Patents by Inventor Gerard Bourke

Gerard Bourke 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).

  • Toe deformity repair using bioabsorbable pin
    Patent number: 8021367
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for repair of toe deformities using a bioabsorbable pin. The apparatus is a kit of part comprising a bioabsorbable pin, a predrill, a bone tamp, a cutter and a forceps. One surgical method of repairing toe deformities includes resecting a proximal interphalangeal joint, drilling a hole in a proximal phalanx using a proximal portion of a pin, removing the pin from the proximal phalanx, drilling a tip of a toe through middle and distal phalanxes, driving the pin retrograde and traversing the distal, middle and proximal phalanxes until the pin stops advancing due to resistance at a proximal cortex, holding the pin and powering a pin driver to separate a distal portion of the pin, and suturing the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard Bourke, Mihaela Morar, Peter A. Denove
  • TOE DEFORMITY REPAIR USING BIOABSORBABLE PIN
    Publication number: 20080086139
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for repair of toe deformities using a bioabsorbable pin. The apparatus is a kit of part comprising a bioabsorbable pin, a predrill, a bone tamp, a cutter and a forceps. One surgical method of repairing toe deformities includes resecting a proximal interphalangeal joint, drilling a hole in a proximal phalanx using a proximal portion of a pin, removing the pin from the proximal phalanx, drilling a tip of a toe through middle and distal phalanxes, driving the pin retrograde and traversing the distal, middle and proximal phalanxes until the pin stops advancing due to resistance at a proximal cortex, holding the pin and powering a pin driver to separate a distal portion of the pin, and suturing the wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Gerard Bourke, Mihaela Morar, Peter Denove