Patents by Inventor Ramon Schauer

Ramon Schauer 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).

  • Method for the surface treatment and/or manufacture of a medical product, and medical product
    Patent number: 12522944
    Abstract: A medical product and a method of surface treatment and/or manufacture of a medical product. The medical product includes a metal or an alloy or consists of a metal or an alloy. The method includes the following steps: a) dulling a surface of the medical product, b) electropolishing the dulled surface of the medical product, c) electrochemically etching the dulled and electropolished surface of the medical product and d) electropolishing the dulled, electropolished and electrochemically etched surface of the medical product. The medical product has at least one of the following features: a pitting corrosion potential of 100 mV to 1200 mV, and/or a contact angle of 80° to 140°, and/or a passive layer having a thickness of 1 nm to 10 nm, which coats at least sections of the surface of the medical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Lukas Waidelich, Andreas Gassner, Ramon Schauer, Christian Grimm, Stefan Boner
  • METHOD FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT AND/OR MANUFACTURE OF A MEDICAL PRODUCT, AND MEDICAL PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20230151509
    Abstract: A medical product and a method of surface treatment and/or manufacture of a medical product. The medical product includes a metal or an alloy or consists of a metal or an alloy. The method includes the following steps: a) dulling a surface of the medical product, b) electropolishing the dulled surface of the medical product, c) electrochemically etching the dulled and electropolished surface of the medical product and d) electropolishing the dulled, electropolished and electrochemically etched surface of the medical product. The medical product has at least one of the following features: a pitting corrosion potential of 100 mV to 1200 mV, and/or a contact angle of 80° to 140°, and/or a passive layer having a thickness of 1 nm to 10 nm, which coats at least sections of the surface of the medical product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Lukas Waidelich, Andreas Gassner, Ramon Schauer, Christian Grimm, Stefan Boner
  • METHOD FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF A METAL OR ALLOY PRODUCT, AND METAL OR ALLOY PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20220002896
    Abstract: A process for the surface treatment and/or production of a metal or alloy product including the steps of: a) dulling of a surface of the metal or alloy product and b) electrochemical treatment of the dulled surface of the metal or alloy product, and a metal or alloy product which produced or able to be produced by the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Fabian Bayer, Stefan Boner, Andreas Deutschendorf, Andreas Gassner, Ramon Schauer, Lukas Waidelich