Patents by Inventor Gunter Hoff

Gunter Hoff 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).

  • Method for producing maximum energy flows
    Patent number: 5493972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing maximum energy flows by releasing chemically stored energy--for example out of explosives--by a photon-controlled reaction which is propagated by the photons released by the reaction and at a velocity for the reaction front which is substantially above 10 km/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Buck Werke GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Friedwart Winterberg, Gunter Hoff, Axel Hoff
  • Mechanically disruptible bone cement
    Patent number: 4868237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bone cement based on physiologically tolerated polymers, the incorporation of acoustic perturbation elements having a sound resistance differing from that of the polymer making it possible, in the case of a necessary re-operation, to disrupt the bone cement by the application of acoustic waves to such an extent that it can easily be removed from the implant location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Gunter Hoff, Jochen Ohnsorge
  • Apparatus for breaking-up, without contact, concrements present in the body of a living being
    Patent number: 3942531
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for breaking-up, without contact, concrements present in the body of a living being, which comprises waveguide means filled with a liquid medium and adapted to be placed against said body, and means for generating shock waves within said waveguide means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Assignee: Dornier System GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Hoff, Armin Behrendt