Patents by Inventor Staphan Schmolke

Staphan Schmolke 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).

  • Publication number: 20040143269
    Abstract: A cutting device (1) for cutting bone tissue (3), which is particularly intended for correcting malpositions, and which enables a segment of the bone tissue (3) to be cut along a predetermined cut surface (5). The cutting device (1) produces a high pressure fluid jet (2) which is guided by a control program stored in a control unit (4) to produce a cut surface (5) having a desired configuration, for example, a circular arc shape. The resulting bone parts (6, 7), created in this manner, can be fixed in a corrective position (8) with little effort and without significant loss of material. A collector (9), which is equipped with a supply line (14) for supplying a rinsing liquid and with a suction line (13), is provided for collecting the fluid from the fluid jet (2). Collector (9) simultaneously serves to reduce the energy remaining in the high-pressure fluid jet (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicants: Universitaet Hannover, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
    Inventors: Frank Pude, Hartmut Louis, Ludger Kirsch, Carl Joachim Wirth, Staphan Schmolke