Patents by Inventor Ulrich Holz

Ulrich Holz 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: 6287342
    Abstract: A prosthesis part can be implanted without the use of cement. The prosthesis part comprises: a cage structure, which unites with the spongy substance of the bone; a carrier plate which is connected to the cage structure; and a carrier post for a joint part. The carrier post is supported by the carrier plate. The carrier plate has openings through which a severing instrument, such as a chisel or milling cutter, is introducable in order to separate the cage structure at least to a large extent from the cortical substance of the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventors: Franz Copf, Ulrich Holz
  • Publication number: 20010018617
    Abstract: A prosthetic part includes an anchorage section that is introducable into a bone recess, the anchorage section comprising at least partially a cage structure, a plate section that extends in a lateral direction beyond the anchorage section, and a supporting section for a joint part. The plate section is provided with at least one opening or at least one indentation, through which a severing instrument is introducable to cut a connection between the anchoring section and corticalis substance of a bone. The plate section has a marginal region having a circumferential arrangement of indentations, and the at least one opening or the at least one indentation is elongated and extends parallel to an edge of the plate section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Franz Copf, Ulrich Holz
  • Patent number: 5002579
    Abstract: An orthopedic prothesis component comprising a joint member and an anchoring member coupled thereto, said anchoring member including a plurality of elongated rod shaped anchoring posts and a support plate having an upper surface for carrying said joint member, and a lower surface configured to abut a resected surface of the bone and being connected to said anchoring posts, each of said anchoring posts containing a plurality of anchoring collars disposed at predetermined intervals along said posts, each of said collars having radial surfaces extending beyond the perimeter of said posts, whereby said collars serve to transfer loads imposed on the anchoring posts to spongiose material that is packed around said posts after the posts are positioned in the skeleton bone cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Inventors: Franz Copf, Ulrich Holz, Savo Vesel