Patents by Inventor Douglas E. Padgett

Douglas E. Padgett 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: 7824409
    Abstract: Methods for impaction grafting an intramedullary canal of a bone including a first canal portion and a second canal portion spaced along a canal axis. A first tamp may be moved axially within the canal to impaction graft the first canal portion. A second tamp may be mounted to the first tamp in axial sliding relationship and moved axially within the canal relative to the first tamp to impaction graft the second canal portion. The first and second tamps may be locked together in fixed axial relationship to prevent relative axial movement between the first tamp and the second tamp while the first tamp is moved to impaction graft the first canal portion before impaction grafting the first canal portion. The first and second tamps may be unlocked to permit relative axial sliding of the first and second tamps before impaction grafting the second canal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald W. Howie, Douglas E. Padgett, Stephen H. Hoag
  • Publication number: 20040153082
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of separable impaction grafting tamps coupled to form an integrated impaction grafting tamp. In an alternative embodiment, an apparatus includes a first impaction grafting tamp defining a first channel including a sleeve portion and further includes an elongated member including an elongated first portion and an elongated second portion together defining a second channel. The first portion of the elongated member is positioned in the sleeve portion of the first channel, and the first channel communicates with the second channel to form an integrated channel including a first opening and a second opening axially spaced apart from the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Donald W. Howie, Douglas E. Padgett, Stephen H. Hoag