Patents by Inventor Horst Fircho

Horst Fircho 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: 8846130
    Abstract: An implant and method for producing an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, with a body, wherein the body contains iron or an iron alloy, comprising the following steps: a) providing the implant body (1), b) applying a metallic coating comprising as main constituent at least one element of the group containing tantalum, niobium, zirconium, aluminum, magnesium, vanadium, molybdenum, hafnium, and wolfram onto at least a portion of the body surface, and c) plasmachemical treatment of the portion of the body surface provided with the coating in an aqueous solution for producing a plasmachemically generated layer (3, 5, 7) by means of applying a plasma-generating pulsating voltage to the body of the implant, wherein the pulsating voltage has sufficient energy that the metallic coating (3, 5, 7) is temporarily and sectionally ionized up to the underlying implant body (1) in such a manner that the generated layer has pores (5) which extend at least partially up to the implant body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Biotronik AG
    Inventors: Horst Fircho, Ullrich Bayer, Frank Endres
  • Publication number: 20120089219
    Abstract: A stent comprising a tubular base body having a lumen along a longitudinal axis. The base body has a plurality of circumferential support structures and one or more connectors. Two successive circumferential support structures are connected to one another via at least one connector. The stent is characterized in that one, multiple, or all support structures and/or connectors have a slotted passage, and the slotted passage is filled with a radiopaque material and has a curvature which increases at least toward one end of the slotted passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK AG
    Inventors: Horst Fircho, Frank Bakczewitz, Markus Wolfer
  • Publication number: 20120053679
    Abstract: An implant and method for producing an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, with a body, wherein the body contains iron or an iron alloy, comprising the following steps: a) providing the implant body (1), b) applying a metallic coating comprising as main constituent at least one element of the group containing tantalum, niobium, zirconium, aluminum, magnesium, vanadium, molybdenum, hafnium, and wolfram onto at least a portion of the body surface, and c) plasmachemical treatment of the portion of the body surface provided with the coating in an aqueous solution for producing a plasmachemically generated layer (3, 5, 7) by means of applying a plasma-generating pulsating voltage to the body of the implant, wherein the pulsating voltage has sufficient energy that the metallic coating (3, 5, 7) is temporarily and sectionally ionized up to the underlying implant body (1) in such a manner that the generated layer has pores (5) which extend at least partially up to the implant body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK AG
    Inventors: Horst Fircho, Ullrich Bayer, Frank Endres