Patents by Inventor Charles Schiff

Charles Schiff 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).

  • Patent number: 9004384
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one aspect, relates to a milling apparatus having a cutter housing and feed chute, a rotary cutter, at least partially housed within the cutter housing and in communication with the feed chute, and a feed ram removably positioned within the feed chute for maintaining a workpiece against the rotary cutter. The feed chute and feed ram may be selectively positionable at one of several angular positions with respect to the rotary cutter. In this manner, the force applied by the feed ram on the workpiece is a function of the weight of the feed ram and the angular position of the feed ram with respect to the rotary cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Schiff, Rudy Duke, David Kaes
  • Publication number: 20120160945
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one aspect, relates to a milling apparatus having a cutter housing and feed chute, a rotary cutter, at least partially housed within the cutter housing and in communication with the feed chute, and a feed ram removably positioned within the feed chute for maintaining a workpiece against the rotary cutter. The feed chute and feed ram may be selectively positionable at one of several angular positions with respect to the rotary cutter. In this manner, the force applied by the feed ram on the workpiece is a function of the weight of the feed ram and the angular position of the feed ram with respect to the rotary cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Schiff, Rudy Duke, David Kaes
  • Publication number: 20070078522
    Abstract: A method of processing an acellular tissue matrix to give a particulate acellular tissue matrix includes: cutting sheets of dry acellular tissue matrix into strips; cryofracturing the dry acellular tissue matrix strips at cryogenic temperatures; separating the resulting particles by size at cryogenic temperatures; and freeze drying the fraction of particles desired size to remove any moisture that may have been absorbed to give a dry particulate acellular tissue matrix. Rehydration of the dry particulate acellular tissue matrix may take place just prior to use. The particulate acellular tissue may be applied to a recipient site, by way of injection, spraying, layering, packing, in-casing or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: LifeCell Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Griffey, Stephen Livesey, Charles Schiff, Lawrence Boerboom
  • Publication number: 20050159822
    Abstract: A method of processing an acellular tissue matrix to give a particulate acellular tissue matrix includes: cutting sheets of dry acellular tissue matrix into strips; cryofracturing the dry acellular tissue matrix strips at cryogenic temperatures; separating the resulting particles by size at cryogenic temperatures; and freeze drying the fraction of particles desired size to remove any moisture that may have been absorbed to give a dry particulate acellular tissue matrix. Rehydration of the dry particulate acellular tissue matrix may take place just prior to use. The particulate acellular tissue may be applied to a recipient site, by way of injection, spraying, layering, packing, in-casing or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Griffey, Stephen Livesey, Charles Schiff, Lawrence Boerboom