Patents by Inventor Hans-Urs Eckerle

Hans-Urs Eckerle 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).

  • System including a self-retaining implant and a device for securing the implant and a method of using the same
    Patent number: 7682361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-retaining implant for fixing a bone cover or a bone fragment in an opening in a skull bone. The implant comprises a support element with an upper side and an lower side facing the bone cover. Arranged on the lower side of the support element is an extension, which supports a spike preferably extending parallel to the support element. The spike can be driven laterally into the bone cover or bone fragment by means of a driving-in device according to the invention. The driving-in device according to the invention comprises a receiving element for the implant. A driving-in mechanism for driving the implant into the bone cover or bone fragment can be coupled with the receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Christian Knöpfle, Karl Greiner, Thorsten Frank, Hans-Urs Eckerle
  • Device for securing an implant
    Publication number: 20060052789
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-retaining implant for fixing a bone cover or a bone fragment in an opening in a skull bone. The implant comprises a support element with an upper side and an lower side facing the bone cover. Arranged on the lower side of the support element is an extension, which supports a spike preferably extending parallel to the support element. The spike can be driven laterally into the bone cover or bone fragment by means of a driving-in device according to the invention. The driving-in device according to the invention comprises a receiving element for the implant. A driving-in mechanism for driving the implant into the bone cover or bone fragment can be coupled with the receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christian Knopfle, Karl Greiner, Thorsten Frank, Hans-Urs Eckerle
  • Compression bone screw and screwdriver blade therefor
    Publication number: 20040172031
    Abstract: Compression bone screw and screwdriver blade therefor A compression bone screw is described, with a shank having two opposite shank sections along its axial extent, a first thread being connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shank in the region of the first shank section. The shank has at least one latching element for rotatably coupling a threaded component bearing a second thread to the second shank section. The invention furthermore relates to a screwdriver blade for the compression bone screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Reinhard Rubecamp, Felix Capanni, Hans-Urs Eckerle, Peter Forst
  • Self-retaining implant and a device for securing the implant
    Publication number: 20020156477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-retaining implant for fixing a bone cover or a bone fragment in an opening in a skull bone. The implant comprises a support element with an upper side and an lower side facing the bone cover. Arranged on the lower side of the support element is an extension, which supports a spike preferably extending parallel to the support element. The spike can be driven laterally into the bone cover or bone fragment by means of a driving-in device according to the invention. The driving-in device according to the invention comprises a receiving element for the implant. A driving-in mechanism for driving the implant into the bone cover or bone fragment can be coupled with the receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Christian Knopfle, Karl Greiner, Thorsten Frank, Hans-Urs Eckerle