Patents by Inventor Hans B Bauerfeind

Hans B Bauerfeind 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: 20250127644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to orthopaedic products, in particular orthoses and support devices for orthoses. The invention provides an improved support device for an orthosis, a method of producing the same and an orthosis containing a support device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Dominique Panzer, Oliver Marx, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Patent number: 12279987
    Abstract: The invention relates to pads (200), in particular for orthopedic aids, comprising a pad pressure element (100, 101). The invention also relates to the use of the pads according to the invention in orthoses or bandages as well as to orthoses or bandages comprising pads according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventor: Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Patent number: 12232994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilizing rod (99, 101) for an orthopedic aid, the stabilizing rod (99, 101) having a bending section (130) in the longitudinal direction, the bending section (130) having at least one mesh belt structure (131).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Bauerfeind AG
    Inventor: Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Patent number: 12167977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a limb orthosis, in particular a knee orthosis, comprising a strap system, wherein a strap as a first section of the strap system is routed in such a manner that the strap crosses over in a first crossover region and that a strap as a second section of the strap system is routed in such a manner that the strap crosses over in a second crossover region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Bauerfeind AG
    Inventors: Sandro Hebenstreit, Gerald Stier, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Patent number: 12161576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a back support belt system, in particular a back orthosis or reclination orthosis for the treatment and prevention of back problems. The system comprises a pelvis strap and two independent left and right shoulder straps extending therefrom, those shoulder straps crossing each other in the back and ribcage region and being connected to the pelvis strap via tension straps, for simultaneously tensioning the pelvis strap and the shoulder straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bauerfeind AG
    Inventors: Linda Schiermeister, Toni Holter, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20240366411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pad for Achilles tendon bandages or orthoses, to an Achilles tendon bandage or orthosis which has a pad according to the invention, and to the use of a pad according to the invention for draining lymphatic fluid and for relieving the Achilles tendon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Madlin Grundmann, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20240285423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a joint bandage for a wrist or an ankle with a strap element, wherein the strap element has at least two elastic sections and at least one non-clastic section between the two elastic sections, wherein the second end of the strap element is reversibly fastenable to the strap element or to a tube element and/or wherein the strap element is at least 40 cm long.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hans B. Bauerfeind, Toni Holter
  • Publication number: 20240268982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical aid or sports aid (100), comprising a Bowden cable (10, 40), wherein the Bowden cable (10, 40) comprises a core (11, 41), wherein the core (11, 41) runs at least in a partial region in a casing (12, 42), wherein the casing (12, 42) is stretchable at least in a partial region, and the use of a Bowden cable (10, 40), having a core (11, 41) for tensioning a medical aid or a sports aid (100), wherein the core (11, 41) runs at least partially displaceably in a casing (12, 42) and the casing (12, 42) is stretchable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald Stier, Sandro Hebenstreit, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20240225882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a back support belt system, particularly to a back orthosis or reclination orthosis for the treatment and prevention of back disorders. The system has a pelvic belt and two independent left and right shoulder belts extending therefrom, and a guiding module associated with the shoulder belts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hans B. BAUERFEIND, Gerald STIER, Sandro HEBENSTREIT
  • Patent number: 11771576
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tiltable joint brace for a joint orthesis, comprising: two articulated limbs pivotably mounted on each other in a bearing arrangement, wherein the head of the first articulated limb supports a bearing arrangement which can be connected to the head of the second articulated limb by non-positive and positive fit in order to form the pivot joint. A curved sliding surface is formed on the bearing arrangement, and the head rests on the curved sliding surface with positive fit. There, the second articulated limb can tilt freely toward the pivot axis of the joint brace against the first articulated limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Bauerfeind AG
    Inventors: Hans B. Bauerfeind, Dominique Panzer
  • Publication number: 20230132897
    Abstract: A pad, in particular for orthopedic aids, comprising a pad pressure element. The invention also relates to orthoses, bandages, or compression garments which comprise pads according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventors: André BECK, Hans B. BAUERFEIND
  • Publication number: 20230118557
    Abstract: A thumb orthosis, particular for correcting malpositions of the thumb in the carpometacarpal joint, includes a) a substantially dimensionally stable molded body bent in a U-shape, which is fitted on the hand between the thumb and index finger in the applied state and supports the thumb and fixes it at a distance from the index finger, wherein the molded body bent in a U-shape has a first end portion and a second end portion, and b) a strap which is fastened by one strap end to the first end portion of the molded body, wherein the second end portion of the molded body has a guiding element for guiding the strap, for example has a turning element for turning the strap back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventors: André BECK, Hans B. BAUERFEIND
  • Patent number: 11555259
    Abstract: This invention relates to a polymer composition containing at least one polymer and at least one agent, formed bodies having such a polymer composition, the use of the formed bodies and polymer compositions, and corresponding threads, nonwoven materials, clothing articles, and medical aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventor: Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20220280329
    Abstract: The invention relates to pads (200), in particular for orthopedic aids, comprising a pad pressure element (100, 101). The invention also relates to the use of the pads according to the invention in orthoses or bandages as well as to orthoses or bandages comprising pads according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Hans B. BAUERFEIND
  • Patent number: 11337842
    Abstract: The application relates to an active joint orthosis, particularly an orthosis for the hip joint, with an extended therapeutic function and including a joint splint with articulated arms that can be pivoted relative to one another and a pad that can be actively moved via a coupling joint or cam profile on one articulated arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Hess, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Patent number: 11202718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tensioning strap comprising a strap-shaped base body that is compressible and/or extensible in the longitudinal direction, and comprising at least one pull cable, wherein the pull cable runs at least once along the longitudinal direction of the base body, and wherein the pull cable is deflected at at least one end of the base body. The present invention also relates to various possible applications of the tensioning strap according to the invention—in particular, in the field of medical aids, orthopedic aids, or sports aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventors: André Beck, Frank Albert, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20210186734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilizing rod (99, 101) for an orthopedic aid, the stabilizing rod (99, 101) having a bending section (130) in the longitudinal direction, the bending section (130) having at least one mesh belt structure (131).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20210177638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a back support belt system, in particular a back orthosis or reclination orthosis for the treatment and prevention of back problems. The system comprises a pelvis strap and two independent left and right shoulder straps extending therefrom, those shoulder straps crossing each other in the back and ribcage region and being connected to the pelvis strap via tension straps, for simultaneously tensioning the pelvis strap and the shoulder straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Linda Schiermeister, Toni Holter, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20210030576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilizing rod (10) for an orthopedic aid, the stabilizing rod (101) having in the longitudinal direction a first section (110) and a second section (120), the first section (110) and the second section (120) being connected to each other via a third, flexible section (130). According to the invention, the third, flexible section (130) has at least one material cut-out (131).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Publication number: 20210022900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a limb orthosis, in particular a knee orthosis, comprising a strap system, wherein a strap as a first section of the strap system is routed in such a manner that the strap crosses over in a first crossover region and that a strap as a second section of the strap system is routed in such a manner that the strap crosses over in a second crossover region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Sandro Hebenstreit, Gerald Stier, Hans B. Bauerfeind