Patents by Inventor Martin GURKA

Martin GURKA 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: 10743885
    Abstract: Clip for an aneurism suitable for being implanted into tissue in which an aneurism has formed and carrying out a tight closure of the aneurism. The clip includes a pair of claw members (2a, 2 b) non-metallic material, the claw members provided with an articulated joining mechanism (3), which allows rotation of the pair of claw members around a pivot (4) which interlocks them. The clip can adopt at least one opening position (A) and one closure position (B). The clip has at least one spring element (6) at least partially housed in the clip which bends to arrange the clip in closure position which includes at least one flexible (7) and elastic element with a section with arced configuration (8), press-fitted with two opposing ends (9a, 9b) each one exerting pressure on a different claw member both in the opening and in the closure position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NEOS SURGERY, S.L.
    Inventors: Tomas Menovsky, Thorsten Asal, Markus Steffens, Salvador Llas Vargas, Pau Garcia Roig, Montserrat Charles-Harris Ferrer, Marc Serrahima Tornel, Martin Gurka, Thorsten Becker
  • Publication number: 20180186127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bending actuator (1) comprising a plastic base layer (2) and a shape memory element (3) made from shape memory material, which can be actively shortened in a direction of action of the shape memory, wherein the shape memory element (3) is arranged outside the base layer (2) and is mechanically connected to the base layer (2) so that a bending occurs in the bending actuator (1) because of a pull by a contraction (K) of the shape memory element (3) in a direction of action of the shape memory, wherein an intermediate layer (6) is arranged between the shape memory element (3) and the base layer (2) in order to improve the transmission of force between the base layer (2) and the shape memory element (3), to prolong the service life and to reduce the degree of bend of the bending actuator (1), wherein the elasticity module of said intermediate layer (6) is less than the elasticity module of the base layer (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Moritz HÜBLER, Lisa Weber, Sebastian NISSLE, Martin GURKA
  • Publication number: 20180008275
    Abstract: Clip for an aneurism suitable for being implanted into tissue in which an aneurism has formed and carrying out a tight closure of the aneurism which comprises a pair of claw members (2a, 2b) made of non-metallic material, said claw members being provided with articulated joining means (3) which allow the rotation of the pair of claw members around a pivot (4) which interlocks them, the clip being able to adopt at least one opening position (A) and one closure position (B); the clip being provided with at least one spring element (6) at least partially housed in the clip which bends to arrange the clip in closure position which comprises at least one flexible (7) and elastic element with a section with arced configuration (8), press-fitted with two opposing ends (9a, 9b) each one exerting pressure on a different claw member both in the opening and in the closure position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: NEOS SURGERY, S.L.
    Inventors: Tomas MENOVSKY, Thorsten ASAL, Markus STEFFENS, Salvador LLAS VARGAS, Pau GARCIA ROIG, Montserrat CHARLES-HARRIS FERRER, Marc SERRAHIMA TORNEL, Martin GURKA, Thorsten BECKER