Patents by Inventor Carie Fincher Alley

Carie Fincher Alley 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).

  • Porous surface layers with increased surface roughness and implants incorporating the same
    Patent number: 9168142
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing tissue-interfacing surface layers with increased roughness can be attained by providing a metallic powder to a machined or previously machined tissue-interfacing surface of a porous foam structure. The metallic powder can have sizes and characteristics such that the porous structure can have an increased roughness at the tissue-interfacing machined surface while inhibiting the occlusion of the open pores in the porous metallic foam structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Carie Fincher Alley, Laura J. Gilmour
  • POROUS SURFACE LAYERS WITH INCREASED SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND IMPLANTS INCORPORATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140138010
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing tissue-interfacing surface layers with increased roughness can be attained by providing a metallic powder to a machined or previously machined tissue-interfacing surface of a porous foam structure. The metallic powder can have sizes and characteristics such that the porous structure can have an increased roughness at the tissue-interfacing machined surface while inhibiting the occlusion of the open pores in the porous metallic foam structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventors: Carie Fincher Alley, LAURA J. GILMOUR
  • POROUS SURFACE LAYERS WITH INCREASED SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND IMPLANTS INCORPORATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110245930
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing tissue-interfacing surface layers with increased roughness can be attained by providing a metallic powder to a machined or previously machined tissue-interfacing surface of a porous foam structure. The metallic powder can have sizes and characteristics such that the porous structure can have an increased roughness at the tissue-interfacing machined surface while inhibiting the occlusion of the open pores in the porous metallic foam structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Carie Fincher Alley, Laura J. Gilmour