Patents by Inventor Andrew Joseph Stanley Dawood

Andrew Joseph Stanley Dawood 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).

  • POSITION OF HIP JOINT PROSTHESES
    Publication number: 20130072940
    Abstract: Apparatus for guiding a shaping tool for shaping an acetabulum comprises locating means (40) arranged to be located in the acetabulum, guide means (50) for guiding the shaping tool, and support means (80) for supporting the guide means, wherein the guide means is arranged to locate against the locating means in a target position, and the support means is arranged to support the guide means in the target position after removal of the locating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph Stanley Dawood, Stephen Robin Richards, Alister James Hart
  • Apparatus for testing the passive fit of screw retained structures
    Patent number: 5898112
    Abstract: A passivity indicating apparatus for use with structures to be joined by a threaded component including a tool for tightening the threaded component to at least one of the structures, the tool being driven by a motor; measuring device for measuring the change in torque over a time period delivered by the motor to the tool during tightening; indicator receiving output from the measuring device of the change in torque over the time period and indicating precision of fit between the structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare AB
    Inventor: Andrew Joseph Stanley Dawood