Patents by Inventor Lorenz Gabele

Lorenz Gabele 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: 20230397939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a maxilla repositioning implant (1) for three-dimensional precise alignment of a maxilla displacing portion (5) relative to a remaining maxilla portion (3) that is fixed to the skull, wherein the maxilla repositioning implant (1) comprises a base (2), which has at least one plate (7) in which screw holes (10) are provided, wherein a portion of the material of the plate (7) defines, as a rim (11), a respective screw hole (10) that is provided for receiving a bone screw (17) in order to ensure fastening, via the bone screw (17) to be inserted into the respective screw hole (10), to the remaining maxilla portion (3) that is fixed to the skull, wherein the maxilla repositioning implant (1) also comprises a connection portion (4), which is spaced apart from the base (2) by connecting bridges (6), wherein the connection portion (4) comprises at least one plate (7) in which screw holes (10) are provided, and wherein a portion of the material of this plate (7) defines, as a rim (11), a respec
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Frank REINAUER, Lorenz GABELE
  • Publication number: 20230371990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a maxilla repositioning implant (1) for three-dimensional precise alignment of a maxilla displacing portion (5) relative to a remaining maxilla portion (3) that is fixed to the skull, wherein the maxilla repositioning implant (1) comprises a base (2), which has at least one plate (7) in which screw holes (10) are provided, wherein a portion of the material of the plate (7) defines, as a rim (11), a respective screw hole (10) that is provided for receiving a bone screw (17) in order to ensure fastening, via the bone screw (17) to be inserted into the respective screw hole (10), to the remaining maxilla portion (3) that is fixed to the skull, wherein the maxilla repositioning implant (1) also comprises a connection portion (4), which is spaced apart from the base (2) by connecting bridges (6), wherein the connection portion (4) comprises at least one plate (7) in which screw holes (10) are provided, and wherein a portion of the material of this plate (7) defines, as a rim (11), a respec
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Frank REINAUER, Lorenz GABELE
  • Publication number: 20230363806
    Abstract: The invention relates to a maxilla repositioning implant (1) for three-dimensional precise alignment of a maxilla displacing portion (5) relative to a remaining maxilla portion (3) that is fixed to the skull, wherein the maxilla repositioning implant (1) comprises a base (2), which has at least one plate (7) in which screw holes (10) are provided, wherein a portion of the material of the plate (7) defines, as a rim (11), a respective screw hole (10) that is provided for receiving a bone screw (17) in order to ensure fastening, via the bone screw (17) to be inserted into the respective screw hole (10), to the remaining maxilla portion (3) that is fixed to the skull, wherein the maxilla repositioning implant (1) also comprises a connection portion (4), which is spaced apart from the base (2) by connecting bridges (6), wherein the connection portion (4) comprises at least one plate (7) in which screw holes (10) are provided, and wherein a portion of the material of this plate (7) defines, as a rim (11), a respec
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Frank REINAUER, Lorenz GABELE
  • Patent number: 11779346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fibula bone-material removal and transfer template (1) having a main part (4) designed for application to a bone region (3), wherein at least one bone separation-tool guide portion (8) can be or is removably attached to the main part (4), and wherein a receiving pocket (10a, 10b, 11a, 11b) designed to receive an implant (9) is formed in the main part (4). The invention also relates to an assembly kit comprising the fibula bone-material removal and transfer template (1) and an implant (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KARL LEIBINGER MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rebecca Herzog, Lorenz Gabele
  • Patent number: 11701135
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a first hand lever which has a manually actuated grip portion at its proximal end, a work portion for gripping, clamping or cutting an object at its distal end, and, lying between these, a bearing portion on which a bearing element engages in order to permit pivotability about a rotation axis between the first hand lever and a second hand lever, wherein the second hand lever has a grip portion at its proximal end, a work portion at its distal end, and, lying between these, a guide portion on which the bearing element engages, wherein the guide portion of the second hand lever has on one side a recess for receiving the bearing portion of the first hand lever such that two guide protrusions located distally and proximally of the recess at least partially cover the bearing portion in an operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lorenz Gabele, Jürgen Rometsch, Volker Scheu, Oliver Schulz
  • Publication number: 20210275202
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a first hand lever which has a manually actuated grip portion at its proximal end, a work portion for gripping, clamping or cutting an object at its distal end, and, lying between these, a bearing portion on which a bearing element engages in order to permit pivotability about a rotation axis between the first hand lever and a second hand lever, wherein the second hand lever has a grip portion at its proximal end a work portion at its distal end, and lying between these, a guide portion on which the bearing element engages, wherein the guide portion of the second hand lever has on one side a recess for receiving the bearing portion of the first hand lever such that two guide protrusions located distally and proximally of the recess at least partially cover the bearing portion in an operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lorenz Gabele, Jürgen Rometsch, Volker Scheu, Oliver Schulz
  • Patent number: 11096697
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fibula bone material removal and transfer template including a center part with a central body each end of which has a separating tool guide portion, at least one of the bone separating tool guide portions being mounted such that it can be moved away from and pushed towards the center part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: KARL LEIBINGER MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rebecca Herzog, Lorenz Gabele
  • Publication number: 20200315633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fibula bone-material removal and transfer template (1) having a main part (4) designed for application to a bone region (3), wherein at least one bone separation-tool guide portion (8) can be or is removably attached to the main part (4), and wherein a receiving pocket (10a, 10b, 11a, 11b) designed to receive an implant (9) is formed in the main part (4). The invention also relates to an assembly kit comprising the fibula bone-material removal and transfer template (1) and an implant (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Rebecca HERZOG, Lorenz GABELE
  • Patent number: 10786293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mandibular resection template including a central component which is prepared for attachment to a segment, for example a symphysis segment of a jawbone, such as a mandible or maxilla. At least two separating tool guide portions are present at the central component, a positioning aid being provided between the two or more separating tool guide portions in order to obtain a spatially correct orientation of the mandibular resection template with respect to the jawbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rebecca Herzog, Lorenz Gabele
  • Publication number: 20200222060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mandibular resection template including a central component which is prepared for attachment to a segment, for example a symphysis segment of a jawbone, such as a mandible or maxilla. At least two separating tool guide portions are present at the central component, a positioning aid being provided between the two or more separating tool guide portions in order to obtain a spatially correct orientation of the mandibular resection template with respect to the jawbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Rebecca HERZOG, Lorenz GABELE
  • Publication number: 20190192742
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bioresorbable implant (1) for supplementing or replacing hard tissue and/or soft tissue, comprising at least one reinforcing fiber/fiber bundle or a fiber structure or fiber construct (2) which is made of a first material component and which is embedded into a matrix (3) after being mixed with a second material component. The material of the first material component contains at least one of the elements of the group consisting of silk, chitosan, collagen, polycaprolactone, poly(D,L-lactide), poly(lactide-co-glycolide), polyglycolide, polyurethane and polypropylene, wherein the second material component is present in granular or powdery form at the point in time at which the material component is mixed with the fibers/fiber bundle, fiber structure or fiber construct (2). The invention likewise relates to a method for producing such implant (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Adem AKSU, Frank REINAUER, Tobias WOLFRAM, Lorenz GABELE
  • Publication number: 20190076154
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fibula bone material removal and transfer template including a center part with a central body each end of which has a separating tool guide portion, at least one of the bone separating tool guide portions being mounted such that it can be moved away from and pushed towards the center part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Rebecca HERZOG, Lorenz GABELE
  • Patent number: 9848926
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for the fixing of bone segments or bone fragments comprising an implant plate or an implant surface plate having a bore or a cut-out and comprising an implant screw which can be guided through the bore or cut-out of the plate, wherein the implant screw has a screw shaft and a screw head and wherein both the screw shaft and the screw head have a thread with identical pitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Bohrmann, Lorenz Gabele, Axel Waizenegger, Heiner Wild
  • Patent number: 9351777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical synthesis system as well as to a method of connecting a multipart medical synthesis system. The medical synthesis system in this respect includes at least one supporting element and at least one synthesis element, wherein the supporting element is provided for fastening in an organic structure. In this respect, the synthesis element is provided for the fastening to the already fastened supporting element. The synthesis element and the supporting element form a non-releasable coherent unit during application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lorenz Gabele, Frank Reinauer
  • Publication number: 20150289979
    Abstract: A bone implant includes a support structure made of metal ahoy and includes a biodegradable and absorbable protective structure, the protective structure being arranged at and/or on the support structure so that the support structure is protected from contacting any aggressive body fluid in a position anchored in a bone of an individual such as a mammal, wherein the support structure is surrounded by and interspersed with the protective structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Lorenz GABELE, Frank REINAUER, Tobias WOLFRAM, Wolfgang MUELLER
  • Patent number: 8518089
    Abstract: An engagement mechanism for a sternal clamp, the mechanism allowing for an open status where the clamp may be lengthened or shortened, a closing status where the clamp may only be shortened, and a locked status where the clamp cannot be lengthened or shortened, and wherein the device can be disposed in the locked status in differing overall lengths. The sternal clamp having a pair of rib plate members for affixation to the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Karl-Leibinger Medizintechnik
    Inventor: Lorenz Gabele
  • Patent number: 8172887
    Abstract: An engagement mechanism for a sternal clamp, the mechanism allowing for an open status where the clamp may be lengthened or shortened, a closing status where the clamp may only be shortened, and a locked status where the clamp cannot be lengthened or shortened, and wherein the device can be disposed in the locked status in differing overall lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Inventor: Lorenz Gabele
  • Publication number: 20110313474
    Abstract: An engagement mechanism for a sternal clamp, the mechanism allowing for an open status where the clamp may be lengthened or shortened, a closing status where the clamp may only be shortened, and a locked status where the clamp cannot be lengthened or shortened, and wherein the device can be disposed in the locked status in differing overall lengths. The sternal clamp having a pair of rib plate members for affixation to the ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: Lorenz Gabele
  • Publication number: 20090240251
    Abstract: An engagement mechanism for a sternal clamp, the mechanism allowing for an open status where the clamp may be lengthened or shortened, a closing status where the clamp may only be shortened, and a locked status where the clamp cannot be lengthened or shortened, and wherein the device can be disposed in the locked status in differing overall lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Lorenz Gabele
  • Patent number: D751202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lorenz Gabele