Patents by Inventor Thomas Buehlmann

Thomas Buehlmann 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).

  • Patent number: 11944553
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are expanding spinal fusion cage embodiments including an expandable cage assembly configured to expand from a collapsed state to an expanded state in an intervertebral space when inflated with a material. The assembly can include an inflatable section defining an interior volume configured to receive the material and expand the interior volume in response to a pressure from the received material to cause the expandable cage assembly to transition from the collapsed state to the expanded state, and a stabilization section configured to restrain the inflatable section during inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Peyton Hopson, Hassan Serhan, Eric Buehlmann, Robert Sommerich, Thomas Gamache, Cynthia Star, Philip Reeves, Oliver Smith, David Hayden, Loic Le Merlus
  • Patent number: 5337964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering secondary raw materials from garbage consisting of a nonuniform mixture of useful materials gone out of use. Said method comprises the following steps: crushing the solid components of said mixture; separating the obtained crushed mixture into fractions of the same species; and subjecting said fractions to a dehumidification process. Said dehumidification process extends continuously throughout all stages of the whole recovering process. The invention also relates to a plant for carrying through said method, said plant comprising means for crushing the solid components of said mixture; separating the obtained crushed mixture into fractions of the same species; subjecting said fractions to a dehumidification process; and transporting the material to be processed form one station to the next one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Ikotek Informatik, Kommunikation und Fertigungstechnik AG
    Inventor: Thomas Buehlmann