Patents by Inventor Sebastian Furderer

Sebastian Furderer 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 for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column
    Patent number: 8491591
    Abstract: A device for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column, particularly for stabilizing broken vertebrae, includes a supporting implant which is plastically expandable by internal pressure. The supporting implant can be placed into the interior of a vertebral body which has been fractured under compression or between adjacent vertebral bodies. A pressure balloon to which pressure fluid can be admitted may be arranged in the interior of the supporting implant for producing the internal pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventor: Sebastian Fürderer
  • Device for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column
    Publication number: 20030088249
    Abstract: A device for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column, particularly for stabilizing broken vertebrae, includes a supporting implant which is plastically expandable by internal pressure. The supporting implant can be placed into the interior of a vertebral body which has been fractured under compression or between adjacent vertebral bodies. A pressure balloon to which pressure fluid can be admitted may be arranged in the interior of the supporting implant for producing the internal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventor: Sebastian Furderer