Patents by Inventor DAVID KETTNER

DAVID KETTNER 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).

  • Surgical support for providing knee torsion
    Patent number: 10660816
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture that may be releasably attached to the operating table to apply two countervailing forces to the leg on opposite sides of the knee. These forces permit the application of a precise and stable torque to the knee joint. In one embodiment, the fixture may be repositioned and fixed with respect to the operating table through the surgical drape without penetration of the surgical drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: BayCare Clinic, LLP, Fused Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Robert P. Limoni, David Kettner
  • Surgical Support for Providing Knee Torsion
    Publication number: 20190216666
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture that may be releasably attached to the operating table to apply two countervailing forces to the leg on opposite sides of the knee. These forces permit the application of a precise and stable torque to the knee joint. In one embodiment, the fixture may be repositioned and fixed with respect to the operating table through the surgical drape without penetration of the surgical drape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Robert P. Limoni, David Kettner
  • Surgical support for providing knee torsion
    Patent number: 10265235
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture that may be releasably attached to the operating table to apply two countervailing forces to the leg on opposite sides of the knee. These forces permit the application of a precise and stable torque to the knee joint. In one embodiment, the fixture may be repositioned and fixed with respect to the operating table through the surgical drape without penetration of the surgical drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: BayCare Clinic, LLP, Fused Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Robert P. Limoni, David Kettner
  • Surgical Support for Providing Knee Torsion
    Publication number: 20160279008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture that may be releasably attached to the operating table to apply two countervailing forces to the leg on opposite sides of the knee. These forces permit the application of a precise and stable torque to the knee joint. In one embodiment, the fixture may be repositioned and fixed with respect to the operating table through the surgical drape without penetration of the surgical drape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Robert P. Limoni, David Kettner
  • Surgical support system
    Patent number: 9254179
    Abstract: A surgical support attaches to a surgical table by means of mounting plates and base plates that may communicate through a surgical drape without puncturing the surgical drape. The base plates may be attached to the surgical table by means of a pegboard or by direct clamping of the base plates to a side of the surgical table underneath the surgical drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignees: Baycare Clinic, LLP, Fused Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Robert P. Limoni, David Kettner
  • SURGICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150297302
    Abstract: A surgical support attaches to a surgical table by means of mounting plates and base plates that may communicate through a surgical drape without puncturing the surgical drape. The base plates may be attached to the surgical table by means of a pegboard or by direct clamping of the base plates to a side of the surgical table underneath the surgical drape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC., FUSED INNOVATION, LLC.
    Inventors: Robert P. Limoni, DAVID KETTNER