Patents Represented by Law Firm Schmeister, Olsen & Watts
  • Patent number: 8109314
    Abstract: A portable air clamp for use during lamination of substrates is provided. The clamp includes a top clamp plate, a bottom clamp plate and at least one flexible, expandable tube within a housing of the clamp. The top clamp plate is adjacent to a top housing and the bottom clamp plate is adjacent to a bottom housing. An expandable tube or bladder may be disposed in the top housing or the bottom housing. The clamp may also include alignment devices and mechanisms for ensuring proper alignment of the substrates during the laminating procedure. The clamp is adapted to provide uniform pressure along the surfaces of the substrates to be laminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventors: Santiago Rodriguez, Errol Gendreau
  • Patent number: 5669913
    Abstract: A method and apparatus prepares a joint surface to receive a prosthetic joint implant during the replacement of a defective human joint. In particular the invention provides an implant preparation device that will smooth or alter a bearing surface of a first side of a joint before surgically attaching a joint implant to a second side of the joint. The implant or joint preparation device has an abrasive bearing surface that is used to smooth the bearing surface of the remaining natural joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Inventor: Robert A. Zobel