Patents by Inventor Erik Sebastian Sojka

Erik Sebastian Sojka 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).

  • KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20120053625
    Abstract: A suture anchor comprises a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface and is formed of a slot entering the body from its proximal end. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: DePuy Mikek, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Sebastian Sojka, Arthur G. Stephen, André francisco-Guilherme, Mark W. Wolfson, Brian Henri Ortrando, Daniel Paul Gamache, Justin M. Piccirillo, Kairi Lofton, William Reiser, Jeff Parrish
  • KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR AND DRIVER
    Publication number: 20120053624
    Abstract: A suture anchor comprises a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: DePuy Mitek, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Sebastian Sojka, Arthur G. Stephen, André Francisco-Guilherme, Mark W. Wolfson, Brian Henri Otrando, Daniel Paul Gamache, Justin M. Piccirillo
  • KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20120053623
    Abstract: A suture anchor comprises a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: DePuy Mikek, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Sebastian Sojka, Arthur G. Stephen, André Francisco-Guilherme, Mark W. Wolfson, Brian Henri Ortrando, Daniel Paul Gamache, Justin M. Piccirillo, Kairi Lofton, William Reiser, Jeff Parrish