Patents by Inventor Eric M. Heffernan

Eric M. Heffernan 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).

  • System for processing bone stock including a bone cleaning head, a bone milling head and base that powers both the cleaning head and the milling head
    Patent number: 11452621
    Abstract: A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head with a cleaning element and a mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the cleaning element and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the cleaning element to remove soft tissue from the bone so as to clean the bone. The mill element is placed on the base unit and the cleaned bone placed in the mill head. The actuation of the base unit motor results in the actuations of the mill element. The actuation of the mill element converts the cleaned bone into bone chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Stratton, Eric K. Diehl, John P. Bernero, Chris Chamberlin, Vincent Lam, Austin Orand, David J. Veldkamp, Eric M. Heffernan, David S. Goldenberg
  • System For Processing Bone Stock Including A Bone Cleaning Head, A Bone Milling Head And Base That Powers Both The Cleaning Head And The Milling Head
    Publication number: 20200163779
    Abstract: A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head with a cleaning element and a mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the cleaning element and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the cleaning element to remove soft tissue from the bone so as to clean the bone. The mill element is placed on the base unit and the cleaned bone placed in the mill head. The actuation of the base unit motor results in the actuations of the mill element. The actuation of the mill element converts the cleaned bone into bone chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Stratton, Eric K. Diehl, John P. Bernero, Chris Chamberlin, Vincent Lam, Austin Orand, David J. Veldkamp, Eric M. Heffernan, David S. Goldenberg
  • System for processing bone stock including a bone cleaning head, a bone milling head and base that powers both the cleaning head and the milling head
    Patent number: 10588757
    Abstract: A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head with a cleaning element and a mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the cleaning element and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the cleaning element to remove soft tissue from the bone so as to clean the bone. The mill element is placed on the base unit and the cleaned bone placed in the mill head. The actuation of the base unit motor results in the actuations of the mill element. The actuation of the mill element converts the cleaned bone into bone chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Stratton, Eric K. Diehl, John P. Bernero, Chris Chamberlin, Vincent Lam, Austin Orand, David J. Veldkamp, Eric M. Heffernan, David S. Goldenberg
  • System for processing bone stock including a bone cleaning head, a bone milling head and base that powers both the cleaning head and the milling head
    Patent number: 10045863
    Abstract: A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head with a cleaning element and a mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the cleaning element and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the cleaning element to remove soft tissue from the bone so as to clean the bone. The mill element is placed on the base unit and the cleaned bone placed in the mill head. The actuation of the base unit motor results in the actuations of the mill element. The actuation of the mill element converts the cleaned bone into bone chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dennis Stratton, Eric K. Diehl, John P. Bernero, Chris Chamberlin, Vincent Lam, Austin Orand, David J. Veldkamp, Eric M. Heffernan, David S. Goldenberg
  • System For Processing Bone Stock Including A Bone Cleaning Head, A Bone Milling Head And Base That Powers Both The Cleaning Head And The Milling Head
    Publication number: 20180193170
    Abstract: A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head with a cleaning element and a mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the cleaning element and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the cleaning element to remove soft tissue from the bone so as to clean the bone. The mill element is placed on the base unit and the cleaned bone placed in the mill head. The actuation of the base unit motor results in the actuations of the mill element. The actuation of the mill element converts the cleaned bone into bone chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Stratton, Eric K. Diehl, John P. Bernero, Chris Chamberlin, Vincent Lam, Austin Orand, David J. Veldkamp, Eric M. Heffernan, David S. Goldenberg
  • SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING BONE STOCK INCLUDING A BONE CLEANING HEAD, A BONE MILLING HEAD AND BASE THAT POWERS BOTH THE CLEANING HEAD AND THE MILLING HEAD
    Publication number: 20160278942
    Abstract: A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head with a cleaning element and a mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the cleaning element and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the cleaning element to remove soft tissue from the bone so as to clean the bone. The mill element is placed on the base unit and the cleaned bone placed in the mill head. The actuation of the base unit motor results in the actuations of the mill element. The actuation of the mill element converts the cleaned bone into bone chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis Stratton, Eric K. Diehl, John P. Bernero, Chris Chamberlin, Vincent Lam, Austin Orand, David J. Veldkamp, Eric M. Heffernan, David S. Goldenberg
  • INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR CLEANING BONE AND MILLING THE CLEANED BONE TO FORM BONE CHIPS
    Publication number: 20120310243
    Abstract: A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head (56) with a brush (58) and mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the brush and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the brush to clean the bone. When the mill head is attached to the vase unit, the base unit motor actuates the mill element to convert the cleaned bone into bone chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Dennis Stratton, David J. Veldkamp, Eric M. Heffernan, David Goldenberg, Chris Chamberlin, Eric K. Diehl, John Bernero, Vincent Lam, Austin Orand
  • Pendant
    Patent number: D939453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kyle Stephen Spieker, Eric M. Heffernan
  • Pendant
    Patent number: D967782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kyle Stephen Spieker, Eric M. Heffernan
  • Pendant
    Patent number: D994641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kyle Stephen Spieker, Eric M. Heffernan
  • Pendant
    Patent number: D1004781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kyle Stephen Spieker, Eric M. Heffernan