Patents by Inventor Nils FABER

Nils FABER 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: 11523853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fixation devices. Certain embodiments provide a fixation device for insertion into bone. The fixation device includes a body comprising threads along an outer surface of the body. The fixation device includes one or more blades movably coupled to the body. The one or more blades are configured to move between at least a first position and a second position. In the first position, the one or more blades are retracted into the body. In the second position, the one or more blades are deployed out of the body for insertion into the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Billy Kinane, Inge Famaey, Dieter Vangeneugden, Nils Faber
  • Publication number: 20210038275
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fixation devices. Certain embodiments provide a fixation device for insertion into bone. The fixation device includes a body comprising threads along an outer surface of the body. The fixation device includes one or more blades movably coupled to the body. The one or more blades are configured to move between at least a first position and a second position. In the first position, the one or more blades are retracted into the body. In the second position, the one or more blades are deployed out of the body for insertion into the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Billy KINANE, Inge FAMAEY, Dieter VANGENEUGDEN, Nils FABER
  • Patent number: 10231847
    Abstract: The implant fixation systems disclosed herein include an implant manufactured with, or coupled to, one or more implant fixation devices used to secure the implant to bone. Various implant fixation device embodiments have an engagement element with a concave engagement tip, a guiding element defining a planned trajectory along which the engagement element is configured to move, and an adjustment element configured to move the engagement element along the planned trajectory. Moving the engagement element along the planned trajectory causes the concave engagement tip to enter a bone in a first position and rotate within the bone to a second position. Continuing to move the engagement element along the planned trajectory may cause the concave engagement tip to undergo translational movement from the second position to a third position, thereby pulling the implant towards the bone and exerting compression forces on the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Benjamin Geebelen, Nils Faber
  • Publication number: 20150342754
    Abstract: The implant fixation systems disclosed herein include an implant manufactured with, or coupled to, one or more implant fixation devices used to secure the implant to bone. Various implant fixation device embodiments have an engagement element with a concave engagement tip, a guiding element defining a planned trajectory along which the engagement element is configured to move, and an adjustment element configured to move the engagement element along the planned trajectory. Moving the engagement element along the planned trajectory causes the concave engagement tip to enter a bone in a first position and rotate within the bone to a second position. Continuing to move the engagement element along the planned trajectory may cause the concave engagement tip to undergo translational movement from the second position to a third position, thereby pulling the implant towards the bone and exerting compression forces on the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin GEEBELEN, Nils FABER
  • Patent number: D747480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Benjamin Geebelen, Nils Faber
  • Patent number: D747481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Benjamin Geebelen, Nils Faber