Patents by Inventor Heinz Winsauer

Heinz Winsauer 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: 8257077
    Abstract: An orthodontic corrective appliance for correcting malpositioned molars, wherein one end of the appliance is mounted on a supporting device, and the other end is applied to the given molar with spring loading includes a pusher element which is guided axially in a sleeve and is acted upon by a compression spring, and the free end of the pusher element extends from the sleeve and is provided with a connecting piece which is applied to the supporting device. Several small tubes on the outer surface of the sleeve have inner bores that guide and support a spacer bar that extends parallel to the sleeve. The end of the spacer bar that points towards the connecting piece is supported on one of the tubes, and the end of the spacer bar that faces away from the connecting piece is supported on a transpalatal arch, a Gashgarion lock or similar element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Heinz Winsauer, Promedia A. Ahnfeldt GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Winsauer, Hartwig Ahnfeldt
  • Patent number: 8257078
    Abstract: An orthodontic corrective appliance for correcting malpositioned molars, wherein one end of the appliance is mounted on a supporting device, and the other end is applied to the given molar with spring loading includes a pusher element which is guided axially in a sleeve and is acted upon by a compression spring, and the free end of the pusher element extends from the sleeve and is provided with a connecting piece which is applied to the supporting device. Several small tubes on the outer surface of the sleeve have inner bores that guide and support a spacer bar that extends parallel to the sleeve. The end of the spacer bar that points towards the connecting piece is supported on one of the tubes, and the end of the spacer bar that faces away from the connecting piece is supported on a transpalatal arch, a Goshgarian lock or similar element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: Promedia A. Ahnfeldt GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Winsauer, Hartwig Ahnfeldt
  • Publication number: 20120003600
    Abstract: An orthodontic corrective appliance for correcting malpositioned molars, wherein one end of the appliance is mounted on a supporting device, and the other end is applied to the given molar with spring loading includes a pusher element which is guided axially in a sleeve and is acted upon by a compression spring, and the free end of the pusher element extends from the sleeve and is provided with a connecting piece which is applied to the supporting device. Several small tubes on the outer surface of the sleeve have inner bores that guide and support a spacer bar that extends parallel to the sleeve. The end of the spacer bar that points towards the connecting piece is supported on one of the tubes, and the end of the spacer bar that faces away from the connecting piece is supported on a transpalatal arch, a Gashgarion lock or similar element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicants: PROMEDIA A. AHNFELDT GMBH
    Inventors: Heinz WINSAUER, Hartwig AHNFELDT
  • Publication number: 20090311646
    Abstract: An orthodontic corrective appliance for correcting malpositioned molars, wherein one end of the appliance is mounted on a supporting device, and the other end is applied to the given molar with spring loading includes a pusher element which is guided axially in a sleeve and is acted upon by a compression spring, and the free end of the pusher element extends from the sleeve and is provided with a connecting piece which is applied to the supporting device. Several small tubes on the outer surface of the sleeve have inner bores that guide and support a spacer bar that extends parallel to the sleeve. The end of the spacer bar that points towards the connecting piece is supported on one of the tubes, and the end of the spacer bar that faces away from the connecting piece is supported on a transpalatal arch, a Gashgarion lock or similar element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Heinz Winsauer, Hartwig Ahnfeldt
  • Patent number: 6450806
    Abstract: The invention relates to an orthodontic expansion screw for the generation of an expansion force between a first and a second fastening elements, for the fastening to oppositely lying sides of the upper jaw, and an adjusting element connected with the fastening elements for the alteration of the mutual spacing of the fastening element. The invention is characterized in that each fastening element has at least two mounting wires with at least three free ends of the anchoring of teeth of the upper jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Heinz Winsauer