Patents by Inventor Sara Brucker

Sara Brucker 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).

  • Spacer for a medical instrument
    Patent number: 8894677
    Abstract: The spacer serves for limiting the depth of insertion of a shaft of a medical instrument into a body of a patient. The spacer has a distal abutment for bearing on a body of a patient. The spacer has a spacer element extending along a length section of the shaft of the medical instrument. A device for releasably mounting the spacer on the shaft has an aperture via which the spacer can be mounted laterally to the shaft. For it the aperture is designed as a lateral slit aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Diethelm Wallwiener, Sara Brucker
  • Spacer for a medical instrument
    Publication number: 20070210018
    Abstract: The spacer serves for limiting the depth of insertion of a shaft of a medical instrument into a body of a patient. The spacer has a distal abutment for bearing on a body of a patient. The spacer has a spacer element extending along a length section of the shaft of the medical instrument. A device for releasably mounting the spacer on the shaft has an aperture via which the spacer can be mounted laterally to the shaft. For it the aperture is designed as a lateral slit aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Diethelm Wallwiener, Sara Brucker
  • Thread guide for laparoscopic surgery
    Patent number: D642680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sara Brucker, Martin Hahn