Patents by Inventor Simon Nicola Kunz

Simon Nicola Kunz 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).

  • RETRACTABLE BACKFLUSH INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20220192875
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a hand-piece, an outer tube coupled to the hand-piece, an inner tube housed within the outer tube and having a distal end coupled to a soft tip and a proximal end coupled to an adapter, a proximal end of the adapter coupled to a distal end of a valve, the valve slidably coupled to the hand-piece, and a core slidably coupled to the hand-piece and having a distal end coupled to a proximal end of the valve. To retract the soft tip, the valve is retracted, causing the adapter, the valve, and the core to slidably retract in a proximal direction in relation to the hand-piece, and to extend the soft tip, the valve is protracted, causing the adapter, the valve, and the core to slidably protract in a distal direction in relation to the hand-piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Reto Grüebler, Simon Nicola Kunz, Niccolo Maschio, Christoph Siegenthaler
  • Retractable backflush handpiece
    Patent number: D1029239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Alexander Abt, Reto Grüebler, Simon Nicola Kunz, Niccolo Maschio, Christoph Siegenthaler