Patents by Inventor Kent B. Whitton

Kent B. Whitton 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).

  • Patella orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly
    Patent number: 8979854
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly including a handle and a plurality of surgical tools configured to be selectively coupled with the handle. The handle includes a housing and a lever moveably coupled to the housing. Each surgical tool of the plurality of surgical tools includes a first clamping element and a second clamping element configured to move relative to the first clamping element. The second clamping element is configured to be coupled to the lever such that moving the lever relative to the housing advances the second clamping element toward the first clamping element to clamp a bone of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: DePuy (Ireland)
    Inventors: Abraham P. Wright, Kyle B. Thomas, Olen J. Borkholder, Kent B. Whitton, Duncan G. Young, Rusty T. Meier, Jeffrey B. Waffensmith, Matthew V. Leyden
  • PATELLA ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130023883
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly including a handle and a plurality of surgical tools configured to be selectively coupled with the handle. The handle includes a housing and a lever moveably coupled to the housing. Each surgical tool of the plurality of surgical tools includes a first clamping element and a second clamping element configured to move relative to the first clamping element. The second clamping element is configured to be coupled to the lever such that moving the lever relative to the housing advances the second clamping element toward the first clamping element to clamp a bone of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Abraham P. Wright, Kyle B. Thomas, Olen J. Borkholder, Kent B. Whitton, Duncan G. Young, Rusty T. Meier