Patents by Inventor Tuomo Nieminen

Tuomo Nieminen 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).

  • Method of promoting osteogenesis
    Publication number: 20050186251
    Abstract: Novel polymer compositions that are useful in the manufacture of medical implants, implants having osteogenic properties and methods of making said implants are disclosed. Polymer compositions comprise a base material including a polymer matrix of resorbable polymer(s) or copolymer(s), and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein NMP is present in an amount imparting osteogenic properties for the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: INION LTD.
    Inventors: Eija Pirhonen, Jan Nieuwenhuis, Auvo Kaikkonen, Tuomo Nieminen, Franz Weber
  • Resorbable polymer composition, implant and method of making implant
    Patent number: 6926903
    Abstract: Novel polymer compositions that are useful in the manufacture of medical implants, implants having osteogenic properties and methods of making said implants are disclosed. Polymer compositions comprise a base material including a polymer matrix of resorbable polymer(s) or copolymer(s), and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein NMP is present in an amount imparting osteogenic properties for the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Inion Ltd.
    Inventors: Eija Pirhonen, Jan Nieuwenhuis, Auvo Kaikkonen, Tuomo Nieminen, Franz Weber
  • Resorbable polymer composition, implant and method of making implant
    Publication number: 20030104029
    Abstract: Novel polymer compositions that are useful in the manufacture of medical implants, implants having osteogenic properties and methods of making said implants are disclosed. Polymer compositions comprise a base material including a polymer matrix of resorbable polymer(s) or copolymer(s), and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein NMP is present in an amount imparting osteogenic properties for the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: INION LTD.
    Inventors: Eija Pirhonen, Jan Nieuwenhuis, Auvo Kaikkonen, Tuomo Nieminen, Franz Weber