Patents by Inventor Dan Norton

Dan Norton 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 coupling soft tissue to bone
    Patent number: 9936940
    Abstract: A method for securing a suture to bone can include loading the suture in a distal opening of an inserter of an assembly. The suture can be coupled to soft tissue. The assembly can include the inserter, an anchor carried by the inserter, a distal tip and a driver each coupled to the inserter. A hole can be formed in the bone with the distal tip, and the distal opening and a portion of the suture can be positioned in the hole. The driver can be actuated to allow movement relative to the inserter and can be advanced in a first direction to drive the anchor about the inserter into the hole to secure the distal tip, anchor and suture to the bone with an absence of a knot. The driver can be moved in a second direction to remove the inserter from the distal tip, anchor and suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Palese, Gregory J. Denham, Dan Norton
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING SOFT TISSUE TO BONE
    Publication number: 20140364906
    Abstract: A method for securing a suture to bone can include loading the suture in a distal opening of an inserter of an assembly. The suture can be coupled to soft tissue. The assembly can include the inserter, an anchor carried by the inserter, a distal tip and a driver each coupled to the inserter. A hole can be formed in the bone with the distal tip, and the distal opening and a portion of the suture can be positioned in the hole. The driver can be actuated to allow movement relative to the inserter and can be advanced in a first direction to drive the anchor about the inserter into the hole to secure the distal tip, anchor and suture to the bone with an absence of a knot. The driver can be moved in a second direction to remove the inserter from the distal tip, anchor and suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Palese, Gregory J. Denham, Dan Norton