Category:Nicholas van der Walt of Laguna Hills CA (US)

Nicholas van der Walt of Laguna Hills CA (US)

Executive Summary

Nicholas van der Walt of Laguna Hills CA (US) is an inventor who has filed 2 patents. Their primary areas of innovation include {Measuring instruments used for implanting artificial joints (for surgical instruments (2 patents), Guides {or aligning means} for drills {, mills, pins or wires} (2 patents), Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis (2 patents), and they have worked with companies such as OrthAlign, Inc. (2 patents). Their most frequent collaborators include (2 collaborations), (1 collaborations).

Patent Filing Activity

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Technology Areas

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List of Technology Areas

• A61F2/4657 ({Measuring instruments used for implanting artificial joints (for surgical instruments): 2 patents
• A61B17/1746 (Guides {or aligning means} for drills {, mills, pins or wires}): 2 patents
• A61B34/20 (Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis): 2 patents
• A61B2034/2048 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material): 2 patents
• A61B2034/2068 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material): 2 patents
• A61F2/34 (Acetabular cups): 2 patents
• A61F2/4609 ({of acetabular cups}): 2 patents
• A61F2/4684 ({Trial or dummy prostheses}): 1 patents
• A61B2017/00477 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material): 1 patents
• A61B2017/568 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material): 1 patents
• A61B2090/061 ({for measuring dimensions, e.g. length}): 1 patents
• A61B2090/067 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material): 1 patents
• A61B2090/0811 ({for the position of a particular part of an instrument with respect to the rest of the instrument, e.g. position of the anvil of a stapling instrument}): 1 patents
• A61B90/30 (Devices for illuminating a surgical field, the devices having an interrelation with other surgical devices or with a surgical procedure): 1 patents
• A61F2/3601 ({for replacing only the epiphyseal or metaphyseal parts of the femur, e.g. endoprosthetic femoral heads or necks directly fixed to the natural femur by internal fixation devices (non-prosthetic internal fixation devices for the femoral head or neck): 1 patents
• A61F2002/4658 (FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics): 1 patents
• A61F2002/4668 (FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics): 1 patents
• A61F2002/4681 (FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics): 1 patents
• A61B90/10 (for stereotaxic surgery, e.g. frame-based stereotaxis): 1 patents
• A61F2/30942 ({for designing or making customized prostheses, e.g. using templates, CT or NMR scans, finite-element analysis or CAD-CAM techniques}): 1 patents
• A61F2002/4687 (FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics): 1 patents

Companies

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List of Companies

• OrthAlign, Inc.: 2 patents

Collaborators

• Jonathan Nielsen of Aliso Viejo CA (US) (2 collaborations)
• Matthew Ryan of Aliso Viejo CA (US) (1 collaborations)