Patents by Inventor Terry Schlotterback

Terry Schlotterback 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).

  • Orthopaedic instrument for sizing implant sites and for pressurizing bone cement and a method for using the same
    Patent number: 6458136
    Abstract: An orthopaedic instrument and a method for its use in sizing a glenoid implant anchor site and for pressurizing bone cement in the anchor site. The instrument has a shaft with a handle on one end thereof and a pressure plate on the other end thereof. An implant site probe, corresponding in shape to the glenoid implant anchor, extends outwardly from a bone facing surface of the pressure plate. A seal against the bone facing surface surrounds the implant site probe. Forcing the implant site probe into the implant site filled with bone cement forces bone cement into the cancellous bone surrounding the implant site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Allard, Louis U. Bigliani, Evan Flatow, John Meyers, Terry Schlotterback, David Willard