Patents by Inventor Markus Schultheiss

Markus Schultheiss 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).

  • Patent number: 6755835
    Abstract: In order to produce a bone screw having a screw body which is provided with an external thread and which comprises a flow-through mechanism for bone cement that is used for the production of a cement jacket around the bone screw, such that the bone screw will be anchored in a highly stable manner after being implanted in a bone and especially after being implanted in a bone of reduced quality, it is proposed that the flow-through mechanism should comprise at least one longitudinal recess which is formed in the screw body such that it extends transversely relative to the radial direction and/or transversely relative to the peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Aesculap AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Schultheiss, Lutz Claes, Lothar Kinzl
  • Publication number: 20020123752
    Abstract: In order to produce a bone screw having a screw body which is provided with an external thread and which comprises flow-through means for bone cement that is used for the production of a cement jacket around the bone screw, such that the bone screw will be anchored in a highly stable manner after being implanted in a bone and especially after being implanted in a bone of reduced quality, it is proposed that the flow-through means should comprise at least one longitudinal recess which is formed in the screw body such that it extends transversely relative to the radial direction and transversely relative to the peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Schultheiss, Lutz Claes, Lothar Kinzl