Patents by Inventor Harald Eufinger

Harald Eufinger 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).

  • Patent number: 5798924
    Abstract: A process for producing endoprosthesis has the data block of a three-dimensional actual model (10) of the existing bone structure of a patient acquired using CT scanning. In a computer the actual model (10) thus determined is subtracted from the data block of an existing or CT scan-generated three-dimensional reference model (14). Then from the difference a computer-internal model for the endoprosthesis is formed. With this process, it is possible to reduce the work required for making the corrective adaptation of the endoprosthesis and to avoid faulty adaptations. The data blocks of the actual model (10) and reference model (14) are converted into the data of a CAD free form surface geometry. This is done by describing the limiting surfaces of the models through Spline and Bezier functions oriented to points of support and are imaged, and superimposed, on the computer monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventors: Harald Eufinger, Lothar Heuser, Dieter Kruse, Egbert Machtens, Hans Seifert