Patents by Inventor Kathleen Hydzik Robbins

Kathleen Hydzik Robbins 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).

  • Guide-pin placement device
    Patent number: 6520969
    Abstract: A hand instrument and method for use by a surgeon to target the appropriate entry point and trajectory on bony tissue through which an instrument, such as a nail, pin, screw, rod, wire, drill bit, or other implant is passed. Imbedded within the instrument is at least one relatively radio-opaque target which allows the user to predict with the use of an x-ray or fluoroscopic imaging device the placement of said instrument or implant before drilling it into place with the use of an x-ray or fluoroscopic imaging device. By manipulating the device around the axis of the guide piece, the surgeon can predict the placement of the instrument or implant without iterative insertion and removal of the instrument or implant itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Stryker Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Greg Lambrecht, Brett Jason Stern, Jacob Einhorn, Kathleen Hydzik Robbins
  • Guide-pin placement device and method of use
    Publication number: 20020133172
    Abstract: A hand instrument and method for use by a surgeon to target the appropriate entry point and trajectory on bony tissue through which an instrument, such as a nail, pin, screw, rod, wire, drill bit, or other implant is passed. Imbedded within the instrument is at least one relatively radio-opaque target which allows the user to predict with the use of an x-ray or fluoroscopic imaging device the placement of said instrument or implant before drilling it into place with the use of an x-ray or fluoroscopic imaging device. By manipulating the device around the axis of the guide piece, the surgeon can predict the placement of the instrument or implant without iterative insertion and removal of the instrument or implant itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Greg Lambrecht, Brett Jason Stern, Jacob Einhorn, Kathleen Hydzik Robbins
  • Method of using a guide-pin placement device
    Patent number: 6214013
    Abstract: A hand instrument and method for use by a surgeon to target the appropriate entry point and trajectory on bony tissue through which an instrument, such as a nail, pin, screw, rod, wire, drill bit, or other implant is passed. Imbedded within the instrument is at least one relatively radio-opaque target which allows the user to predict with the use of an x-ray or fluoroscopic imaging device the placement of said instrument or implant before drilling it into place with the use of an x-ray or fluoroscopic imaging device. By manipulating the device around the axis of the guide piece, the surgeon can predict the placement of the instrument or implant without iterative insertion and removal of the instrument or implant itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Stryker Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Greg Lambrecht, Brett Jason Stern, Jacob Einhorn, Kathleen Hydzik Robbins