Patents by Inventor Adriana de la Barcena

Adriana de la Barcena 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).

  • Patent number: 6395004
    Abstract: A trial prosthesis and saw guide system for use in orthopedic surgery to implant an orthopedic calcar-replacing femoral hip prosthesis. A trial femoral hip stem includes a longitudinal axis, a proximal portion and a distal portion, and a neck portion for temporarily receiving a trial femoral head. The proximal portion includes an elongate saw guide slot substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. A trial femoral hip flange is provided for temporary insertion within the saw guide slot. An elongate rotary reamer is provided for reaming a socket in the medullary canal to receive the hip prosthesis. An elongate driver adapter has means at a proximal end for connection to a powered rotary driver and has means at a distal end for connection to the elongate rotary reamer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Sulzer Orthopedics Inc.
    Inventors: Donald W. Dye, Stephen W. Haecker, Adriana de la Barcena
  • Patent number: 5405404
    Abstract: An apparatus for disassembling a head and acetabular component of a bipolar orthopedic hip prosthesis. The head includes a female taper configured for engaging a corresponding male taper of a femoral component of a hip prosthesis. The acetabular component includes a cavity in which the head is elastically constrained. The apparatus includes a rod having a male taper at one end thereof sized and configured to be received in taper locking engagement in the female taper of the head of the bipolar prosthesis. The rod has external threads that engage internal threads of a sleeve surrounding the rod. The sleeve includes a thrust surface at one end that engages the acetabular component as the sleeve is rotated relative to the rod. The sleeve causes the acetabular component to be pressed off of the head while the head remains taper locked to the rod. Continued rotation of the sleeve causes the head to be pressed off of the taper of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Intermedics Orthopedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Gardner, Adriana de la Barcena, Steven L. van der Meulen, Donald W. Dye, Amber E. Okoye, Mark L. Arlitt