Patents by Inventor Lutz Funk

Lutz Funk 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).

  • WOUND CLOSURE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220087675
    Abstract: A wound closure device, in particular a surgical suture, includes an elongated body and projections protruding from the elongated body. Each of the projections is in the shape of a fin-like angular anchoring element having a lower base part with a base length, an upper top part, and a height. The anchoring elements are arranged in a longitudinal direction along the length of the elongated body in at least two rows with a distance between any two anchoring elements in any row. Each anchoring element in a row is aligned relative to an anchoring element of any other row, and each section of the elongated body between two successive anchoring elements in a row has the same tapered shape in the longitudinal direction, with a steady change or an essentially steady change in the cross-sectional area of the elongated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Elena Diaz, Volker Friedrich, Lutz Funk, Mireia Gracia, Yolanda Marquez, Pau Turón Dols
  • Surgical thread comprising cells and method of manufacturing the thread
    Patent number: 9017378
    Abstract: A thread, in particular surgical thread includes a cell-retaining structure and cells and a method for manufacturing the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Aesculap AG, B. Braun Surgical S.A.
    Inventors: Ithamar Stocchero, Erich Odermatt, Lutz Funk, Volker Friedrich, Marta Casanovas Albalate
  • SURGICAL THREAD COMPRISING CELLS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE THREAD
    Publication number: 20120232588
    Abstract: A thread, in particular surgical thread includes a cell-retaining structure and cells and a method for manufacturing the thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG
    Inventors: Ithamar Stocchero, Erich Odermatt, Lutz Funk, Volker Friedrich, Marta Casanovas Albalate
  • MEDICAL PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR FOR MANAGEMENT OF TISSUE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20120027804
    Abstract: A medical product includes at least one elongate body including cells and a method for manufacturing the medical product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG
    Inventors: Erich Odermatt, Volker Friedrich, Marta Casanovas Albalate, Lutz Funk
  • CONTINUOUS-FILAMENT THREAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF BARBS AND A BARBED SUTURE
    Publication number: 20110282386
    Abstract: A continuous-filament thread includes a continuous-filament thread body including a plurality of barbs projecting from the thread body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG
    Inventors: Volker Friedrich, Erich Odermatt, Lutz Funk, Marta Casanovas Albalate