Patents by Inventor ROBERT J. VONSEGGERN

ROBERT J. VONSEGGERN 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).

  • IMPLANTABLE TISSUE AUGMENTATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20020019670
    Abstract: An implantable tissue augmentation device having a multiplicity of biocompatible strands, each of said strands having at least one end wherein the multiplicity of strands are integrally joined at the at least one end of each of the multiplicity of strands. Optionally, the augmentation device has an attachment feature allowing easy attachment to a suture, a needle or other surgical instrument. The strands can have various cross sectional configurations such as rectangles or polygons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: JERALD M. CRAWLEY, COREY W. DIETRICH, PETER R. GIOVALE, THOMAS M. O'HARA, ROBERT J. VONSEGGERN