Patents by Inventor Martin Wymann
Martin Wymann 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).
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Patent number: 9089439Abstract: An intervertebral implant having an upper and a lower closing plate designed to engage the vertebral end plates. The implant has a deformable body between the closing plates. Between the deformable body and closing plates are cover plates. A plurality of fiber windings run between the cover plates to hold together the cover plates and the deformable body.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Baumgartner, Martin Wymann, Mario Gago Ho, Adrian Burri
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Publication number: 20140172108Abstract: An intervertebral implant having an upper and a lower closing plate designed to engage the vertebral end plates. The implant has a deformable body between the closing plates. Between the deformable body and closing plates are cover plates. A plurality of fiber windings run between the cover plates to hold together the cover plates and the deformable body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Daniel Baumgartner, Martin Wymann, Mario Gago Ho, Adrian Burri
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Patent number: 8690837Abstract: A device for administering a product (e.g. a medicinal or therapeutic substance), the device including a receptacle for the product or constituents of the product and a casing, wherein the receptacle and casing are engaged, and an outer sleeve, wherein the casing can be moved relative to the receptacle into the outer sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Kevin Mori, Céline Kaenel, Annette Drunk, Jürg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren, Martin Wymann, Scott Harris, Patrick J. Ryan, Andrew D. Pidgeon, Jonathan D. Tuckwell, Richard Mann
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Patent number: 8690946Abstract: An intervertebral implant having an upper and a lower closing plate designed to engage the vertebral end plates. The implant has a deformable body between the closing plates. Between the deformable body and closing plates are cover plates. A plurality of fiber windings run between the cover plates to hold together the cover plates and the deformable body.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Daniel Baumgartner, Martin Wymann, Mario Gago Ho, Adrian Burri
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Patent number: 8647307Abstract: A needle protection device including a needle holder for operable coupling to an injection device and from which an injection needle projects, a blocking device which projects from the needle holder and is radially distanced from the injection needle, a needle protection element which can be moved into a first position and, from the first position, to a protection position in which it surrounds the injection needle, and which can be blocked from leaving the protection position by the blocking device, and a safety member arranged between the injection needle and the needle protection element in such a way that it can be displaced in relation to the injection needle, wherein the needle protection element includes an engagement element and the safety member includes a counter-element, the engagement element and counter-element mutually engaging when the needle protection element is moved into the first position, the needle protection element thereby entraining the safety member during movement of the needle protType: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Christian Gratwohl, Martin Wymann
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Patent number: 8591474Abstract: A needle protection device detachably fixed to an injection appliance includes a needle, a needle holder from which a needle injection section of the needle projects distally and a needle connection section of the needle projects proximally, a distal needle protection element connected to the needle holder movable in the distal direction from a release position to a protection position and arranged behind the needle injection section in the release position and overlapping the needle injection section and distal end of the injection needle in the protection position, a proximal needle protection element connected to the needle holder movable from a release position and arranged behind the needle connection section into a protection position and overlapping the needle connection section and proximal end of the injection needle, and a blocking device which blocks movement of the proximal needle protection element from the protection position into the release position.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Christian Gratwohl, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer, Martin Wymann
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Publication number: 20130138215Abstract: An intervertebral implant having an upper and a lower closing plate designed to engage the vertebral end plates. The implant has a deformable body between the closing plates. Between the deformable body and closing plates are cover plates. A plurality of fiber windings run between the cover plates to hold together the cover plates and the deformable body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Daniel Baumgartner, Martin Wymann, Mario Gago Ho, Adrian Burri
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Patent number: 8382838Abstract: An intervertebral implant including a central axis, a bottom cover plate and a top cover plate, which are respectively provided with an exterior surface that extends transversal to the central axis, and a central part.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Daniel Baumgartner, Martin Wymann, Mario Gago Ho, Adrian Burri
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Publication number: 20120179110Abstract: A needle protection device detachably fixed to an injection appliance includes a needle, a needle holder from which a needle injection section of the needle projects distally and a needle connection section of the needle projects proximally, a distal needle protection element connected to the needle holder movable in the distal direction from a release position to a protection position and arranged behind the needle injection section in the release position and overlapping the needle injection section and distal end of the injection needle in the protection position, a proximal needle protection element connected to the needle holder movable from a release position and arranged behind the needle connection section into a protection position and overlapping the needle connection section and proximal end of the injection needle, and a blocking device which blocks movement of the proximal needle protection element from the protection position into the release position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Christian Gratwohl, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer, Martin Wymann
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Patent number: 8177745Abstract: A needle safety module for being connected to an injection device for administering a liquid product to a patient, the module including a housing, a needle connected to the housing, and a needle protective sleeve having one end which can be placed on an injection point of the patient and displaced axially in relation to one of the needle or the housing from a starting position in which the needle tip is covered to an injection position in which the needle tip at least touches the injection point, the needle protective sleeve lockable in relation to one of the needle or the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Jonas Brechbuehler, Christian Gratwohl, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer, Martin Wymann
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Patent number: 8052653Abstract: A needle protection device detachably fixed to an injection appliance includes a needle, a needle holder from which a needle injection section of the needle projects distally and a needle connection section of the needle projects proximally, a distal needle protection element connected to the needle holder movable in the distal direction from a release position to a protection position and arranged behind the needle injection section in the release position and overlapping the needle injection section and distal end of the injection needle in the protection position, a proximal needle protection element connected to the needle holder movable from a release position and arranged behind the needle connection section into a protection position and overlapping the needle connection section and proximal end of the injection needle, and a blocking device which blocks movement of the proximal needle protection element from the protection position into the release position.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Christian Gratwohl, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer, Martin Wymann
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Publication number: 20110230827Abstract: A device for administering a product (e.g. a medicinal or therapeutic substance), the device including a receptacle for the product or constituents of the product and a casing, wherein the receptacle and casing are engaged, and an outer sleeve, wherein the casing can be moved relative to the receptacle into the outer sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Kevin Mori, Céline Kaenel, Annette Drunk, Jürg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren, Martin Wymann, Scott Harris, Patrick J. Ryan, Andrew D. Pidgeon, Jonathan D. Tuckwell, Richard Mann
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Patent number: 8016797Abstract: A needle protection device for use with an injection device, the needle protection device including a moveable needle protection element which moves through a release course of movement into a locking engagement position as a result of an elastic force, the locking engagement position being achieved when the needle protection element moves from a starting position to a triggering position, when the needle protection element moves over a small portion of the release course, and being maintained when the needle protection element is no longer subjected to an external force in the triggering position.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Christian Gratwohl, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer, Martin Wymann
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Patent number: 7850648Abstract: A needle unit for an injection device comprising an injection needle and a needle holder, the needle unit coupled to the injection device and comprising: a needle protector comprising a guide which guides the needle protector such that it can move axially, at least one spring element applying a spring force to the needle protector thus holding the protector in a first position, and a lock which, after an injection, locks the needle protector in the first position against moving further axially, wherein the lock is deformable by force and assumes its original shape after said force is removed, and wherein the needle protector affects the lock transversely with respect to the axial movement direction during an axial movement of the protector which accompanies an injection and deflects the lock into a locking position when the needle protector is moved to the first position.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Christian Gratwohl, Martin Wymann
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Publication number: 20100280615Abstract: An intervertebral implant including a central axis, a bottom cover plate and a top cover plate, which are respectively provided with an exterior surface that extends transversal to the central axis, and a central part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Daniel Baumgartner, Martin Wymann, Mario Gago Ho, Adrian Burri
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Patent number: 7789863Abstract: A needle protecting device on or for an injection apparatus comprising an injection needle with a needle tip and a needle base beyond which the injection needle protrudes, the needle protecting device including a needle protector moveable from an exposing position in which the needle tip is exposed to a protective position in which it overlaps the needle tip, a first blocking mechanism connected to or formed in one piece with one of the needle protector or the needle base, and a second blocking mechanism connected to or formed in one piece with the other of the needle protector or the needle base, wherein, when the needle protector is in the protective position, the blocking mechanisms are engaged with each other preventing the needle protector from moving into the exposing position, and wherein the engagement may be non-destructively released and/or restored.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AGInventors: Christian Gratwohl, Martin Wymann, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer
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Publication number: 20100137809Abstract: An injection device including a cannula support, an ampoule holder and a holder that holds the cannula support on the ampoule holder, wherein the holder includes an engaging element and a receptacle for the engaging element and is arranged in the region of a side of the cannula support that faces away from the central longitudinal axis of the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Markus Tschirren, Ulrich Moser, Juerg Hirschel, Martin Wymann
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Patent number: 7628814Abstract: Intervertebral disc prosthesis including an upper apposition plate appropriate to rest against the base plate of an upper vertebra, a lower apposition plate spaced apart from the upper apposition plate and suitable to rest against the base plate of a lower vertebra, a plurality of elastic devices mounted between the two apposition plates and in their peripheral zones in a manner that the two apposition plates shall be displaceable in mutually resilient manner, and a central axis which runs essentially perpendicularly to the two apposition plates, the elastic devices being designed/configured in a manner that the intervertebral disc prosthesis as a whole exhibits asymmetrical stiffness.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Armin Studer, Jason Trachsel, Martin Wymann
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Publication number: 20090259196Abstract: A needle protection device for use with an injection device, the needle protection device including a moveable needle protection element which moves through a release course of movement into a locking engagement position as a result of an elastic force, the locking engagement position being achieved when the needle protection element moves from a starting position to a triggering position, when the needle protection element moves over a small portion of the release course, and being maintained when the needle protection element is no longer subjected to an external force in the triggering position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Christian Gratwohl, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer, Martin Wymann
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Publication number: 20090259178Abstract: A needle safety module for being connected to an injection device for administering a liquid product to a patient, the module including a housing, a needle connected to the housing, and a needle protective sleeve having one end which can be placed on an injection point of the patient and displaced axially in relation to one of the needle or the housing from a starting position in which the needle tip is covered to an injection position in which the needle tip at least touches the injection point, the needle protective sleeve lockable in relation to one of the needle or the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Jonas Brechbuehler, Christian Gratwohl, Marc Lanz, Urs Widmer, Martin Wymann