Patents by Inventor Cheng Hoe Desmond Tan

Cheng Hoe Desmond Tan 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).

  • Intramedullary fixation device for fractures
    Patent number: 8133226
    Abstract: An intramedullary fixation device for fractures having a core guide wire, and distal and proximal petal segments mountable on the core guide wire and being able to be moved towards each other. Each petal segment has multiple petals able to be expanded for gripping an internal wall of a medullary canal; expansion segments are also mountable on the core guide wire, each expansion segment having a tapered engagement surface for engaging with and expanding the petals of the distal and proximal petal segments. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignees: Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Polytechnic, National University Hospital, National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Siaw Meng Chou, Beng Hai Lim, Cheng Hoe Desmond Tan
  • Intramedullary Fixation Device for Fractures
    Publication number: 20080294163
    Abstract: An intramedullary fixation device for fractures having a core guide wire, and distal and proximal petal segments mountable on the core guide wire and being able to be moved towards each other. Each petal segment has multiple petals able to be expanded for gripping an internal wall of a medullary canal; expansion segments are also mountable on the core guide wire, each expansion segment having a tapered engagement surface for engaging with and expanding the petals of the distal and proximal petal segments. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Siaw Meng Chou, Beng Hai Lim, Cheng Hoe Desmond Tan