Patents by Inventor George Cipolletti

George Cipolletti 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: 10383638
    Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: OMNIlife science, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
  • Publication number: 20170056022
    Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: OMNIlife science, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
  • Publication number: 20160206377
    Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: OMNIlife science, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
  • Patent number: 9220510
    Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Perception Raisonnement Action en Medecine
    Inventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
  • Publication number: 20120323244
    Abstract: A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: PERCEPTION RAISONNEMENT ACTION DE MEDECINE
    Inventors: Edward J. Cheal, George Cipolletti, David L. Lasalle, Carl Knobloch, Christopher Plaskos
  • Patent number: 8277513
    Abstract: A joint prosthesis may include a tibial tray, a tibial base, a tibial articular member, and a femoral articular member. A coupler may engage the tray, and optionally the base, with an interference fit. An interference fit may be engaged using a mating surface with a constant non-tapering cross-sectional geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: OMNI life science, Inc.
    Inventors: George Cipolletti, Edward J. Cheal, James H. Henry
  • Patent number: 7753960
    Abstract: A joint prosthesis may include a tibial tray, a tibial base, a tibial articular member, and a femoral articular member. In some embodiments, a coupler engages the tray, and optionally the base, with an interference fit. In some embodiments, the base engages the tray with an interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: OMNI life science, Inc.
    Inventors: George Cipolletti, Edward J. Cheal, James H. Henry
  • Publication number: 20070043447
    Abstract: A joint prosthesis may include a modular head member, a modular body member, and a stem member. The stem member may be so tapered as to be engageable by taper press-fit into the medullary cavity of a bone. The body member may be engageable in the stem member by friction-tight press-fit at a zone of diametrical interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Edward Cheal, George Cipolletti
  • Publication number: 20050203629
    Abstract: A joint prosthesis having in part a tray that is supported by metaphyseal bone, such as the tibial component of a knee prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: George Cipolletti, Edward Cheal
  • Patent number: 6709461
    Abstract: A modular joint prosthesis includes a tibial component that may be rotatable or non-rotatable. The system includes a tibial bearing insert having surface features, either male or female, that are able to be slidably mated to complementary surface features of another component. In one embodiment, the tibial component is non-rotatable and the surface features of the tibial bearing insert are slidably matable to complementary surface features of a tibial plateau. In another embodiment the tibial component is rotatable and the surface features of the tibial bearing insert are slidably matable to complementary surface features of a rotating platform base. The rotating platform base, in turn, is rotably mounted to a tibial plateau. The system may utilize a securing member to prevent translation motion between the tibial bearing insert and the tibial plateau or the tibial bearing insert and the rotatable platform base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: DePuy Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Joseph Kennedy, James Boyko, George Cipolletti
  • Publication number: 20020072802
    Abstract: A modular joint prosthesis includes a tibial component that may be rotatable or non-rotatable. The system includes a tibial bearing insert having surface features, either male or female, that are able to be slidably mated to complementary surface features of another component. In one embodiment, the tibial component is non-rotatable and the surface features of the tibial bearing insert are slidably matable to complementary surface features of a tibial plateau. In another embodiment the tibial component is rotatable and the surface features of the tibial bearing insert are slidably matable to complementary surface features of a rotating platform base. The rotating platform base, in turn, is rotably mounted to a tibial plateau. The system may utilize a securing member to prevent translation motion between the tibial bearing insert and the tibial plateau or the tibial bearing insert and the rotatable platform base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Joseph Kennedy, James Boyko, George Cipolletti
  • Patent number: 6306172
    Abstract: A modular joint prosthesis includes a tibial component formed of a tibial bearing insert and a tibial plateau. The tibial bearing insert is a modular component formed of a tibial insert body and a modular element. The tibial insert body and the modular elements are provided in a variety of geometries and sizes to yield various types of tibial insert bodies. The same tibial insert body may be used, for example, to form both rotatable and non-rotatable tibial bearing inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Joseph Kennedy, James Boyko, George Cipolletti
  • Patent number: 6080162
    Abstract: A modular orthopaedic clamping tool system includes a clamp and a plurality of modular tools. The clamp has a handle having substantially parallel first and second actuation members with a jaw member integral with the first actuation member and a modular attachment element integral with the second actuation member. A linkage connects the first and second actuation members and operates to maintain a substantially parallel orientation between the actuation members while the clamp moves between open and closed positions. In addition, the orthopaedic clamping tool may be locked without causing an excessive clamping force on a clamped bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Dye, George Cipolletti, James Boyko, Diana McCue