Patents by Inventor Rodrigo TERRAZAS

Rodrigo TERRAZAS 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).

  • System for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid
    Patent number: 11925357
    Abstract: A system for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid, comprising: a medical implant made of a helically wound wire, wherein the wire is formed into a first loop at the proximal end of the medical implant; a cylindrical, hollow insertion aid with a second loop at the distal end of the insertion aid; and a locking wire, which extends through the hollow insertion aid and is relatively movable to the insertion aid; wherein in a first operating state, in which the medical implant is connected to the insertion aid, the second loop of the insertion aid extends through the first loop of the medical implant and the locking wire extends through the second loop of the insertion aid, so that the first loop of the medical implant is arranged between the second loop of the insertion aid and the locking wire; and wherein in a second operating state the locking wire is retracted into the hollow insertion aid and out of the second loop, so that the first loop of the medical implant is no longer connected to the secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PFM MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Rodrigo Terrazas, Pierre Weitzig
  • SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL IMPLANT TO AN INSERTION AID
    Publication number: 20220008081
    Abstract: A system for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid, comprising: a medical implant made of a helically wound wire, wherein the wire is formed into a first loop at the proximal end of the medical implant; a cylindrical, hollow insertion aid with a second loop at the distal end of the insertion aid; and a locking wire, which extends through the hollow insertion aid and is relatively movable to the insertion aid; wherein in a first operating state, in which the medical implant is connected to the insertion aid, the second loop of the insertion aid extends through the first loop of the medical implant and the locking wire extends through the second loop of the insertion aid, so that the first loop of the medical implant is arranged between the second loop of the insertion aid and the locking wire; and wherein in a second operating state the locking wire is retracted into the hollow insertion aid and out of the second loop, so that the first loop of the medical implant is no longer connected to the secon
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Rodrigo TERRAZAS, Pierre WEITZIG