Patents by Inventor Lindsay M. Hack

Lindsay M. Hack 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).

  • Patent number: 8758354
    Abstract: An extramedullary cut guide alignment assembly allows various adjustments to the cut guide without introducing bending stresses in the rest of the assembly. More particularly, the angular orientation of the cut guide with respect to the tibia may be freely changed during use, while maintaining the angular orientation of the proximal fixation arm of the alignment assembly with respect to the proximal tibial surface to which the arm is affixed. To achieve this decoupling of the angular orientations of the fixation arm and cut guide, the proximal fixation arm is pivotably mounted to the cut guide alignment assembly. Thus, the alignment assembly may be adjusted as necessary to achieve a desired angular orientation of the cut guide mounted thereto, while the pivotable junction between the alignment assembly and the proximal fixation arm automatically adjusts to accommodate the changing angular arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham P. Habegger, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, Lindsay M. Hack
  • Publication number: 20120101504
    Abstract: An extramedullary cut guide alignment assembly allows various adjustments to the cut guide without introducing bending stresses in the rest of the assembly. More particularly, the angular orientation of the cut guide with respect to the tibia may be freely changed during use, while maintaining the angular orientation of the proximal fixation arm of the alignment assembly with respect to the proximal tibial surface to which the arm is affixed. To achieve this decoupling of the angular orientations of the fixation arm and cut guide, the proximal fixation arm is pivotably mounted to the cut guide alignment assembly. Thus, the alignment assembly may be adjusted as necessary to achieve a desired angular orientation of the cut guide mounted thereto, while the pivotable junction between the alignment assembly and the proximal fixation arm automatically adjusts to accommodate the changing angular arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: Abraham P. Habegger, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, Lindsay M. Hack
  • Patent number: D646388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham P. Habegger, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, Lindsay M. Hack
  • Patent number: D646395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham P. Habegger, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, Lindsay M. Hack
  • Patent number: D651313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham P. Habegger, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, Lindsay M. Hack
  • Patent number: D651314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham P. Habegger, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos, Lindsay M. Hack