Patents by Inventor Dale E. Walriven

Dale E. Walriven 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 remote alignment of a cut guide
    Patent number: 8486079
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for remote alignment of a cut guide. The cut guide may be positioned on a base which is remote from a surgical site and positioned on a docking station. An alignment jig is removably positioned on a bone and is used to provide alignment information to the docking station. The docking station remotely aligns the cut guide relative to the base. Thereafter, the cut guide and base are removed from the docking station and positioned on the bone in place of the alignment jig. A surgical procedure using the cut guide may then be completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson R. Heavener, Sudip Hui, Dale E. Walriven, Jody L. Claypool, Chetan Rangaiah
  • Femoral head center locating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7892240
    Abstract: A femoral head center locating mechanism and method for using same. The femoral head center locating mechanism may include a frame and a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams which intersect to identify a reference point relative to a center of a femoral head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody L. Claypool, Sudip Hui, James S. Collins, Donald M. Patmore, Dale E. Walriven
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE ALIGNMENT OF A CUT GUIDE
    Publication number: 20090112213
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for remote alignment of a cut guide. The cut guide may be positioned on a base which is remote from a surgical site and positioned on a docking station. An alignment jig is removably positioned on a bone and is used to provide alignment information to the docking station. The docking station remotely aligns the cut guide relative to the base. Thereafter, the cut guide and base are removed from the docking station and positioned on the bone in place of the alignment jig. A surgical procedure using the cut guide may then be completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: Jackson R. Heavener, Sudip Hui, Dale E. Walriven, Jody L. Claypool, Chetan Rangaiah
  • FEMORAL HEAD CENTER LOCATING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090076507
    Abstract: A femoral head center locating mechanism and method for using same. The femoral head center locating mechanism may include a frame and a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams which intersect to identify a reference point relative to a center of a femoral head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: Jody L. Claypool, Sudip Hui, James S. Collins, Donald M. Patmore, Dale E. Walriven
  • Scuba tank bouyancy compensator
    Patent number: 6030146
    Abstract: A tank buoyancy compensator for an underwater breathing tank comprises a ballast boot having a tubular portion to receive the end of the tank remote from the diver's head. The ballast boot includes an end portion that includes weight retention pin for releasably retaining one or more annular ballast weights on the end portion. A connector is attached to the retention pin and is operable by the diver at convenient location on the ballast boot for releasing the retention pin to jettison the weight(s) from the boot, for example, when the diver experiences an emergency situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventors: Wayne L. Nicolen, Jerry M. Kulas, Dale E. Walriven