Patents by Inventor Michael L. Brooks

Michael L. Brooks 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).

  • Publication number: 20230024863
    Abstract: Assemblies, systems, kits, and methods related to an endoprosthetic rotating hinge assembly. The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein can comprise a preassembled rotating hinge subassembly having a hingedly rotating femur box configured to be mechanically engaged to a femoral component via a femur fastening mechanism, the femur fastening mechanism being non-axially aligned with a tibial axis of rotation when the knee is in flexion or extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Fred W. Bowman, Kristen F. Mountjoy, Michael L. Brooks, Jacob H. Carroll
  • Publication number: 20170275907
    Abstract: A tunnel connector for an in-ground storm shelter which allows inhabitants to enter the in-ground storm shelter from a trailer house without being exposed to external environmental factors. The tunnel connector includes a U-shaped enclosure wall, a staircase, a first lateral wall, and a second lateral wall. The first lateral wall and the second lateral wall are connected perpendicular to the staircase across each other to provide lateral protection. The U-shaped enclosure wall includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an interconnecting sidewall. The interconnecting sidewall is terminally connected in between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The first lateral wall is adjacently connected to the first sidewall, opposite the interconnecting sidewall. Similarly, the second lateral wall is adjacently connected to the second sidewall, opposite the interconnecting sidewall. The tunnel connector is installed in between a floorboard of the trailer house and the in-ground storm shelter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Michael L. Brooks, Scott Ingoldsby, Robert Ingoldsby
  • Publication number: 20120185054
    Abstract: A knee prosthesis includes a femoral component for mounting to the distal end of the patient's femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a posterior cam extending between the lateral condylar structure and the medial condylar structure. The tibial insert includes a lateral bearing surface, a medial bearing surface, and a raised post portion having a posterior surface adapted to cooperate with the posterior cam of the femoral component. The posterior surface includes a posteriorlateral camming surface and a posteriormedial camming surface and each of the two camming surfaces have different radii of curvature. Between 60° to 90° of knee flexion, the posterior cam of the femoral component engages the raised post portion of the tibial insert and cooperates with the posteriorlateral and the posterior medial camming surfaces to promote posterior translation of the lateral condylar surface on the lateral bearing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, John M. Green, Michael L. Brooks
  • Publication number: 20020156534
    Abstract: A modular humeral prostheses for replacement of the humeral head of a humerus. The prosthesis generally comprises a stem for insertion in the medullary canal of the humerus, a head for replacing the natural humeral head, and a connecting member for connecting the head to the stem. Specifically, the connecting member of the prosthesis and the engagement of the connecting member to the head provides varying degrees of eccentricity as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: N. Kelley Grusin, Christopher Jobe, Michael L. Brooks, Felix Rivas, Edward Duke