Patents by Inventor Thilo Trautwein

Thilo Trautwein 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).

  • Extendable spinal implant and extension tool
    Patent number: 7056343
    Abstract: An extendable spinal implant has a first outer sleeve and a second outer sleeve coaxially disposed thereto. An inside drive element is connected by means of screws to at least one of the outer sleeves. The inside drive element has an outside thread, and the outer sleeve that is connected to the drive element has an inside thread that fits on the outside thread. The inside drive element rests on a supporting ring, and is rotatably driven with respect to the supporting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Bernd Schafer
    Inventors: Bernd Schäfer, Thilo Trautwein
  • Distractable vertebral column and distracting tool
    Publication number: 20040172129
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention relates to an extendable spinal implant with a first outer sleeve and a second outer sleeve coaxially disposed thereto and an inside drive element which is connected by means of screws to at least one of the outer sleeves, with the inside drive element comprising a first thread, e.g., an outside thread, and with the outer sleeve that is connected by means of screws to the drive element comprising a second thread, e.g. an inside thread, that fits on the outside thread, with the inside drive element resting on a support ring and with the drive element being able to be driven in the area of its front surface that faces the supporting ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Schafer, Thilo Trautwein