Patents by Inventor Roman Forreiter

Roman Forreiter 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).

  • Substantially flexible implant holder for a tubular implant structure
    Patent number: 8347730
    Abstract: A substantially flexible implant holder for holding a substantially tubular implant structure during fatigue testing of the implant structure, the implant holder having a substantially elongate cavity for occupation by the tubular implant structure and a cavity-surrounding part which extends from at least a first longitudinal end of the cavity to at least a second longitudinal end of the cavity, the cavity-surrounding part having a stiffness which gradually changes from a relatively high stiffness adjacent each of the longitudinal ends of the cavity to a relatively low stiffness adjacent a middle portion which is situated between the two longitudinal ends of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Lorenz, Thiemo Blank, Roman Forreiter
  • Fatigue test system and method of testing of tubular implant structures
    Patent number: 8196478
    Abstract: A fatigue test system for repetitively deforming a substantially tubular implant structure which is within a radial range and within an axial range expandable and contractable and which has at least a first and a second end, wherein the system comprises at least a first and second part which are controllably moveable relative to each other, and a first and a second fixture assembly for fixing the first end to the first part and the second end to the second part, so that the system controls in use the position of each of the first and second end of the tubular implant structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Lorenz, Thiemo Blank, Roman Forreiter
  • FATIGUE TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TESTING OF TUBULAR IMPLANT STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20100242620
    Abstract: A fatigue test system for repetitively deforming a substantially tubular implant structure which is within a radial range and within an axial range expandable and contractable and which has at least a first and a second end, wherein the system comprises at least a first and second part which are controllably moveable relative to each other, and a first and a second fixture assembly for fixing the first end to the first part and the second end to the second part, so that the system controls in use the position of each of the first and second end of the tubular implant structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: C. R. BARD, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Lorenz, Thiemo Blank, Roman Forreiter
  • SUBSTANTIALLY FLEXIBLE IMPLANT HOLDER FOR A TUBULAR IMPLANT STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20100000329
    Abstract: A substantially flexible implant holder for holding a substantially tubular implant structure during fatigue testing of the implant structure, the implant holder having a substantially elongate cavity for occupation by the tubular implant structure and a cavity-surrounding part which extends from at least a first longitudinal end of the cavity to at least a second longitudinal end of the cavity, the cavity-surrounding part having a stiffness which gradually changes from a relatively high stiffness adjacent each of the longitudinal ends of the cavity to a relatively low stiffness adjacent a middle portion which is situated between the two longitudinal ends of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Lorenz, Thiemo Blank, Roman Forreiter