Patents by Inventor William R. Walsh
William R. Walsh 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).
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Patent number: 9855149Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for a spinal fusion device to achieve interbody fusion and maintain intervertebral spacing. The spinal fusion device includes at least two wedge-shaped intervertebral implants (IVIs) configured to be inserted between adjacent vertebrae, such that a thin end of each IVI is positioned toward a midline of the vertebrae, and a thick end of each IVI is positioned substantially flush with outer surfaces of the vertebrae. A lower surface of a superior vertebral body and an upper surface of an adjacent inferior vertebral body are resected to accommodate the IVIs, and a portion of an intervertebral disc (IVD) is also removed to facilitate insertion of the IVIs. The IVIs are inserted in substantially opposite positions to each other between the vertebrae, and an interconnecting member is inserted to connect the IVIs. The interconnecting member passes through residual IVD to stabilize the IVIs in position between the vertebrae.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Nicky Bertollo, William R. Walsh, Matthew H. Pelletier
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Patent number: 9848884Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for a tissue removal device for removing tissue protrusions extending from a wall of intestines. The tissue removal device may be a bell shaped tube configured to slide over an inflamed diverticulum that has been inverted to extend into interior space of the colon. The tissue removal device run be slid over the inverted diverticulum with a portion of the tissue removal device having a widest diameter oriented near the colon wall and a portion having a narrowest diameter oriented near a tip of the diverticulum. A pressure gradient may be induced along the walls of the tissue removal device such that the point of highest pressure at the narrowest opening may cause the walls of the diverticulum to be pinched together to induce necrosis and removal of the diverticulum, while promoting healing of the colon walls over the region of decreasing pressure.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Nicky Bertollo, William R. Walsh, Matthew H. Pelletier
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Publication number: 20160074173Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for a spinal fusion device to achieve interbody fusion and maintain intervertebral spacing. The spinal fusion device includes at least two wedge-shaped intervertebral implants (IVIs) configured to be inserted between adjacent vertebrae, such that a thin end of each IVI is positioned toward a midline of the vertebrae, and a thick end of each IVI is positioned substantially flush with outer surfaces of the vertebrae. A lower surface of a superior vertebral body and an upper surface of an adjacent inferior vertebral body are resected to accommodate the IVIs, and a portion of an intervertebral disc (IVD) is also removed to facilitate insertion of the IVIs. The IVIs are inserted in substantially opposite positions to each other between the vertebrae, and an interconnecting member is inserted to connect the IVIs. The interconnecting member passes through residual IVD to stabilize the IVIs in position between the vertebrae.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Nicky Bertollo, William R. Walsh, Matthew H. Pelletier
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Publication number: 20150209192Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for a medical sponge configured to reduce a temperature at a surgical site. Endothermic reactants may be incorporated with the medical sponge to reduce a temperature at the surgical site in response to absorption of fluids. The sponge may be placed at a surgical site, and as the sponge absorbs fluids, the endothermic reactants may become hydrated. Hydration of the endothermic elements may induce an endothermic reaction, resulting in reduction of a temperature of the surrounding surgical site. The endothermic elements may be inserted within semi-permeable pouches that may be layered with the sponge. Additionally, endothermic elements may be inserted within hollow semi-permeable fibers and woven together to form the sponge. Hemostatic agents, antimicrobial agents, and analgesics may also be integrated with the medical sponge to prevent and treat other conditions experienced at the surgical site such as inflammation, pain, and infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Michael Keoni Manion, Benjamin Matthew Austin, George Charles Peppou, William R. Walsh, Nicky Bertollo, Matthew H. Pelletier
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Publication number: 20140343587Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for a tissue removal device for removing tissue protrusions extending from a wall of intestines. The tissue removal device may be a bell shaped tube configured to slide over an inflamed diverticulum that has been inverted to extend into interior space of the colon. The tissue removal device run be slid over the inverted diverticulum with a portion of the tissue removal device having a widest diameter oriented near the colon wall and a portion having a narrowest diameter oriented near a tip of the diverticulum. A pressure gradient may be induced along the walls of the tissue removal device such that the point of highest pressure at the narrowest opening may cause the walls of the diverticulum to be pinched together to induce necrosis and removal of the diverticulum, while promoting healing of the colon walls over the region of decreasing pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Nicky Bertollo, William R. Walsh, Matthew H. Pelletier
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Patent number: 8123707Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for therapeutically treating connective tissue or increasing vascularization in tissue using ultrasound. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus which use ultrasound to stimulate growth or healing, or to treating pathologies, of connective tissue, or to increase vascularization in ischaemic or grafted tissue using ultrasound.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Exogen, Inc.Inventors: James William Huckle, Andrew Carter, Nicolas J. Cotton, William R Walsh, Nelson Scarborough, Roger J. Talish
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Publication number: 20110138750Abstract: A container for pizza formable into a smaller, space saving box useful as, for example, refrigerator containers for pizza slices. Also disclosed are easily environmentally friendly disposable pizza boxes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: William R. Walsh
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Publication number: 20100318003Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for therapeutically treating connective tissue or increasing vascularization in tissue using ultrasound. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus which use ultrasound to stimulate growth or healing, or to treating pathologies, of connective tissue, or to increase vascularization in ischaemic or grafted tissue using ultrasound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: EXOGEN, INC.Inventors: James William Huckle, Andrew J. Carter, Nicolas J. Cotton, William R. Walsh, Nelson Scarborough, Roger Talish
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Patent number: 7789841Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for therapeutically treating connective tissue or increasing vascularization in tissue using ultrasound. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus which use ultrasound to stimulate growth or healing, or to treating pathologies, of connective tissue, or to increase vascularization in ischaemic or grafted tissue using ultrasound.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Exogen, Inc.Inventors: James William Huckle, Andrew J. Carter, Nicholas J. Cotton, William R. Walsh, Nelson Scarborough, Roger Talish
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Publication number: 20080073416Abstract: A container for pizza formable into a smaller, space saving box useful as, for example, refrigerator containers for pizza slices. Also disclosed are easily environmentally friendly disposable pizza boxes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2006Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventor: William R. Walsh
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Patent number: 7051919Abstract: A space saving box and a box useful for pizza and other relatively flat food products is provided. The box generally includes a one piece cardboard or paperboard blank having a first portion hingedly connected to a second portion. The blank is structured to include various score lines such that first and second portions are formable into a full sized pizza box. In addition, the blank is structured such that, when separated from the second portion, the first portion is formable into a reduced sized, space saving box having a tapering depth, for facilitating storage of leftover pizza slices, for example.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Inventor: William R. Walsh
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Patent number: 6884246Abstract: A bone resection device (30) for use in resection of bone during joint replacement surgery includes a rotatable shaft (4) having mounted thereon for rotation with the shaft at least two blades (3) carrying at least one cutting edge (3a). The bone resection device (30) further includes a blade positioning mechanism (2) mounted on the device or engaging with the device at least during use thereof and arranged to cooperate with the blades during rotation thereof to alter the orientation of the cutting edge relative to the shaft such that the shape of the resected surface is determined at least in part by the blade positioning mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2000Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: DePuy International LimitedInventors: David H. Sonnabend, William Graves, William R. Walsh
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Publication number: 20030153849Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for therapeutically treating connective tissue or increasing vascularization in tissue using ultrasound. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus which use ultrasound to stimulate growth or healing, or to treating pathologies, of connective tissue, or to increase vascularization in ischaemic or grafted tissue using ultrasound.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: James William Huckle, Andrew J. Carter, Nicholas J. Cotton, William R. Walsh, Nelson Scarborough, Roger Talish
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Patent number: 4375716Abstract: A method of precisely mounting a closure on a vehicle body so that the appearance features of the closure and the body are precisely mated when the closure is closed comprises the steps of attaching a first hinge link to the closure, making a net hole in the second hinge link at a precise location relative a certain appearance feature of the closure, and then installing a fastener between the net hole of the second hinge link and a mating net hole previously provided in the body at a precise location relative a certain appearance feature of the body. More particularly, a door hinge link is mounted on a transverse door surface at a location which establishes the hinge axis at a precise dimension transversely of the door outer surface and establishes the hinge at a precise location vertically from the top and bottom edges of the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1981Date of Patent: March 8, 1983Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Joseph Armstrong, Robert L. Gordon, William R. Walsh, Jack H. King, Sr.