Patents by Inventor Stefan JOCKENHÖVEL

Stefan JOCKENHÖVEL 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: 20210251740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a stent graft. The method comprises providing a graft made of a first polymer-based material and applying a stent structure comprising a plurality of struts made of a second polymer-based material onto the graft by means of an additive manufacturing method. The invention further relates to a stent graft produced by means of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: RHEINISCH-WESTFÄLISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN
    Inventors: Alexander LÖWEN, Valentine GESCHÉ, Stefan JOCKENHÖVEL, Thomas GRIES
  • Patent number: 10869750
    Abstract: AN endovascular stent graft including a hydrogel capable of retarded swelling when coming into contact with blood upon implantation in a patient is provided. Methods for the treatment of aneurysms and the prevention of ischemic neurological damage, in particular spinal cord damage, in patients receiving aneurysm repair procedures, using said endovascular stent grafts is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen
    Inventors: Andreas Greiner, Stefan Jockenhövel, Andrij Pich, Larissa Hussmann, Valentine Gesché
  • Publication number: 20200138446
    Abstract: Implant for insertion into body cavities, in particular blood vessels, preferably aneurysms, comprising at least one fibre (2) by means of which a coagulation of blood can be brought about, wherein the implant comprises at least one driving element (1) which can be formed into a first shape and which can be converted from the first shape automatically into a second, in particular relaxed shape by a mechanical stress which is applied to the element in the first shape, and the implant comprises at least one driven fibre (2), in particular a multiplicity of driven fibres (2), and a respective driven fibre (2) with regions which are spaced apart in the direction of extent of the fibre is attached to the at least one driving element (1) in regions which are at a different position with respect to one another, in particular at a larger distance from one another, in the first shape than in the second shape, and the at least one driven fibre (2), preferably the multiplicity of driven fibres (2), is driven by the driv
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan JOCKENHOEVEL, Hermann MONSTADT
  • Publication number: 20200078161
    Abstract: AN endovascular stent graft including a hydrogel capable of retarded swelling when coming into contact with blood upon implantation in a patient is provided. Methods for the treatment of aneurysms and the prevention of ischemic neurological damage, in particular spinal cord damage, in patients receiving aneurysm repair procedures, using said endovascular stent grafts is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas GREINER, Stefan JOCKENHÖVEL, Andrij PICH