Patents by Inventor Chester Paul Wheeler

Chester Paul Wheeler 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).

  • ADJUSTABLE SURGICAL CUTTING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100268240
    Abstract: Adjustable and modular systems, devices and methods for accurately cutting or resecting bones during surgery, particularly in preparation for installing joint implants during arthroplasties, including, but not limited to, preparation of femur or tibia during knee arthroplasties, such as total knee arthroplasty. The embodiments of the present invention provide solutions for adjusting a position of the cutting guides, or structures for guiding or directing the implements for resecting a patient's bone tissue, such as saws. The systems and devices comprise an adjustor for adjusting the cutting guide's position at the patient's bone in at least one degree of rotational freedom and in at least one degree of translational freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventors: Brian J. Mc Ginley, Daniel Mc Combs, Chester Paul Wheeler
  • Adjustable surgical cutting systems
    Patent number: 7794467
    Abstract: Adjustable and modular systems, devices and methods for accurately cutting or resecting bones during surgery, particularly in preparation for installing joint implants during arthroplasties, including, but not limited to, preparation of femur or tibia during knee arthroplasties, such as total knee arthroplasty. The embodiments of the present invention provide solutions for adjusting a position of the cutting guides, or structures for guiding or directing the implements for resecting a patient's bone tissue, such as saws. The systems and devices comprise an adjustor for adjusting the cutting guide's position at the patient's bone in at least one degree of rotational freedom and in at least one degree of translational freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. McGinley, Daniel McCombs, Chester Paul Wheeler