Patents by Inventor Joel Gillard

Joel Gillard 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).

  • Method of bone fixation with slender spanning members disposed outside bone
    Patent number: 8475504
    Abstract: System, including methods, apparatus, kits, and components, for bone fixation using a pair of slender spanning members to span a fracture outside bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Acumed LLC
    Inventors: Joel Gillard, Randall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
  • Bone fixation with a bone plate attached to a fastener assembly
    Patent number: 8425574
    Abstract: System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for bone fixation with a bone plate attached to a fastener assembly including a first fastener disposed in threaded engagement with the bone plate and a second fastener disposed in threaded engagement with the first fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Acumed, LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Huebner, Joel Gillard
  • Insertion tool for bone plates
    Patent number: 8231627
    Abstract: System, including methods, apparatus, kits, and components, for installation of a bone plate using an insertion tool attached to a bone plate and providing a blade for lifting soft tissue off bone in front of the bone plate as the insertion tool is advanced along a surface of the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Acumed LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Huebner, Joel Gillard
  • BONE FIXATION WITH A BONE PLATE ATTACHED TO A FASTENER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110137351
    Abstract: System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for bone fixation with a bone plate attached to a fastener assembly including a first fastener disposed in threaded engagement with the bone plate and a second fastener disposed in threaded engagement with the first fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: ACUMED LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Huebner, Joel Gillard
  • SYSTEM FOR TENSIONING A SURGICAL WIRE
    Publication number: 20110112537
    Abstract: System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for tensioning a surgical wire with a tensioning device and/or fixing bone with a surgical wire tensioned with a tensioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: ACUTE INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Oren Simon Bernstein, Howard K. Song, Alexander Robson Legg, Joel Gillard
  • BONE FIXATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100331844
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for fixing bones, such as rib bones, with bone plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas J. Ellis, Joel Gillard, Steven P. Horst
  • CERCLAGE SYSTEM FOR BONE
    Publication number: 20100094294
    Abstract: Cerclage system, including methods, devices, and kits, for stabilizing bone, such as a sternum. The cerclage system may include a wire or cable that encircles bone, and a bone plate to which segments of the wire or cable lock. The cerclage system also or alternatively may include a tensioner for applying tension to a wire or cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Joel Gillard, Mariah Knight
  • Bone fixation system
    Patent number: 7695501
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for fixing bones, such as rib bones, with bone plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas J. Ellis, Joel Gillard, Steven P. Horst
  • Bone plates
    Patent number: 7635365
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for fixing bones, such as rib bones, with bone plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas J. Ellis, Joel Gillard, Steven P. Horst
  • Systems for bone replacement
    Patent number: 7608110
    Abstract: Systems for replacement of the ends of bones with prostheses, and methods of using the systems for bone replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Inventors: Shawn W. O'Driscoll, Joel Gillard, David G. Jensen
  • INSERTION TOOL FOR BONE PLATES
    Publication number: 20090076554
    Abstract: System, including methods, apparatus, kits, and components, for installation of a bone plate using an insertion tool attached to a bone plate and providing a blade for lifting soft tissue off bone in front of the bone plate as the insertion tool is advanced along a surface of the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: ACUMED LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Huebner, Joel Gillard
  • RIB FIXATION WITH AN INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL
    Publication number: 20090069812
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for fixing rib bones with a fixation device including an intramedullary nail connected to a generally U-shaped plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: ACUMED LLC
    Inventors: Joel Gillard, Randall J. Huebner
  • BONE FIXATION WITH SLENDER SPANNING MEMBERS DISPOSED OUTSIDE BONE
    Publication number: 20090069851
    Abstract: System, including methods, apparatus, kits, and components, for bone fixation using a pair of slender spanning members to span a fracture outside bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: ACUMED LLC
    Inventors: Joel Gillard, Randall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
  • Bone fixation system
    Publication number: 20070123883
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for fixing bones, such as rib bones, with bone plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Ellis, Joel Gillard
  • Systems for bone replacement
    Publication number: 20050216090
    Abstract: Systems for replacement of the ends of bones with prostheses, and methods of using the systems for bone replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Shawn O'Driscoll, Joel Gillard, David Jensen
  • Bone plate with interference fit screw
    Publication number: 20050131413
    Abstract: Systems, including apparatus and methods, for internal fixation of a fractured or otherwise compromised bone. These systems may include and/or make use of bone plates, locking screws, and/or kits, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Shawn O'Driscoll, Joel Gillard
  • Bone plates
    Publication number: 20050085819
    Abstract: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for fixing bones, such as rib bones, with bone plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Ellis, Joel Gillard, Steven Horst