Patents by Inventor PHILIPPA WITHERS

PHILIPPA WITHERS 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: 20240091030
    Abstract: A femoral trialling kit and method for assessing acetabular cup orientation during a left hip joint surgical procedure and a right hip joint surgical procedure are described. The kit includes a trial femoral head having an inner wall defining a cavity extending along a head axis and a visual alignment guide on an outer surface of the trial femoral head and a trial femoral neck having a taper at a free end, the taper being receivable within the cavity. One of the taper and the inner wall has a first anti-rotation feature and a second anti-rotation feature, the first anti-rotation feature and the second anti-rotation feature being inclined, and the other of the taper and the inner wall has a third anti-rotation feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: SARAH RADCLIFFE, CRAIG DAVIDSON, PHILIPPA WITHERS, DUNCAN YOUNG
  • Patent number: 11826267
    Abstract: A femoral trialling kit and method for assessing acetabular cup orientation during a left hip joint surgical procedure and a right hip joint surgical procedure are described. The kit includes a trial femoral head (104, 414, 514, 614, 814) having an inner wall defining a cavity extending along a head axis and a visual alignment guide on an outer surface of the trial femoral head and a trial femoral neck (126, 412, 512, 612, 812) having a taper at a free end, the taper being receivable within the cavity. One of the taper and the inner wall has a first anti-rotation feature (684, 698) and a second anti-rotation feature (686, 700), the first anti-rotation feature and the second anti-rotation feature being inclined, and the other of the taper and the inner wall has a third anti-rotation feature (702).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Sarah Bushell, Craig Davidson, Philippa Withers, Duncan Young
  • Patent number: 11602285
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of orthopedics, and more particularly to a pelvic referencing guide and methods of using the guide in orthopaedic surgery, specifically total hip arthroplasty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventors: David Beverland, Sarah Bushell, Conor Lowry, Stephanie Prince, Philippa Withers, Duncan Young
  • Publication number: 20200222208
    Abstract: A femoral trialling kit and method for assessing acetabular cup orientation during a left hip joint surgical procedure and a right hip joint surgical procedure are described. The kit includes a trial femoral head (104, 414, 514, 614, 814) having an inner wall defining a cavity extending along a head axis and a visual alignment guide on an outer surface of the trial femoral head and a trial femoral neck (126, 412, 512, 612, 812) having a taper at a free end, the taper being receivable within the cavity. One of the taper and the inner wall has a first anti-rotation feature (684, 698) and a second anti-rotation feature (686, 700), the first anti-rotation feature and the second anti-rotation feature being inclined, and the other of the taper and the inner wall has a third anti-rotation feature (702).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: SARAH BUSHELL, CRAIG DAVIDSON, PHILIPPA WITHERS, DUNCAN YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20200121476
    Abstract: A bent trial femoral neck (400) and method for visually assessing the orientation of an acetabular cup implanted in a pelvis of a patient are described. The bent trial femoral neck comprises a body (402) extending along a femoral neck axis, an attachment formation (408, 410) extending from the body for releasably attaching the trial femoral neck to a femoral part received with a femur of the patient and a taper (404). The taper extends along a taper axis and the taper axis is tilted anteriorly relative to the femoral neck axis by an angle configured to position a trial femoral head having an indicium on an outer surface so that the indicium is parallel to a plane of a rim of the acetabular cup, or a rim of a liner within the acetabular cup, when the acetabular cup is oriented in the pelvis of the patient with a target orientation and the hip joint is in a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: PHILIPPA WITHERS, DUNCAN YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20190313945
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of orthopedics, and more particularly to a pelvic referencing guide and methods of using the guide in orthopaedic surgery, specifically total hip arthroplasty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: DAVID BEVERLAND, SARAH BUSHELL, CONOR LOWRY, STEPHANIE PRINCE, PHILIPPA WITHERS, DUNCAN YOUNG