Patents by Inventor Heinz Staehler

Heinz Staehler 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).

  • Bone Distraction Device Having a Quick Release Disengagement Mechanism
    Publication number: 20200069336
    Abstract: A bone distraction device having a ratchet and pawl assembly such that incremental rotation is allowed in one direction and prevented in the other, and further having a quick release mechanism such that the ratchet and pawl mechanism can be released to allow free rotation in both directions. The device has a pawl housing mounted onto a rod housing, the pawl housing having a sloping transition shoulder diminishing to transition onto the outer surface of the rod housing. In other embodiments, the device has a sleeve housing with an enlarged end telescopically mounted onto a rod housing, the enlarged end having a sloping transition shoulder diminishing to transition onto the outer surface of the sleeve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Heinz Staehler, Thomas S. Johnston, JR.
  • Bone Distraction Device Having a Quick Release Disengagement Mechanism
    Publication number: 20160058485
    Abstract: A bone distraction device having a ratchet and pawl mechanism such that incremental rotation is allowed in one direction and prevented in the other, and further having a quick release mechanism such that the ratchet and pawl mechanism can be released to allow free rotation in both directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Heinz Staehler, Thomas Johnston