Patents by Inventor Edgar J. Kaiser

Edgar J. Kaiser 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).

  • Hybrid electromagnetic-acoustic distal targeting system
    Patent number: 8491660
    Abstract: A data transmission system connected to a bone implant has an extra-corporeally arranged external transmitting unit an implantable internal first receiving unit adapted to be actuated by the external transmitting unit. An internal transmitting unit is adapted to be coupled and implanted to the implant. A second transmission section is located between the external transmitting unit and the internal first receiving unit, via which the internal transmitting unit is actuated. A second receiving unit and a first transmission section is located between the internal transmitting unit and the second receiving unit. The first transmission section operates with acoustic vibrations or waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Stryker Trauma GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar J. Kaiser, Andreas Werner Speitling
  • Hybrid Electromagnetic-Acoustic Distal Targeting System
    Publication number: 20080170473
    Abstract: A data transmission system connected to a bone implant has an extra-corporeally arranged external transmitting unit an implantable internal first receiving unit adapted to be actuated by the external transmitting unit. An internal transmitting unit is adapted to be coupled and implanted to the implant. A second transmission section is located between the external transmitting unit and the internal first receiving unit, via which the internal transmitting unit is actuated. A second receiving unit and a first transmission section is located between the internal transmitting unit and the second receiving unit. The first transmission section operates with acoustic vibrations or waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Stryker Trauma GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar J. Kaiser, Andreas Werner Speitling