Patents by Inventor Vilmos Vécsei

Vilmos Vécsei 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).

  • Reaming tool for reaming bone canals
    Patent number: 6416517
    Abstract: A reaming tool for reaming bone canals with a drill head which is mounted on an elongate flexible shaft which has a diameter smaller than that of the drill head and be which can be connected to a rotary drive motor, wherein the drill head and shank comprise a through-bore for a guiding wire wherein the shaft at least over a part of its length is spiraled in a thread-like manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Stryker Trauma GmbH
    Inventors: Hans E. Harder, Seyed-Mehdi Mousavi, Vilmos Vécsei
  • REAMING TOOL FOR REAMING BONE CANALS
    Publication number: 20010018588
    Abstract: A reaming tool for reaming bone canals with a drill head which is mounted on an elongate flexible shaft which has a diameter smaller than that of the drill head and which can be connected to a rotary drive motor, wherein the drill head and shank comprise a through-bore for a guiding wire wherein the shaft at least over a part of its length is spiraled in a thread-like manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 1998
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: HANS E. HARDER, SEYED-MEHDI MOUSAVI, VILMOS VECSEI
  • Supra condylus bone nail
    Patent number: 6010505
    Abstract: A supracondylar bone nail has an elongated shank with a distal end and a proximal end and has two bends in the M-L plane. Both bends are in the same direction with screw holes between the distal tip of the nail and the first bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Howmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Asche, Hans Erich Harder, Thomas Heinrich Anton Heinz, Klaus Hornberger, Reinhard Schnettler, Vilmos Vecsei
  • Locking nail
    Patent number: 4976258
    Abstract: A hollow elongated medullary bone nail capable of being locked in place with at least a pair of transversely-disposed bone screws is disclosed. The radius in transverse cross-section of the outer surface of the nail varies over the circumference of the cross-sectional profile of the nail in such a manner that a steadily rounded contour results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Howmedica International, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl M. Richter, Vilmos Vecsei
  • Femoral portion of a hip joint prosthesis
    Patent number: 4938771
    Abstract: A femoral portion of a hip joint prosthesis comprises a shank portion which merges into an angled neck portion optionally via a collar, with the neck portion being connected or adapted to be connected to a joint ball. The upper or proximal portion of the shank is defined by a framework structure such that the distribution of the tension and thrust forces approximates the force distribution in the natural bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Inventors: Vilmos Vecsei, Karl Obersteiner