Patents by Inventor Merg Burkhard

Merg Burkhard 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).

  • Medical device comprising an artificial contractile structure
    Patent number: 9901433
    Abstract: A medical device including an artificial contractile structure, which may be advantageously used to assist the functioning of a hollow organ, is provided. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element adapted to contract an organ in such a way that the contractile element is in a resting or in an activated position; at least one actuator designed to activate the contractile structure; and at least one source of energy for powering the actuator. The actuator includes an electromotor and a transmission element linking the electromotor to the contractile element, the transmission element being configured to transmit to the contractile element a force induced by the electromotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MYOPOWERS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE
    Inventors: Piergiorgio Tozzi, Daniel Hayoz, Martin Horst, Marco Wieland, Merg Burkhard, Peter Zeyher
  • MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN ARTIFICIAL CONTRACTILE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20170065402
    Abstract: A medical device including an artificial contractile structure, which may be advantageously used to assist the functioning of a hollow organ, is provided. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element adapted to contract an organ in such a way that the contractile element is in a resting or in an activated position; at least one actuator designed to activate the contractile structure; and at least one source of energy for powering the actuator. The actuator includes an electromotor and a transmission element linking the electromotor to the contractile element, the transmission element being configured to transmit to the contractile element a force induced by the electromotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Piergiorgio TOZZI, Daniel HAYOZ, Martin HORST, Marco WIELAND, Merg BURKHARD, Peter ZEYHER
  • MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN ARTIFICIAL CONTRACTILE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20120296157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical device including an artificial contractile structure which may be advantageously used to assist the functioning of a hollow organ. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element (100) adapted to contract an organ, in such way that the contractile element (100) is in a resting or in an activated position, at least one actuator designed to activate the contractile structure, and at least one source of energy for powering the actuator. The ratio “current which is needed to maintain the contractile element in its activated position/current which is needed to change the position of the contractile element” is less than 1/500, preferably less than 1/800, and more preferably less than 1/1000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MYOPOWERS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES SA
    Inventors: Piergiorgio Tozzi, Daniel Hayoz, Martin Horst, Marco Wieland, Merg Burkhard, Peter Zeyher