| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5311680 |
Dynamic orthotic |
May 17, 1994 |
| A foot supporting orthotic having parallel, separately flexing rays extending forwardly from an arch region which in use underlies the arch of a wearer's foot. The rays are bowed by spring-like elastomers and facilitate the shock absorbing and adaptation stages of walking. |
| 5147364 |
Osteotomy saw/file, cutting guide and method |
September 15, 1992 |
| A method and apparatus for performing arcuate osteotomies wherein a wedge-shaped correction is filed rather than sawed from the bone. A combined saw and file for use in the method has a curved blade with teeth along a longitudinal edge for making an arcuate cut in the direction perpe |
| 5035698 |
Arcuate osteotomy blade |
July 30, 1991 |
| A bone saw guide apparatus and method for positioning sequential saw cuts facilitates the cutting of a wedge of bone, in the correction of an angular bone deformity. An arcuate saw blade having a shaft which is parallel to its cutting edge provides greater blade strength and better c |
| 4952214 |
Arcuate osteotomy blade, blade guide, and cutting method |
August 28, 1990 |
| A bone saw guide apparatus and method for positioning sequential saw cuts facilitates the cutting of a wedge of bone, in the correction of an angular bone deformity. An arcuate saw blade having a shaft which is parallel to its cutting edge provides greater blade strength and better c |
| 4728330 |
Prosthetic bone or tooth implant and a method of surgically implanting the same |
March 1, 1988 |
| A prosthetic bone or tooth implant device is disclosed which includes a generally U-shaped cap portion (69) with an upper convex surface. The implant used in bone prosthesis after an osteotomy is performed by an elongated osteotome (30) having a blade comprised of at least one curved |
| 4708133 |
Arcuate bone cutter and wedge guide system |
November 24, 1987 |
| A bone cutter comprising various curved blades and an adjustable radial arm for making arcuate cuts with the use of a reciprocating, saber or jig saw. |
| 4664102 |
Electronic guidance for bone wedge excision |
May 12, 1987 |
| An electronic guidance means is utilized in conjunction with a set of guide arms, to accurately measure and display angular changes to make correction in bone surgery. |
| 4663785 |
Transparent-translucent fluidic head protector |
May 12, 1987 |
| A fluid filled head protector absorbs trauma with a safety valve and monitoring system. |
| 4632102 |
Bone wedge osteotomy method |
December 30, 1986 |
| A wedge guide of specific angular dimensions allows the excision of a precise bone wedge by the alternate use of a crescentic and planar saw in a stable and accurate manner. |
| 4502474 |
Bone wedge guidance system |
March 5, 1985 |
| A wedge guide system of variable but precise angular dimensions that allows the excision of a precise bony wedge by the alternate use of arcuate (crescentic) and planar saws in a stable and accurate manner. Right and left sided wedges can be taken. The precise wedge can be angulated in |
| 4501268 |
Bone wedge guidance system |
February 26, 1985 |
| A wedge guide of specific angular dimensions allows the excision of a precise bone wedge by the alternate use of a crescentic and planar saw in a stable and accurate manner. |
| 4464026 |
Peripheral fiberoptic contact lens |
August 7, 1984 |
| A contact lens for the human eye have radially embedded optic fibers within the body of the lens. The fibers direct incoming light to the retina to increase the amount of stimulated retina surface available to the wearer. |
| 4441499 |
Dynamic orthotic platform |
April 10, 1984 |
| A passive platform elongates under the pressures of ambulation directing fluid wave within a bag portion. The neutral subtalar joint position is attained by adjusting elastomeric assisting straps. |
| 4433681 |
Bone elongation or shortening method |
February 28, 1984 |
| Bones are cut in parallel curvilinear cuts and are elongated or shortened or angularly adjusted with the curvilinear curse wedged together for strength. Excised parts are used to build up the cut parts. A blade or guide has a ribbon shape with opposite flanges, neck, pre-neck and loop |
| 4423735 |
Dynamic orthotic device containing fluid |
January 3, 1984 |
| An orthotic apparatus to help resuppinate the foot after the initial contact phase of gait. The device consisting of a flexible envelope containing a fluid with a cambered upper surface to flex upwardly upon the generation of a fluid wave along the longitudinal axis of the foot. |
| 4395241 |
Amphibious sled device |
July 26, 1983 |
| An amphibious sled has a body with a flexible frontal portion which is deformed inwardly and rearwardly to improve operational characteristics of the sled. In the water version, the flexible frontal portion is deformed downwardly, inwardly and rearwardly to act as catchers for waves and |
| 4383348 |
Device for opening shellfish |
May 17, 1983 |
| Shellfish are placed into a chamber which is brought rapidly to a high pressure. A lid of the chamber is magnetically sealed. The magnets are quickly released to allow the chamber pressure to blow off the cover with large springs absorbing energy. The immediate decompression causes the |
| 4360428 |
Inverted vortex, particle separation chamber |
November 23, 1982 |
| An inverted fluid vortex is created by an impeller within an inverted funnel. Heavier than water particles are forced outward and downward by the interplay of centrifugal, centripetal, gravitational forces and the internal downward cant of a funnel. A vortical fluid apex is suctioned |
| 4349058 |
Cutting tool and a method of using same |
September 14, 1982 |
| A cutting tool (20) is disclosed which includes an integrally secured arcuate cutting blade portion (32). The arcuate blade portion is defined from a loci of a perfect circle and includes an axially elongated arcuate blade portion (38) and an axially recessed arcuate blade portion (40). |
| 4325358 |
Solar heating apparatus |
April 20, 1982 |
| Solar heat collectors resembling stamen of a flower consisting of a bulbous portion and stem collect heat energy. Lens systems, black bodies and focusing mirrors can be used in conjunction with the above mentioned stamen. The stamen are in clusters with each clusters' stems leading into |
| 4320752 |
Multi-band or network male contraceptive |
March 23, 1982 |
| A network of adhesive bands seals a semen receptacle to prevent sperm from escaping from this receptacle. The receptacle and adhesive network covers the penile orifice. The receptacle also has one-way valve systems. |
| 4313241 |
Method for opening shellfish |
February 2, 1982 |
| Shellfish are placed into a chamber which is brought rapidly to a high pressure. A lid of the chamber is magnetically sealed. The magnets are quickly released to allow the chamber pressure to blow off the cover with large springs absorbing energy. The immediate decompression tends to ope |
| 4279046 |
Foldaway bed center |
July 21, 1981 |
| An adjustable writing desk, storage and entertainment center apparatus attachable to the head of a bed to provide bedridden patients with easy access to writing materials, a writing surface and privacy in viewing television and listening to radio and recorded music by enclosing the p |
| 4270901 |
Dental articulator |
June 2, 1981 |
| A dental articulator which provides a three-dimensional solid cam temporomandibular joint model of a human jaw movement by carving an internal cavity into said three-dimensional solid cam model by a cutting stylis. |
| 4150675 |
Osteotome and a method of surgically using same |
April 24, 1979 |
| An osteotome includes an arcuate cutting blade portion and a planar cutting blade portion integrally secured thereto. The arcuate portion is defined from a locus of a perfect circle and is axially elongated relative to the planar blade so as to permit the arcuate blade to be reained with |
