Patents by Inventor Mark Quinto

Mark Quinto 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: 9839889
    Abstract: A mixer gun system includes a holder cap configured to separately store components in separate chambers. The components are selectively releasable through channels fluidly communicating with the separate chambers. The components are constituent materials for a bone cement mixture. A body forms a mixing chamber and is configured to receive the holder cap. The mixing chamber includes an opening corresponding with the channels for the separate chambers. A piston is disposed within the mixing chamber. A plunger is coupled to the piston and is configured to be biased toward the mixing chamber such that when the components are released into the mixing chamber a pressure developed by a biased motion of the plunger and piston infuses the components to form bone cement. Upon resetting the plunger and the piston, the bone cement is dispensed from the mixing chamber by the same biased motion. Methods of use are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Kyphon SÀRL
    Inventor: Mark Quinto
  • Publication number: 20160256838
    Abstract: A mixer gun system includes a holder cap configured to separately store components in separate chambers. The components are selectively releasable through channels fluidly communicating with the separate chambers. The components are constituent materials for a bone cement mixture. A body forms a mixing chamber and is configured to receive the holder cap. The mixing chamber includes an opening corresponding with the channels for the separate chambers. A piston is disposed within the mixing chamber. A plunger is coupled to the piston and is configured to be biased toward the mixing chamber such that when the components are released into the mixing chamber a pressure developed by a biased motion of the plunger and piston infuses the components to form bone cement. Upon resetting the plunger and the piston, the bone cement is dispensed from the mixing chamber by the same biased motion. Methods of use are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Quinto
  • Patent number: 9358715
    Abstract: A mixer gun system includes a holder cap configured to separately store components in separate chambers. The components are selectively releasable through channels fluidly communicating with the separate chambers. The components are constituent materials for a bone cement mixture. A body forms a mixing chamber and is configured to receive the holder cap. The mixing chamber includes an opening corresponding with the channels for the separate chambers. A piston is disposed within the mixing chamber. A plunger is coupled to the piston and is configured to be biased toward the mixing chamber such that when the components are released into the mixing chamber a pressure developed by a biased motion of the plunger and piston infuses the components to form bone cement. Upon resetting the plunger and the piston, the bone cement is dispensed from the mixing chamber by the same biased motion. Methods of use are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KYPHON SÀRL
    Inventor: Mark Quinto
  • Publication number: 20130272085
    Abstract: A mixer gun system includes a holder cap configured to separately store components in separate chambers. The components are selectively releasable through channels fluidly communicating with the separate chambers. The components are constituent materials for a bone cement mixture. A body forms a mixing chamber and is configured to receive the holder cap. The mixing chamber includes an opening corresponding with the channels for the separate chambers. A piston is disposed within the mixing chamber. A plunger is coupled to the piston and is configured to be biased toward the mixing chamber such that when the components are released into the mixing chamber a pressure developed by a biased motion of the plunger and piston infuses the components to form bone cement. Upon resetting the plunger and the piston, the bone cement is dispensed from the mixing chamber by the same biased motion. Methods of use are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: KYPHON SARL
    Inventor: Mark Quinto
  • Patent number: 7767446
    Abstract: A bioreactor system comprising a multi-well platform including an array of bioreactor units. The bioreactor system comprises a perfusion unit and a fluid source unit fluidly interconnected by a pumping unit. The perfusion unit comprises a multi-well plate including a plurality of main chambers configured to house or contain a cell culture and in each bioreactor unit an independent cell study or experiment may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Neil F. Robbins, Jon Rowley, Mark Quinto, Abel Z. Hastings, Bryan G. Towns, Bradley R. Snodgrass
  • Publication number: 20060110822
    Abstract: A bioreactor system comprising a multi-well platform including an array of bioreactor units. The bioreactor system comprises a perfusion unit and a fluid source unit fluidly interconnected by a pumping unit. The perfusion unit comprises a multi-well plate including a plurality of main chambers configured to house or contain a cell culture and in each bioreactor unit an independent cell study or experiment may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Neil Robbins, Jon Rowley, Mark Quinto, Abel Hastings, Bryan Towns, Bradley Snodgrass