Patents by Inventor Chad Lewis
Chad Lewis 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: 8864797Abstract: A line lock system may include a line routed through a plate. The plate may have an elongated body with a plurality of passageways. The line is routed to form at least one one-way slide so no knots are required. The system may include filaments routed through the passageways of the plate or around a dogbone feature of the plate. The filaments may be used to toggle the plate after passage through a hole to prevent withdrawal of the plate back through the hole. The system may include a line lock stabilizer or counter-tension tool to stabilize the line lock as the line is adjusted. The system may include a compression limiter to selectively reduce compression in the one-way slide to facilitate adjustment of the line. The line lock stabilizer, counter-tension tool, or compression limiter may be a filament.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Coorstek Medical LLCInventors: Daniel F. Justin, Andrew Fauth, Joshua A. Butters, Chad Lewis, Karen E. Mohr, Carlyle Creger, Nicholas Slater, Mark J. Mooradian, Greta Jo Hays, M. Mary Sinnott, Jeremy D. Borchert, Stuart Goble
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Patent number: 8535377Abstract: A system for single tunnel, double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction includes implant constructs and instruments. The implant constructs provide a combination of cortical fixation and bone tunnel aperture fixation. The implant constructs separate a graft into distinct bundles. The instruments are used to prepare shaped bone tunnels to receive the implant constructs and graft bundles. Methods for reconstructing the antero-medial and postero-lateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament may rely on single femoral and tibial tunnels and a single strand of graft.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: IMDS CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Myers, Douglas M. Lorang, Daniel J. Triplett, Chad Lewis, Bryan Howard, Nathan Hansen
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Patent number: 8439947Abstract: A system for implanting an anchor into bone, the system comprising a curved cannulated guide for percautaneous insertion, having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible drill insertable through the curved guide from the proximal end to the distal end, the flexible drill having a shaft having a flexible portion; and a flexible inserter for inserting a suture anchor into a bore at the anatomical site formed by the flexible drill, the flexible inserter having a shaft having a flexible portion, wherein the flexible portions of both the flexible drill and flexible inserter include a series of discrete, interlocking segments.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Bryan Patrick Howard, Ryan E. Yearsley, M. Todd Miller, Wayne K. Auge, II, Chad Lewis, Daniel F. Justin, Margaret Mary Sinnott
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Publication number: 20130041796Abstract: Managing application governance data may include receiving application governance data from multiple data servers, storing the received application governance data, and consolidating the received application governance data into a common format by executing a predefined rule set. Governance data may include one or more risk assessments for various applications within an enterprise and each of the risk assessments may be organized in one or more native formats. Managing application governance data may also include receiving a request for the consolidated application governance data from a user, filtering the consolidated application governance data according to the user's role, comparing the filtered application governance data against a configurable metric, and transmitting the filtered application governance data and the comparison to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Bank of America CorporationInventors: James Matthew Eggert, Chad Lewis Marshall
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Publication number: 20120215316Abstract: A spinal implant system, specifically an intervertebral spacer. The system is designed to change its physical conformation from a minimal profile to an expanded state, enabling it to be placed through a smaller incision and operative cannula. The ability to change from a minimal profile to an expanded state may be accomplished through pivoting of support bodies, or expansion through a screw system, or sliding of the support bodies perhaps along an oblong surface. The system will allow for long-term promotion of osteointegration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: MEDICINELODGE, INC. DBA IMDS CO-INNOVATIONInventors: Karen E. Mohr, Jordan A. Hoof, Brad A. Niese, Chad Lewis, Jared M. White
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Publication number: 20120065731Abstract: A line lock system may include a line routed through a plate. The plate may have an elongated body with a plurality of passageways. The line is routed to form at least one one-way slide so no knots are required. The system may include filaments routed through the passageways of the plate or around a dogbone feature of the plate. The filaments may be used to toggle the plate after passage through a hole to prevent withdrawal of the plate back through the hole. The system may include a line lock stabilizer or counter-tension tool to stabilize the line lock as the line is adjusted. The system may include a compression limiter to selectively reduce compression in the one-way slide to facilitate adjustment of the line. The line lock stabilizer, counter-tension tool, or compression limiter may be a filament.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: MEDICINELODGE, INC. DBA IMDS CO-INNOVATIONInventors: Daniel F. Justin, Andrew R. Fauth, Joshua A. Butters, Chad Lewis, Karen E. Mohr, Carlyle J. Creger, Nicholas Slater, Mark J. Mooradian, Greta Jo Hays, M. Mary Sinnott, Jeremy D. Borchert, Stuart Goble
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Publication number: 20120059469Abstract: A system for single tunnel, double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction includes implant constructs and instruments. The implant constructs provide a combination of cortical fixation and bone tunnel aperture fixation. The implant constructs separate a graft into distinct bundles. The instruments are used to prepare shaped bone tunnels to receive the implant constructs and graft bundles. Methods for reconstructing the antero-medial and postero-lateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament may rely on single femoral and tibial tunnels and a single strand of graft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicants: MEDICINELODGE, INC. DBA IMDS CO-INNOVATIONInventors: Thomas H. Myers, Douglas M. Lorang, Daniel J. Triplett, Chad Lewis, Bryan Howard, Nathan Hansen
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Publication number: 20120046747Abstract: A system and method for securing an ACL graftmay include a line routed through a plate. The plate may include an elongated body with a plurality of passageways, and a dogbone feature on at least one end of the body. The line may be routed to create at least one one-way slide so no knots are required. The line may form an adjustable loop that receives the graft. The adjustable loop is adjustable through the one-way slide feature. The plate may be configured to pass through a bone tunnel. The plate may be toggled after passage through the bone tunnel to prevent withdrawal back through the bone tunnel because the plate contact area is larger the bone tunnel area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: MedicineLodge, Inc. dba IMDS Co-InnovationInventors: Daniel F. Justin, Andrew Fauth, Chad Lewis, Karen E. Mohr, Bryan Howard, M. Mary Sinnott, Stuart Goble
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Publication number: 20110160856Abstract: A system and method for securing an ACL graft. The system may comprise a line routed through a plate, the plate may comprise an elongated body with a plurality of passageways, and a dogbone feature on one end. The line is routed such to create at least one one-way slide so no knots are required. The line may comprise an adjustable loop that receives the graft. The adjustable loop is adjustable through the one-way slide feature of the line routed around and through the plate. The plate may be configured to pass through a bone tunnel with the use of filaments routed through the passageways of the plate or around the dogbone feature of the plate. The filaments may be used to toggle the plate after passage through the bone tunnel to prevent withdrawal back through the bone tunnel because the plate contact area is larger the bone tunnel area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: MEDICINELODGE, INC. DBA IMDS CO-INNOVATIONInventors: M. Mary Sinnott, Daniel F. Justin, Andrew Fauth, Chad Lewis, Stuart Goble, Karen E. Mohr
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Publication number: 20110015675Abstract: A system for implanting an anchor into bone, the system comprising a curved cannulated guide for percautaneous insertion, having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible drill insertable through the curved guide from the proximal end to the distal end, the flexible drill having a shaft having a flexible portion; and a flexible inserter for inserting a suture anchor into a bore at the anatomical site formed by the flexible drill, the flexible inserter having a shaft having a flexible portion, wherein the flexible portions of both the flexible drill and flexible inserter include a series of discrete, interlocking segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Bryan Patrick Howard, Ryan E. Yearsley, M. Todd Miller, Wayne K. Auge, II, Chad Lewis, Daniel F. Justin, Margaret Mary Sinnott
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Publication number: 20110015674Abstract: An apparatus for inserting a suture anchor into an internal anatomical site through a cannula, or percutaneously, has a curved hollow guide for insertion into the cannula and/or tissue. The guide has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end has a “parabolic ” shape for engaging the intended anatomical site such as a glenoid. A flexible obturator is insertable through the curved guide from the proximal end to the distal end to facilitate insertion of the guide through the cannula. A flexible drill is insertable through the curved guide from the proximal to the distal end once the guide is in place. A flexible inserter is provided for inserting a suture anchor into a bore at the anatomical site formed by the flexible drill.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Bryan Patrick Howard, Ryan E. Yearsley, M. Todd Miller, Wayne K. Auge, II, Chad Lewis, Daniel F. Justin, M. Mary Sinnott
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Publication number: 20080027960Abstract: Email lists are managed based on the attributes of the email list members. An authorized person may generate an email list by selecting one or more attributes characterizing each member of the email list. An email list may be selected by selecting one or more attributes characterizing each member of the email list. Each email list is dynamically updated according to the attributes characterizing the email list.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: Lehman Brothers Inc.Inventors: Chad Lewis Fulgham, Paul James Rowe, Douglas John Bayne, Lokesh Gupta