Patents by Inventor Johannes Knauss

Johannes Knauss 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: 7316795
    Abstract: The invention relates to method for overmolding a painted silicone prosthesis of a human extremity. A silicone prosthesis is first molded from a solid replica of a human extremity and then painted to closely resemble the color of the recipient person. An elasotmeric polymer material having the properties of elasticity, transparency, and non-adhesiveness to cured silicone rubber is applied to the replica to form a transparent glove-like overmold. The glove has an inner surface that is mirrored by the surface of the replica. The distal portion of the glove-like overmold is partially filled with a predetermined amount of viscous uncured silicone liquid and the painted silicone prosthesis is then inserted into the glove which is stretched tightly over the prosthesis. A compressive force is externally applied in a radial compressive and proximate direction to uniformly distribute the liquid silicone over the painted surface of the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Inventor: Stefan Johannes Knauss
  • Publication number: 20070239082
    Abstract: The system for treating an internal organ has a generator source for producing a shock wave connected to a handheld or small shock wave applicator device 2, wherein the external housing 16 of the device 2 is hermetically sealed in a non-electrically conductive insulating skin membrane 5 being of a polymer material, preferably a silicone rubber or polyurethane rubber. Preferably the entire device 2 including the connectors 32, 33 and at least a 20 cm portion of attached cable 1 is sealed using a dip coating process or alternatively can use an insert molding process wherein the device 2 is placed in a mold 400 and the skin membrane 5 is injection molded around the entire housing 16 and the cable 1 has an outer skin 5 that abuttingly seals at a connection 32, 33 to the housing 16. The device 2 may further include an internal vacuum conduit connected to a vacuum system to detect leakages and in use may be used with a sterile sleeve cover with a similar vacuum system for leakage detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: GENERAL PATENT, LLC
    Inventors: Reiner Schultheiss, Johannes Knauss, Erwin Ignaz Simnacher