Patents by Inventor Ralph MATTERN

Ralph MATTERN 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).

  • Publication number: 20120239145
    Abstract: This reinforcing band (1) for restoring a soft tissue, such as a tendon or a ligament, comprises a textile component with at least one free edge (2, 4). In addition, the or each free edge is folded back into an inner volume of the textile component in such a way as to define an attachment edge (6, 8) suitable for attachment to the soft tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Dale R. Peterson, Peter Popper, Justin C. Anderson, Kevin Ohashi, Ralph Mattern, Jamal Rushdy
  • Publication number: 20120095482
    Abstract: The endoprosthetic textile scaffold (1) according to an embodiment of the invention includes a first weave (10) substantially planar, including a warp (11) oriented in a first direction (D10) and a weft (13) oriented perpendicularly to the first direction, and a second weave (20) substantially planar, including a warp (21) oriented in a second direction (D20) and a weft (23) oriented perpendicularly to the second direction. The second weave is arranged and bound to the first weave so that the first and second weaves are superimposed in a parallel manner, with the first direction being non-parallel to the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Dale Peterson, Ralph Mattern, Peter Popper, Richard Emmitt, Said Rizk, Kevin Ohashi, Robert J. Ball
  • Publication number: 20120059468
    Abstract: A strap for repairing the attachment between a bone and a soft tissue according to embodiments of the present invention includes an elongated flexible textile body including, along its longitudinal direction, first and second longitudinal parts, the first longitudinal part including a fixation mechanism, the fixation mechanism configured to mechanically cooperate with the second longitudinal part, after the second longitudinal part has been passed through at least the soft tissue, to form a loop around at least a portion of the soft tissue, wherein the fixation mechanism permits tightening of the loop to tension the elongated flexible textile body to hold the soft tissue in place with respect to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Ralph MATTERN, Jamal RUSHDY, Dale PETERSON, Kevin OHASHI, Justin C. ANDERSON