Patents by Inventor Gernot Asche

Gernot Asche 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).

  • Supra condylus bone nail
    Patent number: 6010505
    Abstract: A supracondylar bone nail has an elongated shank with a distal end and a proximal end and has two bends in the M-L plane. Both bends are in the same direction with screw holes between the distal tip of the nail and the first bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Howmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Asche, Hans Erich Harder, Thomas Heinrich Anton Heinz, Klaus Hornberger, Reinhard Schnettler, Vilmos Vecsei
  • Dynamic external fixation device
    Patent number: 5122140
    Abstract: This dynamic external fixation device for the wrist comprises an articulated joint 10 arranged between assemblies 40 and 50 for fixation of groups of pins 60 and 70 inserted in the bone on either side of the articulation 80 whose axis is detected by means of targeting needles 90. The fixation assemblies 40 and 50 permit positioning of the fixation device in the plane of the arrows A and B, while an adjustment device 20 and a device 30 permitting play permit its inclination transversely relative to this plane, without disturbing the positioning previously obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Jaquet Orthopedie, S.A.
    Inventors: Gernot Asche, Marcel H. Wagenknecht