Patents by Inventor Kevin Soldan

Kevin Soldan 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).

  • Torque-limiting assembly for a surgical powertool
    Patent number: 9937009
    Abstract: A torque-limiting assembly for a surgical powertool has an input shaft and an output shaft. Two relatively rotatable parts of the assembly are configured to be locked against relative rotation by at least one shearable piece for torque transfer between the input shaft and the output shaft up to a torque limit. The assembly further comprises at least one shear off structure rotationally fixed to one of the two relatively rotatable parts for shearing off a portion of the at least one shearable piece above the torque limit so as to unlock the two relatively rotatable parts for relative rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Schroeder, Kevin Soldan
  • Locking peg with extended thread
    Patent number: 9687284
    Abstract: A locking peg includes a head and a shaft. The head is at the proximal end of the locking peg, and a shaft extends distally from the head to a distal end of the locking peg. The shaft has a threaded proximal portion and an unthreaded distal portion. A length of the unthreaded distal portion of the shaft is greater than a length of the threaded proximal portion of the shaft. When the locking peg is inserted into a bone through a bone plate, the threaded proximal portion of the shaft extends into the bone. This extended threading provides additional axial force to help explant the locking peg during removal of the locking peg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Fernando Pancheco, Martin Knape, Egon Hermann, Kevin Soldan
  • TORQUE-LIMITING ASSEMBLY FOR A SURGICAL POWERTOOL
    Publication number: 20150148176
    Abstract: A torque-limiting assembly for a surgical powertool has an input shaft and an output shaft. Two relatively rotatable parts of the assembly are configured to be locked against relative rotation by at least one shearable piece for torque transfer between the input shaft and the output shaft up to a torque limit. The assembly further comprises at least one shear off structure rotationally fixed to one of the two relatively rotatable parts for shearing off a portion of the at least one shearable piece above the torque limit so as to unlock the two relatively rotatable parts for relative rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Stryker Trauma SA
    Inventors: Stephan Schroeder, Kevin Soldan
  • LOCKING PEG WITH EXTENDED THREAD
    Publication number: 20140228894
    Abstract: A locking peg includes a head and a shaft. The head is at the proximal end of the locking peg, and a shaft extends distally from the head to a distal end of the locking peg. The shaft has a threaded proximal portion and an unthreaded distal portion. A length of the unthreaded distal portion of the shaft is greater than a length of the threaded proximal portion of the shaft. When the locking peg is inserted into a bone through a bone plate, the threaded proximal portion of the shaft extends into the bone. This extended threading provides additional axial force to help explant the locking peg during removal of the locking peg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: STRYKER TRAUMA SA
    Inventors: Fernando Pacheco, Martin Knape, Egon Hermann, Kevin Soldan