Patents by Inventor Manuel Schan

Manuel Schan 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 dynamically stabilizing bones or bone fragments, especially thoracic vertebral bodies
    Publication number: 20060149228
    Abstract: Apparatus for the dynamic stabilization of bone fragments, in particular spinal vertebrae (V), with at least one longitudinal support (11) that can be fixed to the vertebrae (V). The at least one longitudinal support (11) is so constructed that by application of a prespecified bending force it can be plastically deformed from a first stable shape state into a second, alternative stable shape state, but while in the first as well as in the second state remains flexible within predetermined limits. Preferably the longitudinal support (11) comprises a metallic core (12) surrounded by a plastic casing (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Stratec Medical
    Inventors: Johannes Schlapfer, Manuel Schan