Patents by Inventor Marcus Hehli

Marcus Hehli 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).

  • Repositioning instrument to fixate bone-fractures
    Patent number: 6730086
    Abstract: The present invention discloses bone grasping tongs for seizing bones or bone fragments. The tongs comprise two mutually pivotable tongs levers fitted with clamping tips at the ends of the tongs levers for seizing the bone. The tongs further comprise a locking element to detachably lock the relative position of the tongs levers and a connecting member to connect with an additional component within an external fixation device. The locking element is located at a distance from the axis of rotation and the longitudinal axis of the connecting member is situated in the plane of pivoting of the tongs lever. The present invention also discloses an external fixation device for externally fixating bone fractures. The device comprises at least one bone grasping tongs, one elongated support, and at least one clamp which detachably connects the connecting member of a bone grasping tongs and an elongated support in a mutually rotatable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Synthes (U.S.A.)
    Inventors: Marcus Hehli, Ruedi Ambühl, Alberto Fernandez Dell'Oca
  • Repositioning instrument to fixate bone-fractures
    Publication number: 20010053911
    Abstract: The present invention discloses bone grasping tongs for seizing bones or bone fragments. The tongs comprise two mutually pivotable tongs levers fitted with clamping tips at the ends of the tongs levers for seizing the bone. The tongs further comprise a locking element to detachably lock the relative position of the tongs levers and a connecting member to connect with an additional component within an external fixation device. The locking element is located at a distance from the axis of rotation and the longitudinal axis of the connecting member is situated in the plane of pivoting of the tongs lever. The present invention also discloses an external fixation device for externally fixating bone fractures. The device comprises at least one bone grasping tongs, one elongated support, and at least one clamp which detachably connects the connecting member of a bone grasping tongs and an elongated support in a mutually rotatable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Marcus Hehli, Ruedi Ambuhl, Alberto Fernandez Dell'Oca