Patents by Inventor Anthony P. Napolitano
Anthony P. Napolitano 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).
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Patent number: 11006945Abstract: A method for securing a sleeve in a bore hole in bone. The method includes disposing at least a portion of a length of filament into the bore hole, and implanting the sleeve into the bore hole such that a first pathway extending through first and second ends of the sleeve opens in a direction toward the opening of the bore hole and in a direction toward the base of the bore hole. The method also includes pulling at least a portion of the length of filament through the first pathway of the sleeve, thereby forming a first loop configuration extending from the first end and at least one free end of the length of filament extending from the second end. Also included is passing the at least one free end through the first loop configuration to create a one-way cinch.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Kyle Craig Pilgeram, Charles McCartney, Harold D. Sampson, Jr., Ross Callison, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Publication number: 20180242966Abstract: A method for securing a sleeve in a bore hole in bone. The method includes disposing at least a portion of a length of filament into the bore hole, and implanting the sleeve into the bore hole such that a first pathway extending through first and second ends of the sleeve opens in a direction toward the opening of the bore hole and in a direction toward the base of the bore hole. The method also includes pulling at least a portion of the length of filament through the first pathway of the sleeve, thereby forming a first loop configuration extending from the first end and at least one free end of the length of filament extending from the second end. Also included is passing the at least one free end through the first loop configuration to create a one-way cinch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Kyle Craig Pilgeram, Charles McCartney, Harold D. Sampson, JR., Ross Callison, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Patent number: 9986992Abstract: A method for securing a sleeve in a bore hole in bone. The method includes disposing at least a portion of a length of filament into the bore hole, and implanting the sleeve into the bore hole such that a first pathway extending through first and second ends of the sleeve opens in a direction toward the opening of the bore hole and in a direction toward the base of the bore hole. The method also includes pulling at least a portion of the length of filament through the first pathway of the sleeve, thereby forming a first loop configuration extending from the first end and at least one free end of the length of filament extending from the second end. Also included is passing the at least one free end through the first loop configuration to create a one-way cinch.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Kyle Craig Pilgeram, Charles McCartney, Harold D. Sampson, Jr., Ross Callison, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Patent number: 9848867Abstract: A non-invasive device for anchoring a suture includes a sheet to which a suture can be attached and an adhesive that can affix the sheet to bone. The method provides placing effective amount of an adhesive on a bone and attaching the suture to the adhesive and allowing the adhesive to set.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.Inventors: Renwen Zhang, Twana Davisson, Jeffrey Spalazzi, Venkat R. Garigapati, Matthew E. Murphy, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Patent number: 9445902Abstract: One embodiment of the implant comprises a porous metal bone ingrowth portion (14) having a first side connected to a high density or solid (fully dense) metal portion (16) which in turn has an opposite side connected to a porous metal soft tissue ingrowth portion (12) thus forming a sandwich structure with the high density or fully dense portion in the middle. The implant may be made of a resorbable material such as an alloy of magnesium. Alternately, the alloy can be selected from the group consisting of calcium, iron, yttrium and lithium. The porous metal soft tissue ingrowth portion (12) has porosity characteristics allowing cartilage to interdigitate with the pores and extend outwardly beyond the platform of the metal surface towards a joint capsule. The solid or fully dense intermediate layer 16 may have some porosity, however that porosity prevents either bone tissue or cartilage tissue from migrating therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Robert W. Klein, Aaron Essner, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Publication number: 20160113642Abstract: A method for securing a sleeve in a bore hole in bone. The method includes disposing at least a portion of a length of filament into the bore hole, and implanting the sleeve into the bore hole such that a first pathway extending through first and second ends of the sleeve opens in a direction toward the opening of the bore hole and in a direction toward the base of the bore hole. The method also includes pulling at least a portion of the length of filament through the first pathway of the sleeve, thereby forming a first loop configuration extending from the first end and at least one free end of the length of filament extending from the second end. Also included is passing the at least one free end through the first loop configuration to create a one-way cinch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Kyle Craig Pilgeram, Charles McCartney, Harold D. Sampson, JR., Ross Callison, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Publication number: 20150351739Abstract: A fixation device formed from a single length of filament includes a locking splice forming a first loop disposed at a first end of the fixation device. The device also includes an intermediate segment fixed to and extending away from the locking splice. Further included in the device is a tortuous segment fixed to and extending away from the locking splice. The tortuous segment is slidably engaged to the intermediate segment at a plurality of spaced apart locations along the length of the tortuous segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventor: Anthony P. Napolitano
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Publication number: 20150313611Abstract: A bone cutting device for forming an undercut in bone. The device includes a rotatable body having an inner surface and outer surface. The inner surface defines an aperture. The inner and outer surfaces are disposed opposite each other and define a sidewall. The sidewall includes a recess extending from the outer surface into the aperture. A cutting arm is cantilevered to the sidewall and disposed within the recess. The cutting arm includes a flexible depression extending into the aperture. An actuating member is longitudinally slidable within the aperture such that sliding the actuating member longitudinally interfaces with the flexible depression and pushes the cutting arm radially outwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.Inventors: Felix Omar Torres O'Farrill, Charles McCartney, Kyle Craig Pilgeram, Ross Callison, José Raúl Marchand, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Patent number: 8840644Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention may include a system for securing soft tissue relative to a bone including a tissue anchor having a substantially planar body having a channel and at least one bore hole; an inserter rod having a longitudinal length and adapted to be positioned within the channel of the tissue anchor; and an engagement structure on at least one of the channel or the inserter rod adapted to removeably affix the tissue anchor to the inserter rod.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Anthony P. Napolitano, Jeffrey Wyman
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Publication number: 20120253474Abstract: One embodiment of the implant comprises a porous metal bone ingrowth portion (14) having a first side connected to a high density or solid (fully dense) metal portion (16) which in turn has an opposite side connected to a porous metal soft tissue ingrowth portion (12) thus forming a sandwich structure with the high density or fully dense portion in the middle. The implant may be made of a resorbable material such as an alloy of magnesium. Alternately, the alloy can be selected from the group consisting of calcium, iron, yttrium and lithium. The porous metal soft tissue ingrowth portion (12) has porosity characteristics allowing cartilage to interdigitate with the pores and extend outwardly beyond the platform of the metal surface towards a joint capsule. The solid or fully dense intermediate layer 16 may have some porosity, however that porosity prevents either bone tissue or cartilage tissue from migrating therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.Inventors: Robert W. Klein, Aaron Essner, Anthony P. Napolitano
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Publication number: 20120245630Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention may include a system for securing soft tissue relative to a bone including a tissue anchor having a substantially planar body having a channel and at least one bore hole; an inserter rod having a longitudinal length and adapted to be positioned within the channel of the tissue anchor; and an engagement structure on at least one of the channel or the inserter rod adapted to removeably affix the tissue anchor to the inserter rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.Inventors: Anthony P. Napolitano, Jeffrey Wyman
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Patent number: 5282619Abstract: A practice golf club has a collapsible adjustable shaft. The golf club includes a club head, a handle, and a shaft. The shaft has a number of telescopic sections that permit the shaft to be adjustable between a fully extended position and a fully collapsed position. The club head is attached to the lowermost shaft section and the handle is attached to the uppermost shaft section. A locking nut and a compression ring permit adjacent sections of the telescopic section to be releasably locked in a fixed position relative to each other at any location between a fully extended position and a fully collapsed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1992Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Inventors: Anthony P. Napolitano, Carl E. Troiano