Patents by Inventor Eugene M. Goble

Eugene M. Goble 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).

  • Apparatus and method for reconstructing a ligament
    Patent number: 7025786
    Abstract: A crosspin for supporting a graft ligament in a first bone tunnel formed in a bone. The crosspin is positioned in a second bone tunnel extending transverse to, and intersecting, the first bone tunnel. The crosspin is adapted to be drawn through the second bone tunnel by a flexible member attached to a distal portion of the cross pin. The crosspin includes a connector for releasably connecting the distal portion of the crosspin to an intermediate portion, such that the distal portion is separable from said intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene M. Goble, Daniel F. Justin, Alan Chervitz, T. Wade Fallin
  • Apparatus and method for reconstructing a ligament
    Patent number: 6752830
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for reconstructing a ligament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene M. Goble, Daniel F. Justin, Alan Chervitz, T. Wade Fallin