Patents by Inventor Franz FASEL

Franz FASEL 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: 10231759
    Abstract: A bone clamp for attachment to a bone includes a first lever and a second lever that are connected to each other by a connection, a sliding block, and a screw. The first lever has a first lever arm and a second lever arm, and the second lever has a third lever arm and a fourth lever arm, the second ends of which are configured to contact the bone. The sliding block is slidably attached to the first lever arm, the screw is pivotably mounted in the sliding block, the first lever arm includes a threaded surface for engaging with the screw mounted in the sliding block, and the sliding block includes a sliding surface on which the third lever arm slides such that the second ends of the levers approach each other when the sliding block moves along the first lever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Rupert Heigl, Franz Fasel, Andrew Ayala
  • Publication number: 20180092667
    Abstract: A bone clamp for being attached to a bone, the bone clamp comprising a first lever and a second lever which are connected to each other by a connection, a sliding block and a screw, wherein: the first lever has a first lever arm from a first end of the first lever to the connection and a second lever arm from a second end of the first lever opposite to the first end to the connection, the second lever has a third lever arm from a first end of the second lever to the connection and a fourth lever arm from a second end of the second lever opposite to the first end to the connection, the second ends of the two levers are to get in contact with the bone, the sliding block is slidably attached to the first lever arm, the screw is pivotably mounted in the sliding block, the first lever arm comprises a threaded surface for engaging with the screw mounted in the sliding block, and the sliding block comprises a sliding surface on which the third lever arm slides such that the second ends of the levers approach each
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Rupert HEIGL, Franz FASEL, Andrew AYALA