Patents by Inventor David W. Hassed

David W. Hassed 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).

  • Implantable prosthesis for soft tissue repair
    Patent number: 8298290
    Abstract: An implantable prosthesis for repairing or augmenting anatomical defects, including an inguinal hernia. The prosthesis includes a repair fabric having a body portion and a support member that may be arranged in or on the repair fabric to help deploy the repair fabric at the surgical site and/or help inhibit folding or buckling of the repair fabric. The support member may substantially surround the body portion to help deploy and/or hold the body portion in a spread out configuration for covering the defect. The support member may include first and second ends that are spaced apart to form an interruption so that a slit or keyhole arrangement may be formed in the repair fabric through the interruption and into an interior region of the body portion to receive a body structure, including a cord structure such as the spermatic cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Davol, Inc.
    Inventors: Edouard Pélissier, Valerie L. Vadurro, Stephen T. Clarke, Roger E. Darois, David W. Hass
  • Self-aligning nut plate
    Patent number: 7101135
    Abstract: A nut assembly includes a base plate and a nut. The base plate includes a bearing surface with bore for the passage of a bolt or the like therethrough. The nut includes a bearing surface engaged with the bearing surface of the base plate. The said nut includes a bore engageable with a bolt or the like passing through the bore of the base plate. The base plate may include foot members disposed around the bore of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Hassed
  • Self-aligning nut plate
    Publication number: 20040013495
    Abstract: A nut assembly includes a base plate and a nut. The base plate includes a bearing surface with bore for the passage of a bolt or the like therethrough. The nut includes a bearing surface engaged with the bearing surface of the base plate. The said nut includes a bore engageable with a bolt or the like passing through the bore of the base plate. The base plate may include foot members disposed around the bore of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Hassed