Patents by Inventor Gary Sederholm

Gary Sederholm 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).

  • Modular hip prosthesis
    Patent number: 7468078
    Abstract: A modular orthopedic hip prosthesis having three main components: a stem, a proximal body, and a neck. The components are removably connectable and selectively adjustable. The neck is rotationally adjustable about the stem, and the proximal body is both rotationally and axially adjustable about the stem. A collet and locking member hold and lock the proximal body to the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Sederholm, Scott Ely, Kenneth Gustke, Rodney Plaster, Henry Tischler
  • Modular hip prosthesis
    Publication number: 20050004679
    Abstract: A modular orthopedic hip prosthesis having three main components: a stem, a proximal body, and a neck. The components are removeably connectable and selectively adjustable. The neck is rotationally adjustable about the stem, and the proximal body is both rotationally and axially adjustable about the stem. A collet and locking member hold and lock the proximal body to the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Gary Sederholm, Scott Ely, Kenneth Gustke, Rodney Plaster, Henry Tischler
  • Implantable prosthesis having spring-engaged hole plugs
    Patent number: 6120546
    Abstract: An implantable orthopedic prosthesis. A prosthetic component includes a wall having a first surface for engaging bone and a second surface. The wall defines a hole therethrough extending from the second surface to the first surface. A plug is removably disposed in the hole. The plug includes a peripheral rim spring-biased radially outwardly in frictional engagement with the sidewall of the hole. The plug is useful for occluding the hole to alleviate the risk of polyethylene wear particles migrating through an unused hole into contact with bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Sulzer Orthopedics Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Dye, Gary Sederholm