Patents by Inventor Christopher Lee Gabryluk

Christopher Lee Gabryluk 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).

  • Diagnostic device for determining mechanical integrity of bone
    Patent number: 9155500
    Abstract: A method for determination of mechanical integrity of bone includes embedding a threaded rod into the bone, extracting the threaded rod out of the bone, and measuring the force required to extract the threaded rod from the bone, wherein the force required to extract the threaded rod is indicative of the mechanical integrity of the bone. A device for determining the mechanical integrity of bone includes a housing, a rod holder mounted to the housing and configured to hold a threaded rod which is embedded in the bone, a pulling force applicator which applies a pulling force to the rod holder to extract the threaded rod from the bone, and a pulling force measuring instrument which measures the pulling force applied to the rod holder by the pulling force applicator as the threaded rod is extracted from the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: GEISINGER CLINIC
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Bowen, Eric Allen Kennedy, Daniel Curtis Saunders, Eric Huy-Dang Nguyen, Christopher Lee Gabryluk, Jessica Diane Levy, Sarah Jane Wohlman
  • DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF BONE
    Publication number: 20130096566
    Abstract: A method for determination of mechanical integrity of bone includes embedding a threaded rod into the bone, extracting the threaded rod out of the bone, and measuring the force required to extract the threaded rod from the bone, wherein the force required to extract the threaded rod is indicative of the mechanical integrity of the bone. A device for determining the mechanical integrity of bone includes a housing, a rod holder mounted to the housing and configured to hold a threaded rod which is embedded in the bone, a pulling force applicator which applies a pulling force to the rod holder to extract the threaded rod from the bone, and a pulling force measuring instrument which measures the pulling force applied to the rod holder by the pulling force applicator as the threaded rod is extracted from the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Geisinger Clinic
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Bowen, Eric Allen Kennedy, Daniel Curtis Saunders, Eric Huy-Dang Nguyen, Christopher Lee Gabryluk, Jessica Diane Levy, Sarah Jane Wohlman