Patents by Inventor Von Wieding Holger

Von Wieding Holger 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).

  • Bone plate instrument and method
    Patent number: 8162950
    Abstract: A drill guide for a bone plate which has holes therethrough for receiving bone screws. The drill guide includes a guide block having drill guide bores alignable with at least two bone screw receiving holes in the bone plate. A first locking element in inserted through a guide block drill guide bore. The locking element has a tip for engaging a bone screw receiving holes in the bone plate, the tip being selectively expandable to engage and disengage from the bone plate hole. A second locking element is mounted on the guide block and is engageable with a bone plate hole. The second locking element also has a tip for resiliently engaging walls of the bone plate hole wherein the tip of the first and second locking elements has a split portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Denis Digeser, Jürgen Rettich, Jürgen Kraus, Von Wieding Holger, Ingo Stoltenberg
  • Bone plate instrument and method
    Publication number: 20090157086
    Abstract: A drill guide for a bone plate which has holes therethrough for receiving bone screws. The drill guide includes a guide block having drill guide bores alignable with at least two bone screw receiving holes in the bone plate. A first locking element in inserted through a guide block drill guide bore. The locking element has a tip for engaging a bone screw receiving holes in the bone plate, the tip being selectively expandable to engage and disengage from the bone plate hole. A second locking element is mounted on the guide block and is engageable with a bone plate hole. The second locking element also has a tip for resiliently engaging walls of the bone plate hole wherein the tip of the first and second locking elements has a split portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Denis Digeser, Jurgen Rettich, Jurgen Kraus, Von Wieding Holger, Ingo Stoltenberg