis of the bone, an outer diameter of the plate body increasing from the first end to the second end to substantially conform to dimensions of the bone. An opening extends through the plate from a first surface which faces away from the bone when mounted thereonto to a second surface which faces the bone when in the desired orientation, the opening being positioned so that, when mounted over the bone, a fracture of the bone is visible therethrough to aid in alignment of the bone plate. First and second holes extend through the plate, each of the first and second holes being structured to lockingly engage a threaded head of a bone fixation device inserted thereinto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Andre Galm, Martin Langer, Dirk Kerstan, Christof Dutoit, Franco Cicoira, Mirko Rocci
  • Publication number: 20150223852
    Abstract: A bone plate includes a first three-part combination hole extending through a proximal portion of the plate, a first portion configured to engage a threaded head portion of a bone fixation element, a second portion configured to receive a bone fixation element along an axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the bone and a third portion defining a screw axis extending toward the distal end of the elongated body at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal axis in combination with a first two-part combination hole extending through the proximal portion, a first threaded portion configured to engage a threaded head portion of a bone fixation element and a second portion defining an elongated slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the plate for receiving a bone fixation element so that the plate may slide along its longitudinal axis relative to the bone fixation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Eva LIETZ, Dirk Kerstan, Ladislav Nagy
  • Patent number: 9023052
    Abstract: A bone plate includes a first three-part combination hole extending through a proximal portion of the plate, a first portion configured to engage a threaded head portion of a bone fixation element, a second portion configured to receive a bone fixation element along an axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the bone and a third portion defining a screw axis extending toward the distal end of the elongated body at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal axis in combination with a first two-part combination hole extending through the proximal portion, a first threaded portion configured to engage a threaded head portion of a bone fixation element and a second portion defining an elongated slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the plate for receiving a bone fixation element so that the plate may slide along its longitudinal axis relative to the bone fixation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Eva Lietz, Dirk Kerstan, Ladislav Nagy
  • Patent number: 8496694
    Abstract: A buttress pin for fixing an implant to a bone, comprises a head at a proximal end, the head comprising a rounded outer profile and including first threading and a shaft extending distally from the head, the shaft including second threading extending over at least a portion of a length thereof, a position of a proximal end of the second threading along the shaft being spaced from a distal end of the first threading by a distance equal to a distance between a proximal end of a hole in an implant to be anchored to a bone via the buttress pin and a surface of the bone when the implant is in a target position on the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Hashmi, Dirk Kerstan
  • Publication number: 20120123484
    Abstract: A bone plate includes a first three-part combination hole extending through a proximal portion of the plate, a first portion configured to engage a threaded head portion of a bone fixation element, a second portion configured to receive a bone fixation element along an axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the bone and a third portion defining a screw axis extending toward the distal end of the elongated body at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal axis in combination with a first two-part combination hole extending through the proximal portion, a first threaded portion configured to engage a threaded head portion of a bone fixation element and a second portion defining an elongated slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the plate for receiving a bone fixation element so that the plate may slide along its longitudinal axis relative to the bone fixation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Eva Lietz, Dirk Kerstan, Ladislav Nagy
  • Publication number: 20110218576
    Abstract: A bone fixation plate comprises a plate body extending from a first end configured for placement over a shaft of a bone to a second end configured and dimensioned for placement over an epiphysis of the bone, an outer diameter of the plate body increasing from the first end to the second end to substantially conform to dimensions of the bone. An opening extends through the plate from a first surface which faces away from the bone when mounted thereonto to a second surface which faces the bone when in the desired orientation, the opening being positioned so that, when mounted over the bone, a fracture of the bone is visible therethrough to aid in alignment of the bone plate. First and second holes extend through the plate, each of the first and second holes being structured to lockingly engage a threaded head of a bone fixation device inserted thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Andre Galm, Martin Langer, Dirk Kerstan, Christof Dutoit
  • Publication number: 20110118795
    Abstract: A buttress pin for fixing an implant to a bone, comprises a head at a proximal end, the head comprising a rounded outer profile and including first threading and a shaft extending distally from the head, the shaft including second threading extending over at least a portion of a length thereof, a position of a proximal end of the second threading along the shaft being spaced from a distal end of the first threading by a distance equal to a distance between a proximal end of a hole in an implant to be anchored to a bone via the buttress pin and a surface of the bone when the implant is in a target position on the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Adam Hashmi, Dirk Kerstan