Patents by Inventor Ernest U. Conrad

Ernest U. Conrad 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: 9814583
    Abstract: The modular stem component may include a shaft portion, a head, and a sleeve. The shaft portion is configured for receipt within the intramedullary canal of a bone and the head is configured to receive another component of a modular prosthetic system, such as a femoral neck, thereon. In one exemplary embodiment, the head extends radially around at least a portion of the stem and includes a rib defining a flange extending therefrom. The sleeve, which is formed as an independent part of the modular stem component and is made at least partially of a highly porous biomaterial, includes opposing ends and has a bore extending therethrough. The bore is configured to facilitate sliding receipt of the sleeve on the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis R. Aquilo, John E. Meyers, Douglas G. Branscome, Jack D. Jennings, Abraham P. Habegger, Alex P. Stoller, Kelly A. Timmons, Nathan Chastain, Marvin Figueroa, Clarence M. Panchison, Gary D. Bos, Ernest U. Conrad, Kimberly Les, Herrn Neumann, Mary I. O'Connor, Peter S. Walker, George D. Letson, Thomas P. Vail
  • Publication number: 20160100773
    Abstract: The present technology relates generally to devices for electronically registering a surgical patient to his or her own pre-surgical image scan and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, a surgical navigation registration device configured in accordance with the technology comprises a patient-specific inner surface having at least one contour element that matches a contour of an outer surface of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy, and at least three registration pathways incorporated in the device and configured to mate with the tip of a surgical navigation system tool, such as a pointer. The registration pathways may be configured to enable the tip of the surgical navigation system tool to directly contact the patient's anatomy or, alternatively, to prevent the tip of the surgical navigation system tool from directly contacting the patient's anatomy. The registration pathways may comprise channels that extend through the patient-specific inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Randal P. CHING, Jedediah K. WHITE, Ernest U. CONRAD
  • Patent number: 9005305
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopaedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Meyers, Robert E. Montgomery, Dennis R. Aquilo, Douglas G. Branscome, Kelly A. Timmons, Kimberly Les, Peter F. Choong, Peter E. Darrigan, Luke Vaughan, Ernest U. Conrad, Jay S. Wunder, David H. Anderson, Kevin S. Cook, G. Douglas Letson, Gary D. Bos
  • Publication number: 20120191207
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopaedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: John E. Meyers, Robert E. Montgomery, Dennis R. Aquilo, Douglas G. Branscome, Kelly A. Timmons, Kimberly Les, Peter F. Choong, Peter E. Darrigan, Luke Vaughan, Ernest U. Conrad, Jay S. Wunder, David H. Anderson, Kevin S. Cook, G. Douglas Letson, Gary D. Bos
  • Publication number: 20090222007
    Abstract: The modular stem component may include a shaft portion, a head, and a sleeve. The shaft portion is configured for receipt within the intramedullary canal of a bone and the head is configured to receive another component of a modular prosthetic system, such as a femoral neck, thereon. In one exemplary embodiment, the head extends radially around at least a portion of the stem and includes a rib defining a flange extending therefrom. The sleeve, which is formed as an independent part of the modular stem component and is made at least partially of a highly porous biomaterial, includes opposing ends and has a bore extending therethrough. The bore is configured to facilitate sliding receipt of the sleeve on the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis R Aquilo, John E. Meyers, Douglas G. Branscome, Jack D. Jennings, Abraham P. Habegger, Alex P. Stoller, Kelly A. Timmons, Nathan Chastain, Marvin Figueroa, Clarence M. Panchison, Gary D. Bos, Ernest U. Conrad, Kimberly Les, Herrn Neumann, Mary I. O'Conner, Peter S. Walker, George D. Letson, Thomas P. Vail