Patents by Inventor Lothar Kühne

Lothar Kühne 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).

  • Method for tibial nail insertion
    Patent number: 9427267
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca
  • METHOD FOR TIBIAL NAIL INSERTION
    Publication number: 20150073415
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca
  • Method for tibial nail insertion
    Patent number: 8920422
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Stryker Trauma GmbH
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca
  • METHOD FOR TIBIAL NAIL INSERTION
    Publication number: 20130072931
    Abstract: A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Stryker Trauma GmbH
    Inventors: Annika Homeier, Ilan Howling, Nils Zander, Lothar Kühne, Claudia Graca