Patents by Inventor Stefan Dude

Stefan Dude 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).

  • Threaded locking structures for affixing bone anchors to a bone plate, and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 11013541
    Abstract: A bone plate includes at least one hole extending through the bone plate from an upper plate surface to a lower plate surface along a central hole axis that is oriented along an axial direction. The at least one hole defined by an interior surface of the bone plate. The interior surface further defining a plurality of columns sequentially located about a circumference of the interior surface and a plurality of recesses located circumferentially between the columns. Each of the columns defines a plurality of thread segments each defining a root, a first thread surface extending from the root to a first crest, and a second thread surface extending from the root to a second crest. At least a portion of the first and second thread surfaces are offset from one another at a thread angle. The thread angle of at least one of the thread segments is in a range of about 5 degrees to about 59 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Bosshard, Michael McGurk, Mirko Rocci, Stefan Dude
  • Threaded Locking Structures For Affixing Bone Anchors To A Bone Plate, And Related Systems And Methods
    Publication number: 20190328430
    Abstract: A bone plate includes at least one hole extending through the bone plate from an upper plate surface to a lower plate surface along a central hole axis that is oriented along an axial direction. The at least one hole defined by an interior surface of the bone plate. The interior surface further defining a plurality of columns sequentially located about a circumference of the interior surface and a plurality of recesses located circumferentially between the columns. Each of the columns defines a plurality of thread segments each defining a root, a first thread surface extending from the root to a first crest, and a second thread surface extending from the root to a second crest. At least a portion of the first and second thread surfaces are offset from one another at a thread angle. The thread angle of at least one of the thread segments is in a range of about 5 degrees to about 59 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Simon M. Bosshard, Michael McGurk, Mirko Rocci, Stefan Dude
  • Threaded locking structures for affixing bone anchors to a bone plate, and related systems and methods
    Patent number: RE50915
    Abstract: A bone plate includes at least one hole extending through the bone plate from an upper plate surface to a lower plate surface along a central hole axis that is oriented along an axial direction. The at least one hole defined by an interior surface of the bone plate. The interior surface further defining a plurality of columns sequentially located about a circumference of the interior surface and a plurality of recesses located circumferentially between the columns. Each of the columns defines a plurality of thread segments each defining a root, a first thread surface extending from the root to a first crest, and a second thread surface extending from the root to a second crest. At least a portion of the first and second thread surfaces are offset from one another at a thread angle. The thread angle of at least one of the thread segments is in a range of about 5 degrees to about 59 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Bosshard, Michael McGurk, Mirko Rocci, Stefan Dude