Patents by Inventor Irene Gladys Turner

Irene Gladys Turner 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).

  • Relating to joints and/or implants
    Patent number: 9370426
    Abstract: A joint part (1) has a porous portion (2) that is defined by a multiplicity of solid regions where material is present and a remaining multiplicity of pore regions where material is absent, the locations of at least most of the multiplicity of solid regions being defined by one or more mathematical functions. The nature of the porous portion can be varied systematically by changing one or more constants in the mathematical functions and the part is made by a process of solid freeform fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Ruggero Gabbrielli, Irene Gladys Turner, Christopher Rhys Bowen, Emanuele Magalini
  • BONE SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20120157291
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a bone substitute material comprises the steps of providing a foam material (3) having an open cell structure, distorting the shape of the foam material (3) and holding the material in a distorted shape, coating the walls of the cells of the foam material with a ceramic slip (5), removing the foam material, and sintering the ceramic slip to form a bone substitute material that is approximately a positive image of the distorted foam material (3). In another method, a granular bone material is formed from a multiplicity of pieces of foam that are not distorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Mesuro Limited
    Inventors: Anthony William Miles, Irene Gladys Turner, Paul Gittings Jonathan
  • Bone substitute material
    Patent number: 8101268
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a bone substitute material comprises the steps of providing a foam material (3) having an open cell structure, distorting the shape of the foam material (3) and holding the material in a distorted shape, coating the walls of the cells of the foam material with a ceramic slip (5), removing the foam material, and sintering the ceramic slip to form a bone substitute material that is approximately a positive image of the distorted foam material (3). In another method, a granular bone material is formed from a multiplicity of pieces of foam that are not distorted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: University of Bath
    Inventors: Anthony William Miles, Irene Gladys Turner, Jonathan Paul Gittings
  • Improvements in or Relating to Joints and/or Implants
    Publication number: 20110125284
    Abstract: A joint part (1) has a porous portion (2) that is defined by a multiplicity of solid regions where material is present and a remaining multiplicity of pore regions where material is absent, the locations of at least most of the multiplicity of solid regions being defined by one or more mathematical functions. The nature of the porous portion can be varied systematically by changing one or more constants in the mathematical functions and the part is made by a process of solid freeform fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF BATH
    Inventors: Ruggero Gabbrielli, Irene Gladys Turner, Christopher Rhys Bowen, Emanuele Magalini