Patents by Inventor Erik Sebastien Sojka

Erik Sebastien 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).

  • ANCHOR DRIVER WITH SUTURE CLUTCH
    Publication number: 20120053628
    Abstract: A suture anchor driver has an elongated shaft, a handle at a proximal end of the shaft an anchor engagement at a distal end of the shaft and a clutch between the handle and the shaft. The clutch includes a slot for frictionally engaging a suture an engagement with the shaft and an engagement with the handle. The engagement with the shaft and the engagement with the handle are located with respect to one another such that driving torque applied to the handle urges open the slot to release its frictional engagement of the suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: DePuy Mitek, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Sebastien Sojka, Arthur G. Stephen, André Francisco-Guilherme, Mark W. Wolfson, Brian Henri Otrando, Daniel Paul Gamache, Justin M. Piccirillo