Patents by Inventor Winfried Kreidler

Winfried Kreidler 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: 9393332
    Abstract: A filter holder, for a sterilization container (1), has a wall area (5) with ventilation openings (7), through which an exchange of air takes place between the interior space of the sterilization container and the surrounding area, covered by a filter sheet (10) to form a sterile barrier, sterilizing air entering the interior space. The filter sheet is held on the wall area (5, 6) by an air-permeable pressing disk. A holding pin (20), with a mounting hole (34), by which the pressing disk (12) can be pressed against the wall area in the axial direction (41), can be attached to a mounting pin (11), which is stationary relative to the wall area. The holding pin (20) is connected with the mounting pin in a pressed position via a detachable positive-locking connection (19, 51). The connection can be secured by an adjusting sleeve (21) mounted displaceably on the holding pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Innovation Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Kreidler, Jochen Kreidler
  • Patent number: 9005541
    Abstract: A medical sterilization container has a removable container cover, which is provided in a wall area (4) with gas-exchange openings (5), with a filter unit (55) for gas exchange has an interchangeable filter sheet covering the gas-exchange openings (5) on the inside, which is arranged within a ring-shaped circumferential frame element (15) and is held pressably against an inside of the wall area (4) by a pressure washer (36) provided with openings (45). The pressure washer (36) is detachably connected to frame element (15) or the wall area (4) and has a ring groove (48) with a preferably elastic sealing ring (49), which seals the wall area (4) provided with the gas-exchange openings (5) against the frame element (15). To prevent a shifting of and/or damage to the filter sheet during a clamping process, the pressure washer (36) can be pressed against the wall area (4) by a spring washer (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Innovations Medical GmbH
    Inventor: Winfried Kreidler
  • Publication number: 20150053703
    Abstract: A filter holder, for a sterilization container (1), has a wall area (5) with ventilation openings (7), through which an exchange of air takes place between the interior space of the sterilization container and the surrounding area, covered by a filter sheet (10) to form a sterile barrier, sterilizing air entering the interior space. The filter sheet is held on the wall area (5, 6) by an air-permeable pressing disk. A holding pin (20), with a mounting hole (34), by which the pressing disk (12) can be pressed against the wall area in the axial direction (41), can be attached to a mounting pin (11), which is stationary relative to the wall area. The holding pin (20) is connected with the mounting pin in a pressed position via a detachable positive-locking connection (19, 51). The connection can be secured by an adjusting sleeve (21) mounted displaceably on the holding pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Innovation Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried KREIDLER, Jochen KREIDLER
  • Patent number: 8590724
    Abstract: A lock for locking a sterilization container has box-like bottom part and a container cover that can be removed and placed airtightly and connected on the bottom part by a seal to form a closed sterilization space. The lock has a tensioning lever pivotable into an opened position, and a closing flap rotatable about an axis of rotation, with a positive-locking closed position with the tensioning lever. The tensioning lever is able to be brought via the closing flap, during the rotary motion of the closing flap into an opened rotated position, with the closing flap disengaged from the tensioning lever after a further rotary motion into a fully opened end position. The tensioning lever may be fixed in open, and the closing flap positive-lockingly engages with the tensioning lever during closing and the tensioning lever is able be to moved into a closed tensioned position by the closing flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Innovations Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Kreidler, Jochen Kreidler
  • Patent number: 8518338
    Abstract: A sterilization container has a box-like lower part and a removable container cover (1), which form a closed, airtight sterilization space. Ventilating openings (4), through which exchange of air takes place between the sterilization space and the environment, are provided in a wall area (2) of the sterilization container. A cover plate (6) detachably meshes with the wall area (2) through at least one spring-loaded snap-in or locking connection (9). The cover plate (6), as a round disk with a peripheral ring wall, has on the outside a peripheral locking groove, which detachably meshes with a plurality of locking elements (9) arranged in the peripheral area of the cover plate (6). The locking elements (9) are arranged stationarily as a separate assembly unit each in mounting holes of ring segments (8) projecting axially over the wall area (2), which mounting holes extend at right angles to the cover plate (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Innovations-Medical GmbH
    Inventor: Winfried Kreidler
  • Publication number: 20130043250
    Abstract: A lock for locking a sterilization container has box-like bottom part and a container cover that can be removed and placed airtightly and connected on the bottom part by a seal to form a closed sterilization space. The lock has a tensioning lever pivotable into an opened position, and a closing flap rotatable about an axis of rotation, with a positive-locking closed position with the tensioning lever. The tensioning lever is able to be brought via the closing flap, during the rotary motion of the closing flap into an opened rotated position, with the closing flap disengaged from the tensioning lever after a further rotary motion into a fully opened end position. The tensioning lever may be fixed in open, and the closing flap positive-lockingly engages with the tensioning lever during closing and the tensioning lever is able be to moved into a closed tensioned position by the closing flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Winfried KREIDLER, Jochen Kreidler
  • Publication number: 20120189508
    Abstract: A sterilization container has a box-like lower part and a removable container cover (1), which form a closed, airtight sterilization space. Ventilating openings (4), through which exchange of air takes place between the sterilization space and the environment, are provided in a wall area (2) of the sterilization container. A cover plate (6) detachably meshes with the wall area (2) through at least one spring-loaded snap-in or locking connection (9). The cover plate (6), as a round disk with a peripheral ring wall, has on the outside a peripheral locking groove, which detachably meshes with a plurality of locking elements (9) arranged in the peripheral area of the cover plate (6). The locking elements (9) are arranged stationarily as a separate assembly unit each in mounting holes of ring segments (8) projecting axially over the wall area (2), which mounting holes extend at right angles to the cover plate (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Winfried KREIDLER
  • Publication number: 20120029554
    Abstract: A medical hand tool (1) has a first and a second hand lever (2, 3), which have a handle (4, 5) and a tool part (6, 7) each, and which are pivotably connected to one another via a pivot pin (10). The first hand lever (2) forms a flat first base plate (8) in the area between the handle (4) and the tool (6) and the second hand lever (3) forms a flat second base plate (9) in the area between the handle (5) and the tool (7), in the area of which the pivot pin (10) is arranged. In order to be able to clean such a hand tool (1) reliably and completely by a machine, e.g., in a liquid-jet-generating cleaning machine, provisions are made for the pivot pin (10) to be provided in an end area passing through second base plate (9) with a radially expanded ring flange (12), which has a distance from the first base plate (8) that corresponds to at least twice the thickness of the second base plate (9) mounted on the pivot pin (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Winfried KREIDLER
  • Publication number: 20120006366
    Abstract: A medical sterilization container has a removable container cover, which is provided in a wall area (4) with gas-exchange openings (5), with a filter unit (55) for gas exchange has an interchangeable filter sheet covering the gas-exchange openings (5) on the inside, which is arranged within a ring-shaped circumferential frame element (15) and is held pressably against an inside of the wall area (4) by a pressure washer (36) provided with openings (45). The pressure washer (36) is detachably connected to frame element (15) or the wall area (4) and has a ring groove (48) with a preferably elastic sealing ring (49), which seals the wall area (4) provided with the gas-exchange openings (5) against the frame element (15). To prevent a shifting of and/or damage to the filter sheet during a clamping process, the pressure washer (36) can be pressed against the wall area (4) by a spring washer (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Winfried KREIDLER
  • Patent number: 7661162
    Abstract: A surgical head clamp is provided including an essentially U-shaped retaining clip (1) with two holder arms (3, 4), running towards the same side in the plane thereof at the ends of a connecting bar (2). The arm ends (5, 6) of the holder arms have mandrel holders (11) mounted adjustably in bearings that are coaxial to one another. The mandrel holders may be provided with one or more said holding mandrels (12), whereby a first mandrel holder is pivotably fastened at a bearing part (15) of the one arm end (6), which bearing part is adjustable around a common bearing shaft (9), and a second mandrel holder (11) can be adjusted by means of a threaded spindle (10) in a bearing bore (7) of the other said arm end (5). The second mandrel holder (11) includes a guide shank (50) that is provided with a socket bore (54) on the front side, which is mounted coaxially to the bearing shaft (9) in a spring-mounted manner in a axial bore (61) of the threaded spindle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Gottfried Storz Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Niels Soerensen, Hermann Ziaja, Winfried Kreidler
  • Patent number: 7452361
    Abstract: A system is provided with a screwdriver and a bone screw (30), wherein the screwdriver has a tool (4), which is provided with at least two radially and axially extending tool blades (5, 6, 7, 8), which can be caused to engage groove-like blade slots (36, 38) of the bone screw (30) in a positive-locking manner. To improve the handling of a bone screw (30) even in case of the smallest possible dimensions, provisions are made according to the present invention for the tool blades (5, 6, 7, 8) to form at least one elastic clamping section (20, 21, 22, 23), with which the tool (4) can be caused to clampingly engage the bone screw (30) in the area of the blade slots (36, 38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Richard Martin Medizintechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Winfried Kreidler
  • Publication number: 20070250071
    Abstract: A surgical head clamp is provided including an essentially U-shaped retaining clip (1) with two holder arms (3, 4), running towards the same side in the plane thereof at the ends of a connecting bar (2). The arm ends (5, 6) of the holder arms have mandrel holders (11) mounted adjustably in bearings that are coaxial to one another. The mandrel holders may be provided with one or more said holding mandrels (12), whereby a first mandrel holder is pivotably fastened at a bearing part (15) of the one arm end (6), which bearing part is adjustable around a common bearing shaft (9), and a second mandrel holder (11) can be adjusted by means of a threaded spindle (10) in a bearing bore (7) of the other said arm end (5). The second mandrel holder (11) includes a guide shank (50) that is provided with a socket bore (54) on the front side, which is mounted coaxially to the bearing shaft (9) in a spring-mounted manner in a axial bore (61) of the threaded spindle (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Niels Soerensen, Hermann Ziaja, Winfried Kreidler
  • Publication number: 20050216015
    Abstract: A system is provided with a screwdriver and a bone screw (30), wherein the screwdriver has a tool (4), which is provided with at least two radially and axially extending tool blades (5, 6, 7, 8), which can be caused to engage groove-like blade slots (36, 38) of the bone screw (30) in a positive-locking manner. To improve the handling of a bone screw (30) even in case of the smallest possible dimensions, provisions are made according to the present invention for the tool blades (5, 6, 7, 8) to form at least one elastic clamping section (20, 21, 22, 23), with which the tool (4) can be caused to clampingly engage the bone screw (30) in the area of the blade slots (36, 38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Winfried Kreidler
  • Patent number: 5855580
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the distraction of at least two bone segments, with mountings which are displaceable relative to each other, for the distraction of bone segments in the jaw, face and skull region, in which the mounting (11) has an at least geometrical and at least essentially linear longitudinal axis (12), along which two complementary halves (13, 14) are adjustably movable by an adjustment device (41, 43, 16, 18; 82), and indeed with an increase of their mutual distance (63); the mounting (11) is essentially longer than it is wide, the halves are guided for longitudinal movement on each other by a guide (17, 31) which is secured against twisting, on each half (13, 14), at least one flat fixing device (23, 51) is provided, which can be fixed to the bone (56, 57) and which can take up thrust forces and torques, the adjusting device (41, 43, 16, 18; 82) is accessible at one place (36) for an adjusting member (42), which is essentially directed towards a bodily orifice, and outside the end
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Inventors: Winfried Kreidler, Konrad Wangerin