Patents by Inventor Ina Baltes

Ina Baltes 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 inserting an anchoring element and a suture thread into a bone
    Patent number: 8075588
    Abstract: A device serves to insert an anchoring element and a suture thread into a bone to attach a tendon or a ligament without drilling a hole into the bone. The device comprises an anchoring element, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis and further a continuous channel, and a tool for inserting the anchoring element and the suture thread, having a longitudinal axis, a distal end section and a further section being designed in such a way that it can be introduced into the anchoring element from the proximal end to the distal end. The tool can be inserted into the continuous channel of the anchoring element in such a way that the distal end section of the tool projects distally beyond the anchoring element, wherein the projecting distal end section is designed as a stable driving head. The anchoring element further has an external thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sascha Berberich, Ina Baltes
  • Device for inserting an anchoring element and a suture thread into a bone
    Publication number: 20060253119
    Abstract: A device serves to insert an anchoring element and a suture thread into a bone to attach a tendon or a ligament without drilling a hole into the bone. The device comprises an anchoring element, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis and further a continuous channel, and a tool for inserting the anchoring element and the suture thread, having a longitudinal axis, a distal end section and a further section being designed in such a way that it can be introduced into the anchoring element from the proximal end to the distal end. The tool can be inserted into the continuous channel of the anchoring element in such a way that the distal end section of the tool projects distally beyond the anchoring element, wherein the projecting distal end section is designed as a stable driving head. The anchoring element further has an external thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Sascha Berberich, Ina Baltes