Patents by Inventor Patrick M. Birmingham

Patrick M. Birmingham 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).

  • Method and device for joint replacement
    Patent number: 11730492
    Abstract: A prosthesis including a hemiarthroplasty cup including an inner surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed femoral head outer surface, and an outer surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed acetabulum outer surface of an acetabulum socket, wherein the hemiarthroplasty cup is configured to maintain allowance of articulation of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum socket relative to the hemiarthroplasty cup after implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick M Birmingham
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20200129189
    Abstract: A prosthesis including a hemiarthroplasty cup including an inner surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed femoral head outer surface, and an outer surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed acetabulum outer surface of an acetabulum socket, wherein the hemiarthroplasty cup is configured to maintain allowance of articulation of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum socket relative to the hemiarthroplasty cup after implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick M. Birmingham
  • Method and device for joint replacement
    Patent number: 10555743
    Abstract: A method of joint replacement including forming one or more arthroscopy portals adjacent a hip joint that includes, a femur with a femoral head and a pelvis with an acetabulum socket, inserting a hemiarthroplasty cup, having a cup inner surface and a cup outer surface, between a femoral head outer surface of the femoral head and an acetabulum outer surface of the acetabulum socket, wherein at least one of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum outer surface are unreamed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick M Birmingham
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20170296201
    Abstract: A method of joint replacement including forming one or more arthroscopy portals adjacent a hip joint that includes, a femur with a femoral head and a pelvis with an acetabulum socket, inserting a hemiarthroplasty cup, having a cup inner surface and a cup outer surface, between a femoral head outer surface of the femoral head and an acetabulum outer surface of the acetabulum socket, wherein at least one of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum outer surface are unreamed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Patrick M. Birmingham
  • Method and device for joint replacement
    Patent number: 9737315
    Abstract: A method of joint replacement including forming one or more arthroscopy portals adjacent a hip joint that includes, a femur with a femoral head and a pelvis with an acetabulum socket, inserting a hemiarthroplasty cup, having a cup inner surface and a cup outer surface, between a femoral head outer surface of the femoral head and an acetabulum outer surface of the acetabulum socket, wherein at least one of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum other surface are unreamed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick M. Birmingham
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20150094727
    Abstract: A method of joint replacement Including forming one or more arthroscopy portals adjacent a hip joint that includes, a femur with a femoral head and a pelvis with an acetabulum socket, inserting a hemiarthroplasty cup, having a cup inner surface and a cup outer surface, between a femoral head outer surface of the femoral head and an acetabulum outer surface of the acetabulum socket, wherein at least one of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum other surface are unreamed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Patrick M. Birmingham
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20140031948
    Abstract: A prosthesis including a hemiarthroplasty cup including an inner surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed femoral head outer surface, and an outer surface shaped and sized to accommodate a reamed or unreamed acetabulum outer surface of an acetabulum socket, wherein the hemiarthroplasty cup is configured to maintain allowance of articulation of the femoral head outer surface and the acetabulum socket relative to the hemiarthroplasty cup after implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Patrick M. Birmingham