Patents by Inventor Nicole Westin

Nicole Westin 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).

  • Bone plate with elongated guiding channels
    Patent number: 10517658
    Abstract: A bone plate has bone facing side, a front side being arranged substantially opposite to and facing away from the bone facing side, and at least a first and a second elongated guiding channel. The first and second guiding channels are configured to receive a flexible elongated member such as, for example, a cerclage wire, and the first and second guiding channel are each further configured to guide the elongated member along a respective first and second guiding channel axis (A, B) from a first to a second lateral region of the bone plate. The first and second guiding channel axes (A, B) cross each other in at least one region of the bone plate outer front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Axel Bernhard Cremer, Jan Heinsohn, Nicole Westin
  • BONE PLATE WITH ELONGATED GUIDING CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20170181780
    Abstract: A bone plate has bone facing side, a front side being arranged substantially opposite to and facing away from the bone facing side, and at least a first and a second elongated guiding channel The first and second guiding channels are configured to receive a flexible elongated member such as, for example, a cerclage wire, and the first and second guiding channel are each further configured to guide the elongated member along a respective first and second guiding channel axis (A, B) from a first to a second lateral region of the bone plate. The first and second guiding channel axes (A, B) cross each other in at least one region of the bone plate outer front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Axel Bernhard Cremer, Jan Heinsohn, Nicole Westin