Patents by Inventor Daniel Frank Cheney

Daniel Frank Cheney 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 system for storing and inserting an implant
    Patent number: 8834483
    Abstract: An implant storage and insertion system for a shape memory orthopedic implant allows the implant to be constrained in a deformed state, protected, insulated, held for insertion, and properly positioned in bone. The implant storage and insertion system includes a restraining block having an impact surface. The restraining block engages an implant at a first end, and further a medical instrument engages the restraining block and positions the restraining block at a bone such that the impact surface may be impacted to insert a second end of the implant into the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: BioMedical Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Cheney, Eric Alberto Marcano, David Joseph Pancratz
  • Method and system for storing and inserting an implant
    Publication number: 20120083791
    Abstract: An implant storage and insertion system for a shape memory orthopedic implant allows the implant to be constrained in a deformed state, protected, insulated, held for insertion, and properly positioned in bone. The implant storage and insertion system includes a restraining block having an impact surface. The restraining block engages an implant at a first end, and further a medical instrument engages the restraining block and positions the restraining block at a bone such that the impact surface may be impacted to insert a second end of the implant into the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Cheney, Eric Alberto Marcano, David Joseph Pancratz