Patents by Inventor Ulrike Pfeiffer

Ulrike Pfeiffer 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).

  • Stent retractor/distractor
    Patent number: 11266392
    Abstract: A stent retractor/distractor includes a radially flexibly enlargeable, pipe-shaped sheath which is divided up in the circumferential direction in at least two sections, namely one stiffening section and one enlarging section with differing radial flexibilities, which are connected with each other in one piece of material. The stent retractor/distractor defined in that way is made on the whole by a laser or water jet cutting procedure, preferably from a pipe blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AESCULAP AG
    Inventors: Jens Beger, Ulrike Pfeiffer, Richard Stacey, Thomas Cadoux-Hudson, Tobias Wäschle, Christian Grimm, Frank-Markus Storz, Francis Kilian
  • STENT RETRACTOR/DISTRACTOR
    Publication number: 20160213500
    Abstract: A stent retractor/distractor includes a radially flexibly enlargeable, pipe-shaped sheath which is divided up in the circumferential direction in at least two sections, namely one stiffening section and one enlarging section with differing radial flexibilities, which are connected with each other in one piece of material. The stent retractor/distractor defined in that way is made on the whole by a laser or water jet cutting procedure, preferably from a pipe blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jens Beger, Ulrike Pfeiffer, Richard Stacey, Tom Cadoux-Hudson, Tobias Wäschle, Christian Grimm, Frank-Markus Storz, Francis Kilian