Patents by Inventor Leo Gotzen

Leo Gotzen 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).

  • Publication number: 20050075636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bone anchor for re-fixing soft tissue to bones, comprising a base body, which is made of bone, and comprising two through holes provided for accommodating a suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventor: Leo Gotzen
  • Patent number: 6203544
    Abstract: The fixation element for osteosynthesis in a human or animal body consists of cortical bone matter which is conserved and sterilized. A section with a reduced cross-section is provided in the region of the forward end of the fixation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Tutogen Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Leo Gotzen
  • Patent number: 4662365
    Abstract: The device for the external (outside of the patent's body) fixation of bone fragments in the surgical treatment of fractures uses a unitary supporting bar (2) which, particularly in the case of shin-bone fractures, is positioned on the front side with a very close spacing from the bone and, for reasons of X-ray diagnosis, with a slight lateral displacement. A system of basic clamp assemblies (11), compound clamp assemblies (14) and paired clamp assemblies (12, 12a), and the thus facilitated surgical operation techniques, provide for mechanically highly stable fixation of the bone fragments being particularly careful as far as traumatizing is concerned, and being particularly favorable with respect to the psychic and physical restraint to the patient during the period in which the device is applied, and with respect to the cosmetic success upon convalescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Ortopedia GmbH
    Inventors: Leo Gotzen, Uwe Brudermann