Patents by Inventor Carl A. Knobloch
Carl A. Knobloch 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).
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Patent number: 10383638Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: OMNIlife science, Inc.Inventors: Edward J Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
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Patent number: 9855147Abstract: Modular prosthesis components having first and second relief patterns, the first relief pattern being complementary to the second relief pattern such that a component having the first relief pattern may seat fully on and in register with a component having the second relief pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: OMNI Life Science Inc.Inventors: George B. Cipolletti, Carl A. Knobloch, Edward J. Cheal, Bryan Horan
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Publication number: 20170056022Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: OMNIlife science, Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
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Publication number: 20160206377Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: OMNIlife science, Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
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Patent number: 9271840Abstract: A tibial component for use in conjunction with a knee replacement surgery. An inferior surface of the tibial component may be concave to thereby improve bonding between the tibial component and a tibia. The tibial component may produce low stress in the cement mantle during in-vivo loading. A stem extending from the inferior surface of the tibial component may include an anterior curvature to facilitate the use of minimally evasive surgical techniques. The stem may further include medial-lateral wing portions with a posterior curvature to provide improved support.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Inventors: John Keggi, Louis Keppler, Timothy McTighe, Declan Brazil, Carl Knobloch
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Patent number: 9220510Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Perception Raisonnement Action en MedecineInventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
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Publication number: 20120323244Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: PERCEPTION RAISONNEMENT ACTION DE MEDECINEInventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
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Publication number: 20120209391Abstract: Modular prosthesis components having first and second relief patterns, the first relief pattern being complementary to the second relief pattern such that a component having the first relief pattern may seat fully on and in register with a component having the second relief pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: OMNI LIFE SCIENCE, INC.Inventors: George B. Cipolletti, Carl A. Knobloch, Edward J. Cheal, Bryan Horan
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Publication number: 20120109324Abstract: A tibial component for use in conjunction with a knee replacement surgery. An inferior surface of the tibial component may be concave to thereby improve bonding between the tibial component and a tibia. The tibial component may produce low stress in the cement mantle during in-vivo loading. A stem extending from the inferior surface of the tibial component may include an anterior curvature to facilitate the use of minimally evasive surgical techniques. The stem may further include medial-lateral wing portions with a posterior curvature to provide improved support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: John Keggi, Louis Keppler, Timothy McTighe, Declan Brazil, Carl Knobloch
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Patent number: 8123748Abstract: A canal diameter reducer is placed within the intramedullary canal alongside an intramedullary rod to stabilize the intramedullary rod and prevent toggling and/or misalignment due to shear. The canal reducer is an elongated block which may be guided into position by a guide wire and may be held in position during insertion of the rod by a suture extending through hole 31. The reducer is inserted through an entry opening formed in the end of the fractured bone. The canal reducer may be fabricated from allograft bone or xenograft bone.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Inventors: J. Dean Cole, Carl A. Knobloch
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Publication number: 20090005781Abstract: A canal diameter reducer is placed within the intramedullary canal alongside an intramedullary rod to stabilize the intramedullary rod and prevent toggling and/or misalignment due to shear. The canal reducer is an elongated block which may be guided into position by a guide wire and may be held in position during insertion of the rod by a suture extending through hole 31. The reducer is inserted through an entry opening formed in the end of the fractured bone. The canal reducer may be fabricated from allograft bone or xenograft bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: J. Dean Cole, Carl A. Knobloch
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Patent number: 7041104Abstract: A femoral intramedullary rod system capable of treating a variety of femoral bone fractures using a uniform intramedullary rod design. The system generally comprising an intramedullary rod defining an opening having an upper surface and a transverse member including a bone engaging portion and a connection portion defining a thru-hole with the nail sized to pass therethrough. A pin is selectively coupled to the transverse member to rigidly assemble the transverse member to the nail when the nail is passed through the thru-hole and the pin is received within the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2000Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Orthodyne, Inc.Inventors: J. Dean Cole, Carl A. Knobloch
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Publication number: 20050038435Abstract: A canal diameter reducer (20) is placed within the intramedullary canal (21) alongside an intramedullary rod (23) to stabilize the intramedullary rod and prevent toggling and/or misalignment due to shear. The canal reducer is an elongated block (19) which may be guided into position by a guide wire and may be held in position during insertion of the rod by a suture (27) extending through hole 31. The reducer (20) is inserted through an entry opening (24) formed in the end of the fractured bone (22). The canal reducer may be fabricated from allograft bone or xenograft bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2001Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: J. Dean Cole, Carl Knobloch
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Patent number: 6402753Abstract: A femoral intramedullary rod system capable of treating a variety of femoral bone fractures using a uniform intramedullary rod design. The system generally comprising an intramedullary rod defining an opening having an upper surface and a transverse member including a bone engaging portion and a connection portion defining a thru-hole with the nail sized to pass therethrough. A pin is selectively coupled to the transverse member to rigidly assemble the transverse member to the nail when the nail is passed through the thru-hole and the pin is received within the opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Orthodyne, Inc.Inventors: J. Dean Cole, Carl A. Knobloch
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Patent number: 6221074Abstract: A femoral intramedullary rod system capable of treating a variety of femoral bone fractures using a uniform intramedullary rod design. The system generally comprising an intramedullary rod defining an opening having an upper surface and a transverse member including a bone engaging portion and a connection portion defining a thru-hole with the nail sized to pass therethrough. A pin is selectively coupled to the transverse member to rigidly assemble the transverse member to the nail when the nail is passed through the thru-hole and the pin is received within the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Orthodyne, Inc.Inventors: J. Dean Cole, Carl A. Knobloch