Patents by Inventor Manuel Schår

Manuel Schår 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).

  • Device for releasably clamping a longitudinal member within a surgical implant
    Patent number: 6866664
    Abstract: A device for releasably clamping and connecting a longitudinal member within a surgical implant includes at least one yoke-like connecting body with a through-bore, coupling means arranged on the connecting body for fastening the connecting body to a further part of the implant, a yoke-like clamping body which can slide in the through-bore and has resilient side walls and a through-opening for receiving the longitudinal member, and fixation means. A wedging effect produced by elevations on side walls of the clamping body retains the longitudinal member in the through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Synthes (U.S.A.)
    Inventors: Manuel Schår, David Gerber, Fridolin Schlåpfer