Patents by Inventor Ali Shafighian

Ali Shafighian 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).

  • Artificial ligament
    Patent number: 5800543
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an artificial ligament device, which may be a ligament augmentation device, a delivery device for an autologous graft, or a prosthetic ligament, comprises securing a plurality of tows of biocompatible material side-by-side in a flat elongate array, as by light braiding, looping the tows back at one end of the device to form an eye with the tows grouped together around the eye, and applying whipping around the grouped tows around the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Surgicraft Limited
    Inventors: Alan Rory Mor McLeod, Ali Shafighian