Patents by Inventor David Drucker

David Drucker 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).

  • Patent number: 9848888
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian William McKinnon, David A. Drucker, Michael D. Ries
  • Patent number: 9730705
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Michael Smith, Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Nathaniel Milton Lenz, Brian William McKinnon, David A. Drucker
  • Publication number: 20150209053
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femora implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian William McKinnon, David A. Drucker, Michael D. Ries
  • Patent number: 8998911
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian W. McKinnon, David A. Drucker, Michael D. Ries
  • Publication number: 20140309640
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Michael Smith, Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Nathaniel Milton Lenz, Brian William McKinnon, David A. Drucker
  • Patent number: 8728086
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Michael Smith, Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Nathaniel Milton Lenz, Brian W. McKinnon, David A. Drucker
  • Publication number: 20100331991
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian W. McKinnon, David A. Drucker, Michael D. Ries
  • Publication number: 20100331848
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Michael Smith, Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Nathaniel Milton Lenz, Brian W. McKinnon, David A. Drucker
  • Publication number: 20070050184
    Abstract: To create an audio personal newspaper, descriptive information about newspaper articles (such as subject matter, author, source) is extracted from newspaper articles and the text of the newspaper articles is converted into audio files so the user can listen to the content of the newspaper articles. The audio newspaper can be personalized by compiling only the articles matching a user's preferences for subject matter, author, source, and the like. In some embodiments, the audio newspaper may be stored in a data file, which may have advertisements appended to it and which may be stored as a single file so as to prevent the user from skipping over advertisements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: David Drucker, Marcus Heth, Xinyu Huang
  • Publication number: 20060026136
    Abstract: A method for generating a title report for a target real estate parcel includes the steps of gathering data records pertaining to real estate parcels from a plurality of disparate sources, storing the gathered data records in a common format within a computer database, indexing the commonly formatted data records within the computer database to facilitate searching, searching the indexed data records within the computer database for data records pertaining to a target real estate parcel, selecting at least one record of data pertaining to the target real estate parcel, electronically abstracting pre-selected data directly into an associated file while simultaneously viewing said record and generating a title report containing the pre-selected data in a predefined format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: David Drucker, William Welge
  • Publication number: 20030154267
    Abstract: A storage area network has one or more digital data processors, e.g., hosts, in communication with one or more storage devices. At least a selected one of the hosts has an operating system in which a storage device must be claimed before the storage device can be accessed by applications programs executing on that host. The improvement is characterized by a selectively actuable filter, e.g., loaded with the selected host operating system, that when downloaded and actuated to a host intervenes to block claiming of one or more selected storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Barbara J. Camacho, Clement Lambert Dickey, Roman David Drucker, Douglas Paul Dunham, Tina Lynn Dunton, Nancy Lott Hobbs, John Earle Lindley
  • Patent number: 5571198
    Abstract: An improvement in an acetabular cup component of a prosthetic hip implant in which an acetabular shell receives a bearing member within the interior of the acetabular shell and has at least one bone screw hole, the improvement enabling the interoperative selection of implanting the acetabular shell without the employment of a bone screw or with the employment of at least one bone screw for assisting securement of the acetabular shell within the natural bone at the implant site, the improvement including a plug for seating in the bone screw hole to close the bone screw hole, the plug including a fastener arrangement for engaging the acetabular shell to fasten the plug within the bone screw hole, and a sealing arrangement for engaging the acetabular shell essentially to seal the bone screw hole against the migration of debris from the bearing member through the bone screw hole, the fastener arrangement including an operator arrangement for being selectively operated from the interior of the acetabular shell to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: David A. Drucker
    Inventors: David A. Drucker, Robert G. Collins, Nicholas N. G. Dong
  • Patent number: D433391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: David Drucker