Patents by Inventor Bruce Wayne Stursa

Bruce Wayne Stursa 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).

  • Flexible cutting tool and methods for its use
    Patent number: 6068642
    Abstract: A cable comprising helically wound superelastic fibers and having a drilling tip provided at its distal end is housed in an elongated holder through which the cable may be advanced, the holder having a distal end for supporting the cable during a drilling operation and through which the distal end of the cable may protrude. The holder includes contains a cable support shaped to bend the cable through a predetermined angle adjacent its distal end and to support the cable as it is rotated and advanced. A motor is attached to the cable remote from the distal end of the cable to rotate the cable in a direction tending to tighten the cable fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Orthopaedic Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley D. Johnson, Gregg S. Sutton, Bruce Wayne Stursa, Francis C. Peterson
  • Flexible cutting tool and methods for its use
    Patent number: 5695513
    Abstract: A cable comprising helically wound superelastic fibers and having a drilling tip provided at its distal end is housed in an elongated holder through which the cable may be advanced, the holder having a distal end for supporting the cable during a drilling operation and through which the distal end of the cable may protrude. The holder includes contains a cable support shaped to bend the cable through a predetermined angle adjacent its distal end and to support the cable as it is rotated and advanced. A motor is attached to the cable remote from the distal end of the cable to rotate the cable in a direction tending to tighten the cable fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Metagen, LLC
    Inventors: Wesley D. Johnson, Gregg S. Sutton, Bruce Wayne Stursa, Francis C. Peterson