Patents by Inventor Daniel B. Ellls

Daniel B. Ellls 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).

  • BONE GRAFT PLACEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130066371
    Abstract: A surgical assembly includes a first guidewire and a second guidewire, in which each of the first guidewire and the second guidewire are configured to be received by a bone block, a first suture loop, a second suture loop, a first locking component, and a second locking component, in which the first locking component is coupled to the first suture loop and the second locking component is coupled to the second suture loop. The locking component has a hole formed therethrough, in which the hole of the locking component is configured to receive the suture, and may be tethered to a suture by knots engaging a counterbore at opposed ends of a bore defined by the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Jon-Paul Rogers, Timothy P. Callahan, Jeffrey Wyman, Graham Smith, Daniel B. Ellls