Patents by Inventor Charles Beck, Jr.

Charles Beck, Jr. 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).

  • Publication number: 20200078163
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Beck, JR., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 10441409
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC
    Inventors: Charles Beck, Jr., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Publication number: 20180161146
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Beck, JR., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 9907646
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY MITEK, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Beck, Jr., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Publication number: 20170143473
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Beck, JR., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 9592115
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Beck, Jr., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Publication number: 20160120641
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Beck, JR., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 9265602
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Beck, Jr., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Publication number: 20140243978
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Beck, JR., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 8747470
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Beck, Jr., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Publication number: 20120265299
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: DePuy Mitek, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Beck, JR., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 8226714
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Beck, Jr., Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 5339809
    Abstract: A method for providing continuous oxygen therapy to a patient having chronic breathing problems wherein the method includes the steps of providing cricothyroidal-endotracheal device and having a hollow tube of semi-rigid material having a plurality of spaced holes extending through the tube wall and connected at its proximal end to the distal end of a flexible hollow tube, in turn, connected at its proximal end to the distal end of a hollow semi-rigid tube for connection to an oxygen supply source for feeding oxygen through such connected tubes and the holes through the semi-rigid tube wall and a flange fixed to the outer wall of the oxygen supply tube, providing an oxygen source, creating a surgical opening in the patient, inserting the device through the surgical opening, positioning the device in the surgical opening and the trachea, connecting the device to the oxygen supply, delivering oxygen through the device, and leaving the device in the place in the surgical opening for extended period of time to tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Inventors: Charles A. Beck, Jr., Natan Scher