Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Karl Aicher

Wilhelm Karl Aicher 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).

  • Cartilage replacement implant and method for producing a cartilage replacement implant
    Patent number: 8231685
    Abstract: To improve a cartilage replacement implant for the biological regeneration of a damaged cartilage area of articular cartilage in the human body, comprising a cell carrier which has a defect-contacting surface for placement on the damaged cartilage area and is formed and designed for colonization with human cells, so that after implantation of the cartilage replacement implant, formation of a gap between adjacent contact surfaces of the implant and surrounding recipient tissue is minimized, it is proposed that the cell carrier rest with surface-to-surface contact on a carrier and be joined to the carrier at a cell carrier surface that faces away from the defect-contacting surface. A method for producing a cartilage replacement implant is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Tetec Tissue Engineering Technologies AG
    Inventors: Juergen Fritz, Christoph Gaissmaier, Wilhelm Karl Aicher
  • CARTILAGE REPLACEMENT IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARTILAGE REPLACEMENT IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20110238180
    Abstract: To improve a cartilage replacement implant for the biological regeneration of a damaged cartilage area of articular cartilage in the human body, comprising a cell carrier which has a defect-contacting surface for placement on the damaged cartilage area and is formed and designed for colonization with human cells, so that after implantation of the cartilage replacement implant, formation of a gap between adjacent contact surfaces of the implant and surrounding recipient tissue is minimized, it is proposed that the cell carrier rest with surface-to-surface contact on a carrier and be joined to the carrier at a cell carrier surface that faces away from the defect-contacting surface. A method for producing a cartilage replacement implant is also proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: AESCULAP AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Fritz, Christoph Gaissmaier, Wilhelm Karl Aicher