Patents by Inventor Hermann Kuffner

Hermann Kuffner 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).

  • Device for the removal of ticks
    Patent number: 7699869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device, in particular, for the removal of parasites or ticks from the skin of animals or humans, comprises a housing, a spreading gripping tool, a spreading device, for spreading the gripping tool and a rotation device, for rotating the gripping tool about the axis of the device, whereby the gripping tool encloses a sealed cavity in the unspread state thereof for enclosing the parasite or the tick. The gripper tool is particularly made from an elastic or flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventors: Matthias Meinhold, Hermann Kuffner
  • Device for the removal of ticks
    Publication number: 20070185528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device, in particular, for the removal of parasites or ticks from the skin of animals or humans, comprises a housing, a spreading gripping tool, a spreading device, for spreading the gripping tool and a rotation device, for rotating the gripping tool about the axis of the device, whereby the gripping tool encloses a sealed cavity in the unspread state thereof for enclosing the parasite or the tick. The gripper tool is particularly made from an elastic or flexible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Matthias Meinhold, Hermann Kuffner