Patents by Inventor Reto Germann

Reto Germann 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: 11684470
    Abstract: An injector for ejecting an intraocular lens for injecting the latter into an eye or for implanting a corneal endothelial tissue, including an elongate injector body which has a piston rod passage and in which an injector piston rod having a screw thread is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner. The injector is provided with two operating modes for the displacement of the injector piston rod and is able to be switched between the modes. The first operating mode defines an ejection operation and the second operating mode defines a screwing operation. The injector body has at least one retractable and deployable wing grip, wherein the operating mode is set to ejection operation by the deployed position and the operating mode is set to screwing operation by the retracted position. The injector piston rod includes a stop element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MEDICEL AG
    Inventors: Volker Dockhorn, Reto Germann
  • Patent number: 11076949
    Abstract: An injector for ejecting an intraocular lens into an eye, comprises a longitudinal injector body, in which an injector piston rod can be guided in an axially displaceable manner, an injector nozzle at a front end of the injector body, in the direction of which the injector piston rod can be displaced, a displacement mechanism for pushing the injector piston rod forwards, and an actuating element for the manual actuation of the displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a transmission mechanism, by means of which the actuating element and the injector piston rod can be placed in an articulated driving connection, and an operating region for the actuation of the actuating element is formed at a longitudinal side of the injector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Reto Germann, Volker Dockhorn
  • Publication number: 20210154004
    Abstract: An injector for ejecting an intraocular lens for injecting the latter into an eye or for implanting a corneal endothelial tissue, comprising an elongate injector body which has a piston rod passage and in which an injector piston rod having a screw thread is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner. The injector is provided with two operating modes for the displacement of the injector piston rod and is able to be switched between the modes. The first operating mode defines an ejection operation and the second operating mode defines a screwing operation. The injector body has at least one retractable and deployable wing grip, wherein the operating mode is set to ejection operation by the deployed position and the operating mode is set to screwing operation by the retracted position. The injector piston rod comprises a stop element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Dockhorn, Reto Germann
  • Publication number: 20170245984
    Abstract: An injector for ejecting an intraocular lens into an eye, comprises a longitudinal injector body, in which an injector piston rod can be guided in an axially displaceable manner, an injector nozzle at a front end of the injector body, in the direction of which the injector piston rod can be displaced, a displacement mechanism for pushing the injector piston rod forwards, and an actuating element for the manual actuation of the displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a transmission mechanism, by means of which the actuating element and the injector piston rod can be placed in an articulated driving connection, and an operating region for the actuation of the actuating element is formed at a longitudinal side of the injector body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Reto Germann, Volker Dockhorn