Patents by Inventor Gerd Ruthe

Gerd Ruthe 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).

  • Guide device for a surgical machining tool
    Publication number: 20060079907
    Abstract: In a guiding device for a surgical machining tool, which, in particular, is securable to a bone to be worked on and comprises a guiding element which guides the machining tool and is mounted on the guiding device so as to be displaceable in one plane, in order to improve the visibility of the operating site, it is proposed that the guiding element be connected to a frame of the guiding device by at least one lever by means of a pivot whose axis of rotation extends perpendicularly to the guiding plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Boettiger, Gerd Ruthe