Patents by Inventor Kai Bussiek

Kai Bussiek 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).

  • PROSTHETIC LINER
    Publication number: 20150297369
    Abstract: A prosthetic liner for forming an interface between a prosthesis socket and a residuum to be accommodated in the prosthesis socket. The prosthetic liner including a proximal region with a proximal end and a distal region with a distal end and being provided with a closed-cross section with a proximal opening through which the residuum in inserted into the prosthetic liner. The internal contour has at least on one lateral side of the prosthetic liner a greater pitch from distal to proximal in the proximal region than in the distal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Luder Mosler, Kai Bussiek
  • Below knee amputee prosthesis liner
    Patent number: 8795386
    Abstract: A below knee amputee prosthesis liner including a molded polymer-like liner body for receiving a below knee amputation limb of a person. The liner body has a closed distal end and an open proximal end. The liner includes at least one thickening in a first region and/or in a second region. The first region is adapted to cover a head of the fibula of the amputation limb and the second region is adapted to cover a shinbone of the amputation limb, once the amputation limb is received in the liner body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Oleg Pianykh, Charles C. Polta, Kai Bussiek-Cillien, Scott John Schneider
  • BELOW KNEE AMPUTEE PROSTHESIS LINER
    Publication number: 20130131831
    Abstract: A below knee amputee prosthesis liner including a molded polymer-like liner body for receiving a below knee amputation limb of a person. The liner body has a closed distal end and an open proximal end. The liner includes at least one thickening in a first region and/or in a second region. The first region is adapted to cover a head of the fibula of the amputation limb and the second region is adapted to cover a shinbone of the amputation limb, once the amputation limb is received in the liner body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Oleg PIANYKH, Charles C. POLTA, Kai BUSSIEK-CILLIEN, Scott John SCHNEIDER