Patents by Inventor Matt Fenn

Matt Fenn 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 transmitting ball joint driver having a rigid fixation mechanism
    Patent number: 12004754
    Abstract: An articulating driver having a ball-in-socket joint. The driver may include a driver tip having a spherical head, a retention cap having a domed surface to mate with the spherical head, an input shaft, a spring disposed in an end of the input shaft and in a recess of the retention cap opposite that of the domed surface, and a housing that receives the input shaft, the spring, the retention cap and the spherical head. The housing may have a tapered end to positionally retain the spherical head therein. In another aspect, the driver may include a driver tip coupled to the input shaft that includes an interface to engage a screw. A bushing may engage the driver tip at one end and receive the screw at the other end to retain the screw within the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Fenn, Jared Schoenly, Dave Evans, Michael White
  • TORQUE TRANSMITTING BALL JOINT DRIVER HAVING A RIGID FIXATION MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20220297272
    Abstract: An articulating driver having a ball-in-socket joint. The driver may include a driver tip having a spherical head, a retention cap having a domed surface to mate with the spherical head, an input shaft, a spring disposed in an end of the input shaft and in a recess of the retention cap opposite that of the domed surface, and a housing that receives the input shaft, the spring, the retention cap and the spherical head. The housing may have a tapered end to positionally retain the spherical head therein. In another aspect, the driver may include a driver tip coupled to the input shaft that includes an interface to engage a screw. A bushing may engage the driver tip at one end and receive the screw at the other end to retain the screw within the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Matt Fenn, Jared Schoenly, Dave Evans, Michael White
  • Torque transmitting ball joint driver having a rigid fixation mechanism
    Patent number: 11331106
    Abstract: An articulating driver having a ball-in-socket joint. The driver may include a driver tip having a spherical head, a retention cap having a domed surface to mate with the spherical head, an input shaft, a spring disposed in an end of the input shaft and in a recess of the retention cap opposite that of the domed surface, and a housing that receives the input shaft, the spring, the retention cap and the spherical head. The housing may have a tapered end to positionally retain the spherical head therein. In another aspect, the driver may include a driver tip coupled to the input shaft that includes an interface to engage a screw. A bushing may engage the driver tip at one end and receive the screw at the other end to retain the screw within the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Fenn, Jared Schoenly, Dave Evans, Michael White
  • TORQUE TRANSMITTING BALL JOINT DRIVER HAVING A RIGID FIXATION MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20190175193
    Abstract: An articulating driver having a ball-in-socket joint. The driver may include a driver tip having a spherical head, a retention cap having a domed surface to mate with the spherical head, an input shaft, a spring disposed in an end of the input shaft and in a recess of the retention cap opposite that of the domed surface, and a housing that receives the input shaft, the spring, the retention cap and the spherical head. The housing may have a tapered end to positionally retain the spherical head therein. In another aspect, the driver may include a driver tip coupled to the input shaft that includes an interface to engage a screw. A bushing may engage the driver tip at one end and receive the screw at the other end to retain the screw within the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Matt Fenn, Jared Schoenly, Dave Evans, Michael White
  • Dilation system and method
    Patent number: 9339263
    Abstract: A dilator system includes a series of sequential dilators. A first dilator has an elongated body having a major axis and a minor axis, the minor axis being substantially normal to the major axis. A second dilator has an elongated body having a major axis and a minor axis, the minor axis of the second dilator being substantially normal to the major axis of the second dilator. A bore of the second dilator is configured to matingly receive the first dilator in such a way that the major axis of the second dilator is aligned with the minor axis of the first dilator and the minor axis of the second dilator is aligned with the major axis of the first dilator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Fenn, Sean Saidha, Henry Rutledge, Zoher Bootwala
  • DILATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150190128
    Abstract: A dilator system includes a series of sequential dilators. A first dilator has an elongated body having a major axis and a minor axis, the minor axis being substantially normal to the major axis. A second dilator has an elongated body having a major axis and a minor axis, the minor axis of the second dilator being substantially normal to the major axis of the second dilator. A bore of the second dilator is configured to matingly receive the first dilator in such a way that the major axis of the second dilator is aligned with the minor axis of the first dilator and the minor axis of the second dilator is aligned with the major axis of the first dilator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Matt Fenn, Sean Saidha, Henry Rutledge, Zoher Bootwala
  • TORQUE TRANSMITTING BALL JOINT DRIVER HAVING A RIGID FIXATION MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20140018816
    Abstract: An articulating driver having a ball-in-socket joint. The driver may include a driver tip having a spherical head, a retention cap having a domed surface to mate with the spherical head, an input shaft, a spring disposed in an end of the input shaft and in a recess of the retention cap opposite that of the domed surface, and a housing that receives the input shaft, the spring, the retention cap and the spherical head. The housing may have a tapered end to positionally retain the spherical head therein. In another aspect, the driver may include a driver tip coupled to the input shaft that includes an interface to engage a screw. A bushing may engage the driver tip at one end and receive the screw at the other end to retain the screw within the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SYNTHES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Matt Fenn, Jared Schoenly, Dave Evans, Michael White