Patents by Inventor Robert UEHLINGER

Robert UEHLINGER 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).

  • Device and system for facilitating insertion of a bone treatment device
    Patent number: 11490942
    Abstract: A device includes an outer sleeve of flexible material forming an outer conduit extending longitudinally therethrough for the insertion of a bone treatment device (“BTD”) to target sites within a living body. A distal opening of the outer conduit is open so that, when the outer sleeve is in a desired position within the body, BTD is inserted through the outer conduit exits the outer sleeve adjacent to a target portion of a bone. The device also includes an inner sleeve received within the outer sleeve and defining an inner conduit within the outer conduit to form a protective covering. The inner sleeve is split longitudinally. Portions of the inner sleeve on opposite sides of the split are coupled to one another so that a diameter of the inner conduit is adjustable in response to forces exerted thereon by one of BTD and tissues surrounding the outer sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Gaser El Zoghbi, This Aebi, Henri Défossez, André Weber, Robert Uehlinger, John V. Hunt
  • DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING INSERTION OF A BONE TREATMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210128217
    Abstract: A device includes an outer sleeve of flexible material forming an outer conduit extending longitudinally therethrough for the insertion of a bone treatment device (“BTD”) to target sites within a living body. A distal opening of the outer conduit is open so that, when the outer sleeve is in a desired position within the body, BTD is inserted through the outer conduit exits the outer sleeve adjacent to a target portion of a bone. The device also includes an inner sleeve received within the outer sleeve and defining an inner conduit within the outer conduit to form a protective covering. The inner sleeve is split longitudinally. Portions of the inner sleeve on opposite sides of the split are coupled to one another so that a diameter of the inner conduit is adjustable in response to forces exerted thereon by one of BTD and tissues surrounding the outer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Gaser EL ZOGHBI, This AEBI, Henri DÉFOSSEZ, André WEBER, Robert UEHLINGER, John V. Hunt