Patents Examined by Corrine M McDermottt
  • Patent number: 7998217
    Abstract: A modular device for coupling a stem to an end component of an implant. The device includes a plurality of rotatably interconnectable intermediate components for coupling the stem to the end component, such that each intermediate component can be rotated for selectively changing a total offset between the stem and the end component by a relative offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: David R Brown
  • Patent number: 5810789
    Abstract: Vascular access catheters that include a catheter body having one or a plurality of lumens longitudinally extending therethrough. The lumens have cross-sectional shapes that enhance kink resistance, support reliable slit valve operation, and couple securely with the outlet stem of a multiple reservoir implantable access port. In a dual lumen catheter disclosed, each of the lumens are defined by a plurality of longitudinally extending generally linear inner wall surfaces. The inner wall surfaces when viewed in a transverse cross section of the catheter body taken normal to the longitudinal access have trapezoidal shapes. Other cross-sectional shapes are also illustrated. A generally planar septum separates the pair of lumens. The lumens effect a fluid-tight mechanical engagement between the D-shaped outlet prongs of a conventional outlet stem of an implantable dual reservoir access port, highly reliable two-way, three-position slit valves may be associated with each of the lumens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly B. Powers, Kelly J. Christian, Kenneth Arden Eliasen, Ronald O. Campbell, Donald James Jones, Kris Flanary