Patents by Inventor Stefan Kapeller

Stefan Kapeller 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).

  • Devices and methods for injection of media into human and animal tissue
    Patent number: 8715245
    Abstract: Embodiments of a medical hand-grip element for injection of a substance from an ampoule, comprise a drive device for driving the ampoule and the injection needle, a delivery device for delivering the medicinal substance out of the ampoule and a coupling device for rotationally fixed coupling of the ampoule with the injection needle and for preventing a relative movement between the ampoule and the injection needle is disclosed. Embodiments of injection systems, injection units, injection needles and handling methods for them are also disclosed in which the risk of injury and contamination for the user is reduced by providing approaches for covering the ends of the cannulas of the injection needles during a number of handling steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Teufelberger, Hannes Wagner, Christine Oberascher, Stefan Kapeller, Rainer Sigl, Udo Hoermann
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INJECTION OF MEDIA INTO HUMAN AND ANIMAL TISSUE
    Publication number: 20090030376
    Abstract: Embodiments of a medical hand-grip element for injection of a substance from an ampoule, comprise a drive device for driving the ampoule and the injection needle, a delivery device for delivering the medicinal substance out of the ampoule and a coupling device for rotationally fixed coupling of the ampoule with the injection needle and for preventing a relative movement between the ampoule and the injection needle is disclosed. Embodiments of injection systems, injection units, injection needles and handling methods for them are also disclosed in which the risk of injury and contamination for the user is reduced by providing approaches for covering the ends of the cannulas of the injection needles during a number of handling steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Gunter Teufelberger, Hannes Wagner, Christine Oberascher, Stefan Kapeller, Rainer Sigl, Udo Hoermann