Patents by Inventor Dean A. Entrekin

Dean A. Entrekin 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: 9539042
    Abstract: A syringe configured to deliver viscous compositions is described, in which the syringe may include an elongate chamber having side port(s) extending therefrom. Various viscous compositions may be inserted through the side port(s) and into the elongate chamber, which may further house a plunger for ejecting the composition. One portion of the plunger may interact with a restricted opening on the chamber to inhibit removal of the plunger from the chamber; and another portion of the plunger may have a locking structure, which cooperates with a locking structure on the chamber to selectively fix the plunger with respect to the chamber. The plunger may also be fully slidable within the chamber when the locking structures of the plunger and the elongate chamber are not engaged. Related methods of using the aforementioned syringe, as well as kits including further instruments that interact with the syringe, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Orthovita, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Paris, Theodore D. Clineff, Dean A. Entrekin, Charanpreet S. Bagga, James P. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20120022568
    Abstract: Instrument for creating voids and channels in bone; and for obtaining samples of bone tissue. The instruments are suitable for reducing fractures in bone and for compacting the bone to create a barrier for leakage upon material injection. The instruments may also be used for bone biopsy and for obtaining samples of bone tissue. Methods for using these instruments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Antony Koblish, Jeffrey G. Marx, Theodore D. Clineff, Stephen G. Gara, Troy Wilford, Paul Tashjian, Maarten Persenaire, Dean Entrekin, Erik M. Erbe
  • Publication number: 20080243130
    Abstract: Devices and kits, and methods of their use, for the delivery of viscous compositions are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Michael W. Paris, Theodore D. Clineff, Dean A. Entrekin, Charanpreet S. Bagga, James P. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20070066987
    Abstract: Novel devices and systems are provided to provide safe navigation through cancellous bone marrow spaces attendant to the harvesting of bone marrow. In accordance with a featured embodiment, these comprise a rigid, self re-directing stylet having a proximal, mating end for cooperating with a cannula handle together with a distal end having a convex geometry, such as a dome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Scanlan, Dean Entrekin, Michael Paris, Charanpreet Bagga, Matthew Hollenbeck