Patents by Inventor Jan Schettler

Jan Schettler 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: 8337936
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for manufacturing an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, having a body such that the body has metallic material. To control the degradation in a desired time window, e.g., between four weeks and six months, the following production method is performed: a) preparing the body of the implant, and b) plasma-chemical treatment of at least a portion of the surface of the body in an aqueous solution by applying a plasma-generating electric alternating voltage to the body (5) of the implant, said voltage having a frequency of at least approximately 1 kHz, to create a first layer. The invention also relates to an implant obtainable by such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Biotronik VI Patent AG
    Inventors: Ullrich Bayer, Jan Schettler, Guenter Ewert
  • Publication number: 20100331961
    Abstract: An example embodiment of the invention is an expandable stent comprising a tubular base body with a lumen along a longitudinal axis, wherein the base body has a plurality of circumferential support structures which are successively positioned along the longitudinal axis and are each composed of a sequence of diagonal elements and arched elements, and has one or more connectors, wherein two successive circumferential support structures are joined together by at least one connector, and each connector is attached to one diagonal element of the two circumferential support structures to be connected; characterized in that a diagonal element to which a connector is attached has an elongated shape with two opposite ends, i) wherein the diagonal element at its first end has a branching point with a diameter d1 at which the diagonal element directly branches into an arched element and a connector, ii) wherein the diagonal element at its second end has a connecting point with a diameter d2 at which the diagonal elemen
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Nils Goetzen, Jan Schettler
  • Publication number: 20100087914
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for manufacturing an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, having a body such that the body has metallic material. To control the degradation in a desired time window, e.g., between four weeks and six months, the following production method is performed: a) preparing the body of the implant, and b) plasma-chemical treatment of at least a portion of the surface of the body in an aqueous solution by applying a plasma-generating electric alternating voltage to the body (5) of the implant, said voltage having a frequency of at least approximately 1 kHz, to create a first layer. The invention also relates to an implant obtainable by such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG
    Inventors: Ullrich Bayer, Jan Schettler, Guenter Ewert