Patents by Inventor Chris P. Beauchamp

Chris P. Beauchamp 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).

  • Method and apparatus for antibiotic knee prothesis
    Patent number: 5123927
    Abstract: A method and equipment for producing an antibiotic loaded knee prothesis by custom molding a femoral prothesis in a removable mold from a settable material containing a selected antibiotic, applying the molded prothesis to the distal end of the femur, completing the set of the material to anchor the prothesis to the femur and removing the removable mold. Next a tibial prothesis is custom molded in a second removable mold from a settable material containing a selected antibiotic, the material set and the so formed tibial prothesis is removed from the second mold and is then connected to the proximal end of the tibia in a position to form an articulating joint with the previously molded and applied femoral prothesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Clive P. Duncan, Martine J. Breault, Chris P. Beauchamp, Nancy J. Paris, Bassam A. Masri