Patents by Inventor Bennie Gladdish

Bennie Gladdish 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: 7122051
    Abstract: A bifurcated graft having a trunk portion and two limb portions, each defined by a docking end and a non-docking end, that is assembled in-situ. The trunk and limb portions are supported by a combination of full and partial stent structures that are connected by longitudinal stent struts to form a continuous stent lattice. The diameters of the docking sections may be standardized such that any limb portion may be inserted into any trunk portion, providing the same degree of mechanical interference for trunk and limb portions having non-docking ends of various diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Dallara, John Pazienza, Bennie Gladdish, Alfred Concemi
  • Publication number: 20060195195
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a concave superior surface on a tibial tray and a convex inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a convex superior surface on a tibial tray and a concave inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include a biconcave interface (e.g., having a “wave” like surface geometry). This “wave” like surface geometry may be at the interface between a tibial insert and a tibial tray in the mobile bearing knee (as opposed to the interface between the tibial insert and a femoral component).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Albert Burstein, Bennie Gladdish, James Hoyt, Raymond Cloutier, Laurent Angibaud
  • Publication number: 20050027365
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a concave superior surface on a tibial tray and a convex inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a convex superior surface on a tibial tray and a concave inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include a bi-concave interface (e.g., having a “wave” like surface geometry). This “wave” like surface geometry may be at the second bearing (i.e., at the interface between a tibial insert and a tibial tray in the mobile bearing knee as opposed to the interface between the tibial insert and a femoral component).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Albert Burstein, Bennie Gladdish, James Hoyt, Raymond Cloutier, Laurent Angibaud
  • Patent number: 6802859
    Abstract: A modular bifurcated stent-graft implant having a trunk portion with graft material supported by a flexible stent lattice, the stent lattice extending from the proximal end of the trunk portion into each leg. The bifurcation of the trunk portion, which is supported by the stent lattice and graft material, is flexible such that the legs can move independently of each other both in and out of the plane of the midsection. The proximal end of the trunk portion is fully supported with one or more sealing stents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Pazienza, Mark Dallara, Bennie Gladdish