Patents by Inventor Emmerich Eckert

Emmerich Eckert 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).

  • Surface Structuring Method for an Implant, A Counter-Body, and an Implant
    Publication number: 20170290651
    Abstract: A method for structuring a surface of an implant (100) made from a plastic material by means of a counter-body (200) comprises the following steps: providing (S110) of a counter-body (200) including a surface (210); forming (S120) of a first surface structure (212) on the surface (210) of the counter-body, wherein a first surface structure (212) comprises a non-regular, randomly distributed pattern; and forming (S130) of a second surface structure (112) on the implant (100) by using the counter-body (200), wherein the second surface structure and the first surface structure (212) are complementary to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Markus König, Anne Martin, Herbert Scheerer, Emmerich Eckert, Matthias Oechsner