Patents by Inventor Eric J. Semler

Eric J. Semler 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).

  • Publication number: 20090149893
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a cartilage repair assembly comprising a shaped allograft construct comprising a cylindrical mineralized cancellous bone base member and a demineralized cancellous bone cap member having a cylindrical top portion and a stem extending from the top portion mounted to the bone base member. The base member has a central bore and a transverse bore which intersect the central bore and the cap member stem has a through going bore which is aligned with the base member transverse bore when the stem is mounted in the central bore to receive a pin member. Milled cartilage particles having a size ranging from 10 to 212 microns are mixed with a biocompatible carrier and a cartilage growth factor, with the mixture being infused in the cap member to generate cartilage growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Eric J. Semler, Alex B. Callahan, Katherine G. Truncale, Roman Shikhanovich
  • Publication number: 20080255676
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a cartilage repair assembly comprising a shaped allograft two piece construct with a demineralized cancellous cap and a mineralized cylindrical base member defining a blind bore with a through going transverse bore intersecting the blind bore. The demineralized cancellous cap has a cylindrical top portion and a smaller diameter cylindrical stem extending away from the top portion which fits into the blind bore of the mineralized base member. The cap stem defines a transverse through going bore which is aligned with the through going bore of the base member to receive a cylindrical cortical pin holding the cap within the base member. The shaped structure is dimensioned to fit in a drilled bore in a cartilage defect area so that the assembly engages the side wall of the drilled bore in an interference fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Eric J. Semler, Katherine G. Truncale, Alex B. Callahan, Judith I. Yannariello-Brown
  • Publication number: 20080220044
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward an osteochondral repair assembly comprising a shaped allograft construct comprising an unbalanced barbell-shaped cylindrical cancellous bone primary member formed with a mineralized cylindrical base section having a smaller diameter cylindrical stem leading to a second cylindrical section which is demineralized. A mineralized ring-shaped support member is forced over the compressed demineralized second demineralized the aperture of the ring-shaped member to fit around the stem with one ring surface being adjacent the bottom surface to the second cylindrical section and the opposite ring surface being adjacent the upper surface of the mineralized cylindrical base section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Eric J. Semler, Roman Shikhanovich, Alex B. Callahan, Katherine G. Truncale, Judith I. Yannariello-Brown
  • Publication number: 20080027546
    Abstract: A composition for spinal disc repair comprising a plurality of uniformly shaped demineralized cancellous bone pieces ranging in size from about 2.0 mm to about 4.0 mm loaded into a porous mesh container with the cancellous bone pieces being treated so that they are not osteoinductive and are packed in the porous mesh container under compression forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Eric J. Semler, Judith I. Yannariello-Brown, Morris L. Jacobs