Patents by Inventor Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer

Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer 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).

  • SCAPULAR COMPONENT OF A SHOULDER JOINT PROSTHESIS
    Publication number: 20110106266
    Abstract: Scapular component of a shoulder joint prosthesis, having a base plate (11) anchorable to the scapula and, affixable to the base plate, a joint surface member (12) which defines either an anatomical (concave, 13) joint surface or a reverse (convex, 33) joint surface. On the rear side (14) of the base plate (11), which faces the scapula in the implanted state, there is arranged at least one anchoring pin (15, 16, 17) extending obliquely with respect to the base plate (11) in approximately the anterolateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG
    Inventors: Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer, Marc A. Riner, Ernst Kehrli
  • Reverse endoprosthesis for a shoulder joint
    Publication number: 20090306782
    Abstract: A reverse shoulder joint prosthesis has at least one stemless joint cup or shell (9, 11). The humeral implant can be of at least two-part construction, having a cup or shell (9) and a slide component (11) which has been inserted in the shell or cup or with which the cup or shell has been coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics AG
    Inventor: Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer
  • ENDOPROSTHESIS FOR A SHOULDER JOINT
    Publication number: 20070112430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endoprosthesis for a shoulder joint having a stem member (10), extending axially along a first axis (100), with a distal end piece (11) insertable into the humerus of a patient and a proximal end piece (12), a stem head (20) being provided on the proximal end piece (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Beat Simmen, Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer, Marc Riner, Stephan Ingold