Patents by Inventor Franz Weber

Franz Weber 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: 20050186251
    Abstract: Novel polymer compositions that are useful in the manufacture of medical implants, implants having osteogenic properties and methods of making said implants are disclosed. Polymer compositions comprise a base material including a polymer matrix of resorbable polymer(s) or copolymer(s), and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein NMP is present in an amount imparting osteogenic properties for the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: INION LTD.
    Inventors: Eija Pirhonen, Jan Nieuwenhuis, Auvo Kaikkonen, Tuomo Nieminen, Franz Weber
  • Patent number: 6926903
    Abstract: Novel polymer compositions that are useful in the manufacture of medical implants, implants having osteogenic properties and methods of making said implants are disclosed. Polymer compositions comprise a base material including a polymer matrix of resorbable polymer(s) or copolymer(s), and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein NMP is present in an amount imparting osteogenic properties for the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Inion Ltd.
    Inventors: Eija Pirhonen, Jan Nieuwenhuis, Auvo Kaikkonen, Tuomo Nieminen, Franz Weber
  • Publication number: 20030104029
    Abstract: Novel polymer compositions that are useful in the manufacture of medical implants, implants having osteogenic properties and methods of making said implants are disclosed. Polymer compositions comprise a base material including a polymer matrix of resorbable polymer(s) or copolymer(s), and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein NMP is present in an amount imparting osteogenic properties for the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: INION LTD.
    Inventors: Eija Pirhonen, Jan Nieuwenhuis, Auvo Kaikkonen, Tuomo Nieminen, Franz Weber
  • Publication number: 20030073633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel mutants of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) useful as inhibitors of heterotopic ossification. Specifically, the present invention relates to novel mutants containing only the entire region involved in the formation of finger 2 including the wrist epitope of a BMP with a specific cysteine residue or specific cysteine residues replaced by a different amino acid. The present invention also relates pharmaceutical compositions containing these mutants and to the use of the mutants and pharmaceutical compositions in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: INION LTD.
    Inventor: Franz Weber
  • Publication number: 20030045474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a mixture of stable folding variants of recombinant bone morphogenic proteins (rBMPs) and its use in therapy, especially in the treatment of orthopaedic and dental patients. Specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a mixture of stable folding variants of at least two rBMPs or their monomers or mutants in a suitable carrier system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: University of Zurich
    Inventors: Hermann Sailer, Franz Weber
  • Publication number: 20030012818
    Abstract: Bioactive molecules are entrapped within a matrix for the controlled delivery of these compounds for therapeutic healing applications. The matrix may be formed of natural or synthetic compounds. The primary method of entrapment of the bioactive molecule is through precipitation of the bioactive molecule during gelation of the matrix, either in vitro or in vivo. The bioactive molecule may be modified to reduce its effective solubility in the matrix to retain it more effectively within the matrix, such as through the deglycosylation of members within the cystine knot growth factor superfamily and particularly within the TGF&bgr; superfamily. The matrix may be modified to include sites with binding affinity for different bioactive molecules, for example, for heparin binding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich and Universitat Zurich
    Inventors: Jason C. Schense, Hugo Schmoekel, Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Franz Weber
  • Patent number: 5676331
    Abstract: A dispenser for rolls of toilet paper comprises a box-like housing having lateral vertical guides for receiving bearing pins mounted on the rolls, the guides each being provided with an entry portion leading from the front face of the housing. The entry portion of one of the lateral guides has an inwardly projecting guiding element which matches an axially extending notch or recess in one of the bearing pins of a paper roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Inventor: Franz Weber
  • Patent number: 5509571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser for sanitary-hygiene items, such as bags which can be folded up, handkerchiefs, or the like, comprising a box-type housing and a container of a flexible material, such as cardboard, which is exchangeably arranged in the housing and contains the sanitary-hygiene items, the housing of which dispenser comprises at least one projection which projects into the interior of said housing, and the container is provided, in the region of the projections, with predetermined breaking points for puncturing by the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: DRL Hygiene-Systeme GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Weber
  • Patent number: D337908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Die Reine Losung Hygiene-Systeme GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Weber