Patents by Inventor Jeffrey P. Dickerson

Jeffrey P. Dickerson 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).

  • Publication number: 20120010720
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a femoral prosthesis for use during a revision procedure. The femoral prosthesis includes a body, a neck, a stem, and a sleeve. The sleeve facilitates reattachment of an osteotomized proximal femur, specifically the greater trochanter, following a revision femoral prosthesis surgery involving an extended trochanteric osteotomy. Additionally, the sleeve promotes ingrowth of the osteotomized proximal femur with the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Dickerson
  • Patent number: 4986263
    Abstract: An anatomical musculoskeletal therapeutic knee sleeve support especially adapted to be placed over the knee to provide support for the muscles and skeletal structure of the knee during physical activity, particularly sports activity. The sleeve comprises a single panel of flexible resilient material cut and joined in such a manner that there is a stitched seam at the upper half of the sleeve on one side of the knee posterior to the side of the knee and another stitched seam at the lower half of the sleeve on the other side of the knee posterior of the side of the knee and an open horizontal aperture at the rear flexure point of the knee between central points of the stitched seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Biomet, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Dickerson, Scott Charlton